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We describe a 36-year-old patient who was admitted to the emergency ward for acute dyspnea due to a spontaneous pneumothorax. He was successfully drained but shortly after presented a severe hypoxemia due to pulmonary oedema secondary to pulmonary re-expansion. The physiopathology behind this complication is still unknown. We will try to describe this complication and its predictive factors.
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Disnea/etiología , Hipoxia/etiología , Neumotórax/terapia , Edema Pulmonar/complicaciones , Enfermedad Aguda , Adulto , Drenaje/métodos , Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital , Humanos , Masculino , Edema Pulmonar/etiologíaRESUMEN
Drug traffic is a major concern worldwide. We report a case of a 27-year old male who presented with a diffuse abdominal plain to the emergency department. Abdominal X-ray demonstrated multiple foreign bodies along the intestinal tract, which were found to be cannabis packets. The patient was treated conservatively with a good result.
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Dolor Abdominal/etiología , Cannabis , Cuerpos Extraños/diagnóstico por imagen , Dolor Abdominal/diagnóstico por imagen , Adulto , Tráfico de Drogas , Humanos , Drogas Ilícitas , Intestinos/diagnóstico por imagen , MasculinoRESUMEN
Foreign body occlusion of appendices lumen is a quite rare cause of appendicitis due to foreign body. We present a case of a 63-year-old male who presented with right lower quadrant pain since 24 hours. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated an acute appendicitis due to a metallic foreign body which was found to be a bullet.
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Fulminant or subfulminant liver failure usually leads to liver failure or to recovery. In rare instances, patients who recover exhibit prolonged asymptomatic biochemical cholestasis which coincides with the development into the parenchyma of large postnecrotic collapse with regeneration. This hitherto poorly recognized form of recovery may now be assessed by noninvasive techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging. We report the case of three patients who recovered from fulminant or subfulminant liver failure and in whom investigation of long-term biochemical cholestasis led to that unusual diagnosis.