RESUMO
SARS-CoV-2 infection can produce neurological features. The most common are headache, anosmia and dysgeusia but patients may also develop other central nervous system (CNS) injuries. We present a patient affected by Covid-19 who initially consulted for decreased visual acuity. The MRI showed inflammation in the right optic nerve and demyelinating lesions in the CNS. We speculate that an immune mechanism induced by SARS-CoV-2, which can activate lymphocytes and an inflammatory response, plays a role in the clinical onset of the disease. This pathogen may be associated with either the triggering or the exacerbation of inflammatory/demyelinating disease.
Assuntos
Infecções por Coronavirus/complicações , Esclerose Múltipla/epidemiologia , Pneumonia Viral/complicações , Adulto , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Feminino , Humanos , Esclerose Múltipla/patologia , Pandemias , SARS-CoV-2RESUMO
El tratamiento estándar para la perforación gastrointestinal secundaria a un procedimiento endoscópico es la reparación quirúrgica; algunos autores propugnan un manejo médico conservador. Los datos actuales sugieren que los endoclips pueden ser usados satisfactoriamente en un grupo selecto de pacientes con perforación gastrointestinal como complicación de una terapia endoscópica. Se describe un caso de perforación duodenal producida con relación al tratamiento con argón plasma de una angiodisplasia sangrante, que se trató con éxito con endoclips.
The gastrointestinal perforation standard treatment secondary to endoscopic procedure is surgical reparation; some authors propose conservative management. Actual data suggest that endoclips could be used in a specific group of patients with gastrointestinal perforation related with an endoscopic therapy complication. Here, we describe a succesfull endoclips treatment of a duodenal perforation related with a bleeding angiodysplasia treated with argon plasma.
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Humanos , Masculino , Idoso , Angiodisplasia/terapia , Argônio , Perfuração Intestinal , SuturasRESUMO
The gastrointestinal perforation standard treatment secondary to endoscopic procedure is surgical reparation; some authors propose conservative management. Actual data suggest that endoclips could be used in a specific group of patients with gastrointestinal perforation related with an endoscopic therapy complication. Here, we describe a succesfull endoclips treatment of a duodenal perforation related with a bleeding angiodysplasia treated with argon plasma.