A case of oncogenic osteomalacia owing to inguinal tumor.

The oncogenic hypophosphatemic osteomalacia is a very incapacitating disease and the mortality rate, mainly due to metabolic disorder, depends on the early diagnosis, since the surgery is curative. The major difficulty is to consider this kind of disease in patients with complex clinical presentation. Moreover, medical centers have to provide a good diagnostic infrastructure because these tumors, in most cases, are small and do not have an obvious site. This case report is about a man with a rapid loss of strength and muscle mass, which had his diagnosis in a late, culminating in significant deformities and organic dysfunctions with clinical repercussions. However, the fast diagnosis with appropriate tests determined the stop point of the evolution of disease and marked the beginning of metabolic recovery. This case reinforces the global problem health care infrastructure and the access to diagnostic equipment, demonstrating the impact on the patient's health of our service.

Oncogenic hypophosphatemic osteomalacia: From the first signal of disease to the first signal of healthy.

INTRODUCTION: The physical incapacitation of the oncogenic hypophosphatemic osteomalacia (OHO) can be catastrophic and can lead to deformities, metabolic and organic instability and death. The only positive outcome is through early diagnosis by the clinical suspicion. At this moment, medical center infrastructure is also a keypoint. PRESENTATION OF CASE: This case report is about a 60-year old woman with multiple fractures, gradual loss of strength and muscle mass and limiting deformities in two years of evolution until the diagnostic. DISCUSSION: The lack of knowledge of this disease causes a delay in diagnosis that can bring deformities to the patient, as well as death. Is crucial that is hypothesized to carry out the necessary tests, since they are expensive and not always available. CONCLUSION: This case reinforces the importance to understand the OHO and tumoral search, once this lesion is, in most cases, imperceptible to physical examination or several imaging studies.

Anatomia arterial do pedículo hepático em 63 doadores de fígado / Arterial anatomy of the hepatic hilus in 63 liver transplantation donors

Objetivo: Avaliar a anatomia arterial do pedículo hepático em doadores adultos de sessenta e três transplantes hepáticos, discutindo a importância do conhecimento dessa anatomia. Métodos: Sessenta e três fígados doados para transplante hepático entre adultos foram dissecados e avaliados em sua anatomia arterial de maneira prospectiva. Resultados: Dos sessenta e três enxertos hepáticos preparados, dezoito (28,57%) apresentaram alguma anomalia anatômica, sendo as principais: artéria hepática direita, ramo da artéria mesentérica superior, seis (9,5%); e artéria hepática esquerda, ramo da artéria gástrica esquerda, sete (11,1%), (ambas associadas ao padrão clássico). Algumas outras anomalias raras foram encontradas. Conclusões: Os resultados apresentados demonstram a freqüência e tipos de variantes anatômicas da artéria hepática, evidenciando a importância do reconhecimento dessas anomalias na prevenção de complicações pós-operatórias do transplante hepático, assim como dos diversos procedimentos cirúrgicos e radiológicos invasivos sobre o andar supramesocólico (AU)

Background: To evaluate the arterial anatomy of pedicle hepatic in adult donors of sixty tree liver transplantations, arguing the importance of the knowledge of this anatomy. Methods: Sixty tree livers donated for adult hepatic transplantation has been dissected and evaluated in its arterial anatomy in prospective way. Results: Of the sixty tree hepatics grafts prepared, eighteen(28.57%) has presented some anatomical anomaly, being the main ones: right hepatic artery, branch of the superior mesenteric artery, six(9,5%); and left hepatic artery, branch of the left gastric artery, seven(11,1%), (both associates to the classic standard). Some other rare anomalies has been found. Conclusion: The results of this study have demonstrated the frequency and types of anatomical variants of the hepatic artery, evidencing the importance of the recognition of these anomalies in the prevention of postoperative complications of the liver transplantation, as well as of the diverse invasive surgical and radiological procedures on the supra-mesocolic floor (AU)