ACR Statement on Safe Resumption of Routine Radiology Care During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.

The ACR recognizes that radiology practices are grappling with when and how to safely resume routine radiology care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although it is unclear how long the pandemic will last, it may persist for many months. Throughout this time, it will be important to perform safe, comprehensive, and effective care for patients with and patients without COVID-19, recognizing that asymptomatic transmission is common with this disease. Local idiosyncrasies prevent a single prescriptive strategy. However, general considerations can be applied to most practice environments. A comprehensive strategy will include consideration of local COVID-19 statistics; availability of personal protective equipment; local, state, and federal government mandates; institutional regulatory guidance; local safety measures; health care worker availability; patient and health care worker risk factors; factors specific to the indication(s) for radiology care; and examination or procedure acuity. An accurate risk-benefit analysis of postponing versus performing a given routine radiology examination or procedure often is not possible because of many unknown and complex factors. However, this is the overriding principle: If the risk of illness or death to a health care worker or patient from health care-acquired COVID-19 is greater than the risk of illness or death from delaying radiology care, the care should be delayed; however, if the opposite is true, the radiology care should proceed in a timely fashion.

Linfoma primario de bazo: presentación de un caso / Primary lymphoma of the spleen. Case presentation

Fundamento: en el bazo se pueden observar diferentes tipos de tumores, dentro de los cuales están los linfomas primarios del mismo, enfermedad infrecuente, de ahí la importancia de su presentación. Presentación de caso: paciente femenina de 66 años, raza blanca, con antecedentes de hipertensión arterial, lobectomía derecha del tiroides, que refiere venía presentando desde hacía más de un año dolor abdominal alto izquierdo que se hacía más intenso tras el esfuerzo físico, tos, presentando toma del estado general por lo que se ingresa en el servicio de cirugía. Se toman muestras para biopsia, después de ser intervenido quirúrgicamente de una esplenectomía, dando como resultado un Linfoma no Hodgkin de células grandes CD20 positivo, sin infiltración hepática, ganglionar ni epiplóica. Se realizó esplenectomía y quimioterapia. La paciente ha evolucionado favorablemente. Conclusiones: el linfoma primario de bazo es una entidad infrecuente y su diagnóstico es aún más raro en pacientes por encima de los 60 años, como ocurrió en el caso presentado. A medida que casos como este se divulguen entre los profesionales de la salud permitirán una aproximación diagnóstica más precisa a esta enfermedad poco común(AU)

Background: in the spleen you can see different types of tumors; primary lymphomas are an example of them. This is an infrequent disease, hence the importance of its presentation. Case presentation: 66 year old white female patient with history of hypertension, thyroid right lobectomy that refers to have been suffering from high left abdominal pain for a year that became more intense after physical exertion, cough, presenting general malaise by what is admitted to the surgical service. Some samples for biopsy are taken, after being surgically operated of a splenectomy, showing as a result a non-Hodkin lymphoma of big cells resulting cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma CD20 Positive, without hepatic, ganglionic or epiploic infiltration. Splenectomy and chemotherapy were made. The patient has improved favorably. Conclusions: primary lymphoma of the spleen is a rare entity and its diagnosis is still rarer in patients over 60 years, as it happened in the case presented. As cases like these are disseminated among health professionals will allow a more accurate diagnostic approach to this rare disease(AU)

Linfoma primario de bazo. Presentación de un caso / Primary lymphoma of the spleen. Case presentation

Fundamento: en el bazo se pueden observar diferentes tipos de tumores, dentro de los cuales están los linfomas primarios del mismo, enfermedad infrecuente, de ahí la importancia de su presentación. Presentación de caso: paciente femenina de 66 años, raza blanca, con antecedentes de hipertensión arterial, lobectomía derecha del tiroides, que refiere venía presentando desde hacía más de un año dolor abdominal alto izquierdo que se hacía más intenso tras el esfuerzo físico, tos, presentando toma del estado general por lo que se ingresa en el servicio de cirugía. Se toman muestras para biopsia, después de ser intervenido quirúrgicamente de una esplenectomía, dando como resultado un Linfoma no Hodgkin de células grandes CD20 positivo, sin infiltración hepática, ganglionar ni epiplóica. Se realizó esplenectomía y quimioterapia. La paciente ha evolucionado favorablemente. Conclusiones: el linfoma primario de bazo es una entidad infrecuente y su diagnóstico es aún más raro en pacientes por encima de los 60 años, como ocurrió en el caso presentado. A medida que casos como este se divulguen entre los profesionales de la salud permitirán una aproximación diagnóstica más precisa a esta enfermedad poco común.

Background: in the spleen you can see different types of tumors; primary lymphomas are an example of them. This is an infrequent disease, hence the importance of its presentation. Case presentation: 66 year old white female patient with history of hypertension, thyroid right lobectomy that refers to have been suffering from high left abdominal pain for a year that became more intense after physical exertion, cough, presenting general malaise by what is admitted to the surgical service. Some samples for biopsy are taken, after being surgically operated of a splenectomy, showing as a result a non-Hodkin lymphoma of big cells resulting cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma CD20 Positive, without hepatic, ganglionic or epiploic infiltration. Splenectomy and chemotherapy were made. The patient has improved favorably. Conclusions: primary lymphoma of the spleen is a rare entity and its diagnosis is still rarer in patients over 60 years, as it happened in the case presented. As cases like these are disseminated among health professionals will allow a more accurate diagnostic approach to this rare disease.