Building a Network of Health Professionals for Breast and Cervical Cancer Control in the Andean Region.

PURPOSE: Cancer mortality is approximately twice as high in Latin American countries than in more developed countries. In particular, the countries of the high Andean region of Latin America carry a double burden of breast and cervical cancers. In these countries, there are disproportionately higher mortality to incidence ratios compared with other regions in Latin America. The US National Cancer Institute's Center for Global Health, the Pan American Health Organization, and the Ministry of Health in Peru collaborated to design and execute an education and advocacy workshop in Lima, Peru. The workshop was convened to discuss regional challenges and practices, as well as to support the implementation of Plan Esperanza, Peru's national cancer control plan. METHODS: Workshop participants included local and international experts to present the state of the science, health practitioners, and advocacy groups to discuss unique barriers that women in the region experience. RESULTS: Inequalities in access to and distribution of medical expertise, lack of continuity of cancer control plans, and the need for sustained public buy-in emerged as obstacles. CONCLUSION: The workshop provided a forum to discuss key issues regarding breast and cervical cancer control among health professionals and advocates in Peru and the region. This article outlines the resulting recommendations.

Lupus eritematoso sistémico ampolloso en un paciente varón de 16 años / Bullous systemic lupus erythematosus in a 16-year-old male patient

RESUMEN El lupus eritematoso sistémico ampolloso (LESA) es una enfermedad vesículo-ampollosa mediada por autoanticuerpos en pacientes con lupus eritematoso sistémico (LES). Se observan vesículas y ampollas tensas sobre una piel edematosa, eritematosa y, en ocasiones, normal en cualquier región del cuerpo, incluyendo áreas mucosas y que no han sido fotoexpuestas. Se presenta el caso de un paciente varón de 16 años de edad con nefritis lúpica, que al séptimo día de hospitalización presenta múltiples ampollas serosas y hemorrágicas sobre el rostro, el tronco, el abdomen y las extremidades superiores. El estudio histológico mostró una dermatosis ampollar subepidérmica con numerosos neutrófilos.

ABSTRACT Bullous systemic lupus erythematosus (BSLE) is a vesiculobullous disease mediated by autoantibodies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Tense vesicles and bullae are seen on an edematous, erythematous and sometimes normal skin in any body region, including mucous membranes and non-photoexposed areas. This is the case of a 16-year-old male patient with lupus nephritis who, on the seventh day of hospitalization, presented multiple serous and hemorrhagic blisters on the face, trunk, abdomen and upper extremities. The histological study showed a subepidermal bullous dermatosis with numerous neutrophils.

Quiste hidatídico renal

La hidatidosis es una parasitosis producida por larvas de Echinococcus, las cuales forman quistes frecuentemente localizados en hígado y pulmón; la localización renal sólo ha sido reportada en el 4% de formas viscerales. Presentamos el caso de un varón de 19 años procedente de la sierra de Lima, el cual acude a nuestro hospital con dolor en flanco izquierdo y hematuria, se le realizó una tomografía sugerente de quiste simple complicado. Se le realizó nefrectomía y se envió la pieza al servicio de anatomía patológica, en el cual observó formación quística en cuyo interior se encontraron múltiples membranas blanquecinas plegadas. En el examen microscópico se observaron membranas anhistas, consistente con quiste hidatídico renal.

Hydatidosis is a parasitosis produced by Echinococcus larvae, which form cysts frequently located in the liver and lung; Renal location has only been reported in 4% of visceral forms. We present the case of a 19-year-old man from Lima, who came to our hospital with pain in the left flank and hematuria, a tomography was performed suggestive of complicated simple cyst. A nephrectomy is performed and the piece is sent to the Pathology Department, in which they observe cystic formation inside which multiple folded whitish membranes are observed: in the microscopic examination anhistic membranes are observed, consistent with a renal hydatid cyst.

Distensión gástrica aguda causada por síndrome de arteria mesentérica superior en una paciente bulímica

La dilatación gástrica aguda se fundamenta por dos teorías, la mecánica que es explicada por el síndrome de arteria mesentérica superior, y la atónica que es producto de una condición médica en la que el estómago progresivamente se vuelve hipotónico y se sobredistiende aún en ausencia de una causa mecánica obstructiva; con mayor frecuencia la dilatación gástrica aguda se presenta en pacientes con trastornos de la alimentación y puede conllevar a una complicación rara pero letal como la perforación gástrica. Presentamos el caso de una paciente de 18 años, quien acude al servicio de emergencia con dolor abdominal agudo, es intervenida quirúrgicamente, donde se encontró perforación de la pared gástrica anterior. Se le realizó una gastrectomía parcial proximal, y se envió el espécimen para estudio patológico. La histopatología mostró necrosis transmural predominantemente en fondo gástrico.

Acute gastric dilation is based on two theories, the mechanical one that is explained by the superior mesenteric artery syndrome and the atonic one, the latter is the product of a medical condition in which the stomach progressively becomes hypotonic and over-distended even in the absence of an obstructive mechanical cause; it most often occurs in patients with eating disorders; which can lead to a rare but fatal complication such as gastric perforation. We present the case of an 18 year old patient who comes to the emergency service of our hospital with acute abdominal pain, undergoes surgery, where there is perforation of the anterior gastric wall, and a proximal. Partial gastrectomy is performed, and a sends the specimen for pathology study. Histopathology shows transmural necrosis predominantly in the gastric fundus.

Condrosarcoma de alto grado de localización infrecuente / Rare localized high grade chondrosarcoma

RESUMEN El condrosarcoma es una neoplasia maligna esquelética caracterizada por la producción de cartílago neoplásico, representa sólo un 20% de los tumores óseos, y su localización más frecuente es en pelvis y extremidades proximales. Su localización en huesos pequeños es rara. Se presenta el caso de un varón de 44 años con un tiempo de enfermedad de 1 año que acude a la emergencia de traumatología con un aumento de volumen de parte posterior del pie derecho acompañado de intenso dolor. Se le realizó una resección con margen amplio del tumor. El servicio de anatomía patológica informó condrosarcoma de alto grado. Actualmente el paciente es evaluado por el servicio de oncología.

ABSTRACT Chondrosarcoma is a skeletal malignant neoplasm characterized by the production of neoplastic cartilage, it represents only 20% of bone tumors, and its most frequent location is in the pelvis and proximal extremities. Location in small bones is very rare. A 44-year-old man with a 1-year illness who attended the trauma emergency at the hospital with an increase in volume of the back of the right foot accompanied by intense pain. A wide margin resection of the tumor was performed. The pathology department reported high-grade chondrosarcoma. Currently the patient is evaluated by the oncology service.