Relation between histopathological findings, clinical severity, and the need of surgery in patients with Crohn's disease. / Relación entre los hallazgos histopatológicos, la severidad clínica y la necesidad de cirugía en pacientes con enfermedad de Crohn.

INTRODUCTION: Defining histological variables that make it possible to establish the activity of Crohn's disease (CD) and predict the patients who may present a higher risk of clinical complications and surgical interventions could lead to timely adjustments in medical therapy and elective surgeries that represent a lower risk of complications. The purpose of the study is to determine the relation between the histopathological findings using the Naini and Cortina (N&C) score, the clinical severity, and the indication for surgery in a group of patients with CD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional study of 44 patients diagnosed with CD, treated at the San Vicente Fundación University Hospital in Medellín, Colombia, between 2010 and 2022. RESULTS: Of the 44 patients, 36 ileum samples and 34 colon samples were obtained. Of the patients with inflammatory behavior, 87.5% did not have surgical intervention (P=.022), a value that remained significant in the ileum subgroup (P=.0058). 91.3% of the patients with ileal involvement did not develop perianal disease (P=.01). Granulomas only occurred in two patients with a colon sample (5.8%). In the histological score of N&C both in the ileum and in the colon, no statistically significant differences were obtained in relation to the surgical outcome (P=.34 and P=.054, respectively). CONCLUSION: The histological index of N&C was not a predictor in Crohn's disease (CD) related to the surgical outcome.

[Helicobacter pylori detection patterns and related injuries through Sydney Protocol in a population of Antioquia, Colombia]. / Patrones de detección de Helicobacter pylori y lesiones relacionadas mediante protocolo Sydney en una población de Antioquia, Colombia.

OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine whether the endoscopies that met the Sydney protocol in a population of Antioquia had a greater detection of H. pylori and their associated lesions than the endoscopies that only took antrum samples. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We carried out a retrospective, cross-sectional and descriptive study. Adult patients undergoing upper endoscopy were included. Patients were divided into two groups depending on Sydney protocol compliance. The detection frequency was measured for H. pylori and premalignant lesions. RESULTS: 261 participants were included, 88 from which biopsies were taken with the Sydney protocol and 173 with biopsies taken exclusively from the gastric antrum. The main endoscopy indication was dyspepsia (35.6%). The detection of H. pylori, atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia was 36.4%, 19.3% and 20.5% respectively in the Sydney group, and 30.1%, 11.6% and 9.8% in the control group. In the Sydney group, the detection of H. pylori was higher in the antrum and body (26.1%) than in antrum (6.8%) or body (3.4%) separately. The detection of atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia was higher in antrum only (10.2% and 11.4% respectively) than in antrum and body or body separately. CONCLUSIONS: The omission of the Sydney protocol reduces the detection of H. pylori, atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia by 9.4%, 29.4% and 27.7% respectively. The protocol must be implemented systematically in every gastrointestinal endoscopy center.

Immunogenicity and safety of a RBD vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in a murine model.

INTRODUCTION: Although more than half of the world's population is already vaccinated, the appearance of new variants of concern puts public health at risk due to the generation of new immunogens against the virus as a crucial and relevant strategy in the control of these new variants. METHODS: A preclinical study used a potential vaccine candidate (RBD, SARS-CoV-2). Four groups of BALB/c mice were used, a control group, an adjuvant group, a group inoculated with one dose of RBD subunit protein, and the fourth group inoculated with two doses of RBD subunit protein. RESULTS: No inflammatory or cellular changes were shown in the mice's anatomopathological evaluation. Higher kinetics and 75% seroconversion were obtained in the mice inoculated with two doses of RBD (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: The application of two doses of the RBD vaccine candidate in BALB/c mice proved safe and immunogenic against SARS-CoV-2.

Patrones de detección de Helicobacter pylori y lesiones relacionadas mediante protocolo Sydney en una población de Antioquia, Colombia

