[Hepatoportal sclerosis associated with portal vein thrombosis in children: report of 3 cases]. / Esclerose hepatoportal associada à trombose de veia porta em crianças: relato de três casos.

Hepatoportal sclerosis is the term used to name a clinicopathological condition responsible for non-chirrotic portal hypertension. A three cases report of children with hepatoportal sclerosis is presented associated with portal vein thrombosis. The first two patients presented as main complaint upper digestive hemorrhage and the third one was admitted for investigation of hepatosplenomegaly. The ultrasonographic exam revealed alterations indicative of extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis in the three cases. The patients underwent liver biopsy for they had presented altered liver enzymes. The main histological findings were: subintimal sclerosis, portal fibrosis and telangiectases of the intrahepatic venous branches, consistent with the diagnosis of hepatoportal sclerosis. The three patients showed good evolution, being the hemorrhage controlled in the first two cases through esclerotherapy of esophageal varices.

[Knowledge about AIDS prevention among professionals and students in health care]. / Conhecimentos sobre prevenção da SIDA entre profissionais e acadêmicos da área de saúde.

This work is a exploratory research based on the analysis of the answers to the questionnaires of 52 students and health care professionals knowledge about AIDS sexual prevention, biosecurity, diagnosis tests, patients and workers rights and the modifications of nursing and medical care to this kind of disease.

[Reconstructive surgery of the upper lip with esthetic-functional recovery]. / Cirurgia reconstrutiva de lábio superior com recuperação estético-functional.

Two cases are reported of reconstructive surgery of the upper lip in patients who had squamous cell carcinoma, using the Bürrow technique. This technique is more used in lower lips because it does not involve esthetic unity. We have opted for it in the upper lip also, using a variation in the lip commissure incision, getting a significant functional and esthetic result.