La pseudodextrocardia se ha definido como un desplazamiento irregular del corazón y sus estructuras vasculares hacia la derecha por causas extracardiacas. Es un hallazgo ocasional en estudios imagenológicos de tórax o abdomen y varía acorde con las diferentes relaciones causales. Se presenta el caso ...
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the value of EBUS-TBNA in the diagnosis of lung and mediastinal lesions. METHODS: Prospective cohort study that included 52 patients during a 2-year period (2016 to 2018) who underwent EBUS-TBNA. RESULTS: Among the 52 individuals submitted to the procedure, 22 (42.31%) p...
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the diagnostic yield of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in non-neoplastic patients with isolated intrathoracic lymphadenopathy (IL). Methods: This was a retrospective study of patients with isolated IL referred for EBUS-TBNA....
ABSTRACT Objective To describe the results of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in making diagnosis of mediastinal injuries associated to different causes. Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study of patients submitted to Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchia...
ABSTRACT Germ cell tumors are rare neoplasms that mostly occur in the gonads, although they can also affect other body sites, especially the anterior mediastinum (50 to 70% of all extragonadal germ cell tumors). We report a case of a primary mediastinal yolk sac tumor, a rare and aggressive germ cell tum...
La ingestión intencional de cuerpos extraños suele ocurrir en pacientes con trastornos psiquiátricos y en individuos de ciertos grupos poblacionales sometidos a régimen de internación carcelaria. El paciente que se presenta, hombre de 36 años, con antecedentes de trastornos psiquiátricos (psicosis...
