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Caracterización clínica epidemiológica de los defectos congénitos del tracto genitourinario
Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Congenital Defects of the Urinary Tract

Introducción: La malformación congénita es una alteración estructural de un órgano o parte de este, que sucede como consecuencia de una alteración durante la morfogénesis y que puede corresponder a defectos menores o mayores, únicos, múltiples o asilados. Objetivo: Caracterizar clínica y epidem...

Hemangioendotelioma hepático infantil: presentación de un caso clínico
Infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma: a clinical case

Bol. méd. postgrado; 35 (2), 2019
El hemangioendotelioma hepático del lactante es una patología rara y más aún que su forma de presentación tenga complicaciones graves y el paciente fallezca. Se presenta el caso clínico de una lactante menor de 3 meses de edad que ingresó al Servicio Desconcentrado Hospital Pediátrico Dr. Agustí...

Level of Betatrophin in PCOS patients

Prensa méd. argent; 105 (7), 2019
PCOS is known now as an endocrine, metabolic, and chronic inflamatory disorder, with hyperandrogenemia, insulin resistance and obesity being the key factors that influence the expression and symptoms of the condition. Objective: To assess the level of alpha fetoprotein in PCOS women. Patients and method:...

Testicular mixed germ cell tumor presenting with seizure as the initial symptom: a case report and literature review

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (3), 2019
Abstract Most patients with testicular germ cell tumor present with a painless scrotal mass. We report a 19-year-old patient who presented with neurological complains. Rapid clinical progression to coma was noted during the staging work up. A diagnosis of testicular mixed germ cell tumor with multiorgan ...

Rendimiento diagnóstico de marcadores tumorales séricos convencionales en pacientes con sospecha clínica de cáncer primario metastásico a hígado

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (12), 2018
Background: Conventional serum tumor markers (CSTM) are widely used for monitoring patients with cancer. However, their usefulness as a diagnostic tool is controversial in primary or metastatic liver cancer (PMLC). Aim: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of the most commonly requested CSTM in the di...

Coriocarcinoma gástrico primario: reporte de caso

El coriocarcinoma gástrico primario (CGP) es un tumor extremadamente raro, altamente invasivo y de rápida diseminación hematógena. Presentamos el caso de una paciente de 57 años que inicia con cuadro de hematemesis y, progresivamente, se le suman episodios de melena, baja de peso y epigastralgia. Es...

Yolk sac primary tumor of mediastino: a rare case in a young adult

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 15 (4), 2017
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...

Uptake of DNA by cancer cells without a transfection reagent

Biol. Res; 50 (), 2017
BACKGROUND: Cancer cells exhibit elevated levels of glucose uptake and may obtain pre-formed, diet-derived fatty acids from the bloodstream to boost their rapid growth; they may also use nucleic acid from their microenvironment. The study of processing nucleic acid by cancer cells will help improve the u...

Is resection of hepatocellular carcinoma in the era of liver transplantation worthwile? A single center experience

Arq. gastroenterol; 53 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Background - Liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma is a potentially curative therapeutic procedure that can be performed readily after its indication, without the need of a long waiting time and lower costs when compared to liver transplantation, being a good alternative in patients wit...

Diagnóstico ecográfico de un feto con hernia diafragmática
Echographical diagnosis of a fetus with diaphragmatic hernia

Medisan; 19 (7), 2015
Se presenta el caso clínico de una paciente de 25 años de edad con 21 semanas de gestación, remitida al Centro de Genética Municipal de Santiago de Cuba por presentar la alfafetoproteína alterada (G3A1P1). Se le realizó la ecografía indicada, donde se observó imagen ecolúcida a nivel del tórax ...