RESUMO
A case of dirofilariasis in a Norwegian man is reported. The causal agent was identified as Dirofilaria repens Railliet et Henry, 1911. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report from a Scandinavian country on dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens. The infection was probably acquired in Majorca four years before it was diagnosed in Molde, Norway.
Assuntos
Dirofilariose/etiologia , Dermatopatias Parasitárias/etiologia , Adulto , Animais , Culicidae/microbiologia , Dirofilaria/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Insetos Vetores , Masculino , NoruegaRESUMO
Multiple oral plexiform neuromas in a 14-year-old white girl prompting screening of the patient with respect to the multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type-III syndrome, verified the existence of a thyroid medullary carcinoma and the diagnosis MEN-type III. Total thyroidectomy was performed, but extensive tumour infiltration prevented radical tumour excision. The condition being relatively infrequent, the important life-saving role of dental practitioners and oral surgeons in its recognition and early diagnosis is emphasized.
Assuntos
Neoplasia Endócrina Múltipla/patologia , Adolescente , Carcinoma/patologia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasia Endócrina Múltipla/diagnóstico , Neoplasia Endócrina Múltipla/genética , Neurofibroma/patologia , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/patologia , Neoplasias da Língua/patologiaRESUMO
A woman with disseminated choriocarcinoma and with clinical and biochemical evidence of thyrotoxicosis is described. Only a few cases have been previously reported, and works are referred to showing that high levels of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) probably are responsible for the thyroid-stimulating activity in patients with trophoblastic disease and clinical signs of thyrotoxicosis.