Nocardiosis is a rare infectious disease caused by a group of bacteria of the genus Nocardia in immunocompromised patients and can affect practically any organ, the most common being the lung, central nervous system and skin. We present the case of a patient with primary focal and segmental glomeruloscle...
Introduction. Cine-MRI (cine-magnetic resonance imaging) sequences are a key diagnostic tool to visualize anatomical information, allowing experts to localize and determine suspicious pathologies. Nonetheless, such analysis remains subjective and prone to diagnosis errors. Objective. To develop a binary ...
Introducción: La encefalitis por anticuerpos contra el receptor N-metil.D.aspartato (NMDA-R) es un trastorno inflamatorio del sistema nervioso central (SNC) en el cual autoanticuerpos dirigidos hacia la subunidad NR1 del receptor N-metil-D aspartato (NMDA) desarrollan un conjunto de síntomas neuropsiqu...
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the salivary metabolites profile of Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) types I, II, IV, and VI patients. Material and Methods: The participants were asked to refrain from eating and drinking for one hour before sampling, performed between 7:30 and 9:00 a.m. Samples were centrif...
A elastografia hepática (EH) avalia as consequências sistêmicas da insuficiência cardíaca (IC). Este método pode auxiliar na avaliação prognóstica dos portadores de IC. A IC pode afetar de forma secundária a função de vários órgãos e sistemas, notadamente o hepático, mediante congestão v...
Objective: The present investigation aimed to characterize Texture Analysis (TA) parameters of the condylar medullary bone and the superior aspect of the lateral pterygoid muscle (LPM) on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for the identification of potential changes in individuals with temporomandibular di...
Introducción: El síndrome de Percheron es causa de lesiones isquémicas talamicas bilaterales ocasionando una serie de anomalías clínicas como: alteración del estado de conciencia, oftalmoplejias, y alteraciones de la memoria. Caso clínico: Presentamos el caso de una mujer de 49 años con diabetes ...
Introducción: La malformación de Chiari tipo 1 incluye un grupo heterogéneo de malformaciones congénitas, caracterizadas por el descenso caudal del cerebelo a través del foramen magno. En un 30-70 por ciento de los casos tiene siringomielia asociada. Existen controversias en torno a la técnica quir...