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Preoperative localization of parathyroid pathology, generally a parathyroid adenoma, can be difficult in some cases due to the anatomical variants that these glands present. The objective of this review is to analyse the different imaging techniques used for preoperative localization of parathyroid pathology (scintigraphy, ultrasound, CT, MRI and PET). There is great variability between the different tests for the preoperative localization of parathyroid pathology. The importance of knowing the different diagnostic options lies in the need to choose the most suitable test at each moment and for each patient for an adequate management of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP) with surgical criteria.
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Neoplasias das Paratireoides , Humanos , Neoplasias das Paratireoides/diagnóstico por imagem , Ultrassonografia/métodos , Diagnóstico por Imagem/métodos , Hiperparatireoidismo Primário/diagnóstico por imagem , Glândulas Paratireoides/diagnóstico por imagem , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Doenças das Paratireoides/diagnóstico por imagemRESUMO
Toxoplasmosis is a devastating opportunistic infection that can affect immunocompromised patients such as cord blood transplantation (CBT) recipients. The clinical characteristics of 4 toxoplasmosis CBT patients treated at our institution are reviewed, together with 5 cases collected from the literature. The rate of toxoplasmosis in our hospital was 6% in CBT recipients and 0.2% in other types of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (P < 0.001). Five patients (56%) presented disseminated toxoplasmosis and 4 patients (44%) had localized infection in the central nervous system. In 5 of the 9 patients considered (56%), cytomegalovirus viral replication had been detected before the clinical onset of toxoplasmosis. Seven patients (78%) had previously developed graft-versus-host disease. All patients who exhibited disseminated disease died due to Toxoplasma infection. Pre-transplant serology was positive in 1 patient, negative in 3 patients, and not performed in another. Only 1 of these 5 patients with disseminated disease had received Toxoplasma prophylaxis with cotrimoxazole. It could be concluded that mortality in CBT patients with disseminated toxoplasmosis is unacceptably high. The negative results of serology in the majority of these cases, and its unspecific clinical presentation, makes diagnosis exceedingly difficult. Better diagnostic tests and prophylaxis strategy are needed in CBT recipients.
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Transplante de Células-Tronco de Sangue do Cordão Umbilical/efeitos adversos , Infecções Oportunistas/epidemiologia , Toxoplasma/isolamento & purificação , Toxoplasmose/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Infecções por Citomegalovirus/complicações , Infecções por Citomegalovirus/epidemiologia , Feminino , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/epidemiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infecções Oportunistas/mortalidade , Infecções Oportunistas/parasitologia , Toxoplasma/genética , Toxoplasmose/mortalidade , Toxoplasmose/parasitologia , Adulto JovemAssuntos
Doença de Chagas/transmissão , Transplante de Células-Tronco de Sangue do Cordão Umbilical/efeitos adversos , Leucemia Mieloide/terapia , Adulto , Benzimidazóis/uso terapêutico , Doença de Chagas/tratamento farmacológico , Evolução Fatal , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/prevenção & controle , Humanos , Imunossupressores/uso terapêutico , MasculinoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: To know the prevalence of HCV infection in patients diagnosed with B-NHL in our area. PATIENTS AND METHOD: A group of patients diagnosed with B-NHL between 1998-99 were carefully reviewed (serological tests, HCV RNA, laboratory studies, toxicity, response to treatment and evolution) in a transversal study. RESULTS: Overall 9/77 (11.68%) of patients tested positive for HCV. Of the 9 patients HCV(+) showed abnormal elevated trans aminases in opposition with 10.3% of patients that tested seronegative. CONCLUSION: Compared with normal individuals, we have seen a higher prevalence of HCV in our B-NHL patients. It may be possible that HCV play a role in that lymphoma's pathogenesis.
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Hepatite C/complicações , Hepatite C/epidemiologia , Linfoma não Hodgkin/complicações , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , PrevalênciaAssuntos
Fibrose Cística/cirurgia , Pneumopatias Fúngicas/etiologia , Transplante de Pulmão , Pulmão/microbiologia , Fungos Mitospóricos , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/microbiologia , Antifúngicos/uso terapêutico , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos , Evolução Fatal , Rejeição de Enxerto/tratamento farmacológico , Rejeição de Enxerto/cirurgia , Humanos , Hospedeiro Imunocomprometido , Imunossupressores/efeitos adversos , Imunossupressores/uso terapêutico , Pneumopatias Fúngicas/tratamento farmacológico , Masculino , Fungos Mitospóricos/isolamento & purificação , Recidiva , ReoperaçãoRESUMO
We present 50 cases of super-radical surgery in cancer of the colon and rectum with tumoral spread. In the same period of time a total of 426 colorectal neoplasms were operated on, which represents 11% of the total. The mean age was 65.7 years, with a predominance of females (29/21). In every case the primitive tumor and contiguous organ affected were excised with an oncologic criterion; the principal location was the rectum, with 14 cases, and the viscus most affected was the female genital tract. The mean hospital stay was slightly longer than that of the general series (20.9/14); the mortality was 4%, a figure similar to that of the general series; the index of morbidity did not rise, survival was comparable and the patient's comfort was enhanced. In our opinion, this technique is indicated in all cases in which the tumor invades contiguous regions when local and/or general conditions permit.