Objetivos: Se buscó determinar si las endoscopias que cumplieron el protocolo Sydney en una población de Antioquia tuvieron una detección mayor de H. pylori y sus lesiones asociadas que las endoscopias que sólo tomaron muestras de antro. Materiales y métodos: Realizamos un estudio retrospectivo, trasversal y descriptivo. Se incluyeron pacientes adultos sometidos a endoscopia superior. Se dividieron los pacientes en dos grupos según si se siguió o no el protocolo Sydney y se midió la frecuencia de detección de H. pylori, y lesiones premalignas. Resultados: Se incluyeron 261 participantes, a 88 se les tomó el protocolo de Sydney y a 173 se les tomaron muestras exclusivamente de antro gástrico. La indicación principal de endoscopia fue dispepsia (35,6%). La detección de H. pylori, gastritis atrófica y metaplasia intestinal fue del 36,4%, 19,3% y 20,5% respectivamente en el grupo Sydney, y 30,1%, 11,6% y 9,8% en el grupo control. En el grupo Sydney, la detección de H. pylori fue mayor en antro y cuerpo (26,1%) que en antro (6,8%) o cuerpo (3,4%) por separado. La detección de gastritis atrófica y metaplasia intestinal fue mayor en antro solamente (10,2% y 11,4% respectivamente) que en antro y cuerpo o cuerpo por separado. Conclusiones: La omisión del protocolo Sydney reduce la detección de H. pylori, gastritis atrófica y metaplasia intestinal en un 9,4%, 29,4% y 27,7% respectivamente. Se debe implementar el protocolo sistemáticamente en todo centro de endoscopia digestiva.

Objectives: We sought to determine whether the endoscopies that met the Sydney protocol in a population of Antioquia had a greater detection of H. pylori and their associated lesions than the endoscopies that only took antrum samples. Materials and methods: We carried out a retrospective, cross-sectional and descriptive study. Adult patients undergoing upper endoscopy were included. Patients were divided into two groups depending on Sydney protocol compliance. The detection frequency was measured for H. pylori and premalignant lesions. Results: 261 participants were included, 88 from which biopsies were taken with the Sydney protocol and 173 with biopsies taken exclusively from the gastric antrum. The main endoscopy indication was dyspepsia (35.6%). The detection of H. pylori, atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia was 36.4%, 19.3% and 20.5% respectively in the Sydney group, and 30.1%, 11.6% and 9.8% in the control group. In the Sydney group, the detection of H. pylori was higher in the antrum and body (26.1%) than in antrum (6.8%) or body (3.4%) separately. The detection of atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia was higher in antrum only (10.2% and 11.4% respectively) than in antrum and body or body separately. Conclusions: The omission of the Sydney protocol reduces the detection of H. pylori, atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia by 9.4%, 29.4% and 27.7% respectively. The protocol must be implemented systematically in every gastrointestinal endoscopy center.

Una relación potencialmente peligrosa: lupus eritematoso sistémico y enfermedad de Kikuchi - Fujimoto / A dangerous relation: Systemic lupus erythematosus disease and Kikuchi Fujimoto disease

Resumen La enfermedad de Kikuchi-Fujimoto (EKF) es conocida como una linfadenitis necrotizante histiocítica, tiene una presentación benigna y autolimitada, afecta principalmente a mujeres jóvenes y generalmente resuelve sin tratamiento en los primeros seis meses de los síntomas. Presentamos el caso de una mujer de 48 años quien consultó por un cuadro de dolor abdominal, mialgias y adenopatía cervical al examen físico. Se le encontró en los exámenes paraclínicos anticuerpos antinucleares 1:640, anti DNA de doble cadena asociado a consumo de complemento y anticuerpos anticardiolipina positivos. Se realizó biopsia de ganglio cervical que mostró necrosis cortical y población de histiocitos y linfocitos. Al iniciar el manejo con esteroides y cloroquina se comprobó mejoría franca y posteriormente la paciente fue dada de alta, continuando controles de manera ambulatoria por los servicios de reumatología y medicina interna.

Abstract Kikuchi disease, also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, isa benign and self-limited condition that mainly affects young women andresolve without treatment within six months of symptoms. It was first describedin Japan in 1972 and is more common in Asian population. We report the case of a woman of 48 years who consults for abdominal pain, myalgia, and cervical lymphadenopathy on physical examination. He found himself in the presence of antinuclear antibodies paraclinical 1: 640 positive DNA double chain associated with complement consumption and positive cardiolipin antibodies We perform cervical node biopsy that showed the presence of cortical necrosis and histiocytes and lymphocytes population. When you start handling steroid and chloroquine, a high frank and subsequent improvement was observed, continuing control rheumatology and internal medicine.

Conferencia clínico patológica (CPC): insuficiencia corticosuprarrenal debida a infiltración crónica granulomatosa con necrosis de caseificación / Clinico-pathological conference (CPC): adrenal insufficiency due to chronic granulomatous infiltration with caseous necrosis

Se presenta y discute el caso de una paciente de 39 años de edad, en embarazo, quien consultó el 29/07/2010, hacia la semana 28 de la gestación, por dolor en el hemiabdomen superior de 20 días de evolución. Entre sus antecedentes de importancia tenía los de una comunicación interauricular tipo ostium secundum, corregida quirúrgicamente el 20/07/2009, y prolapso leve de la válvula mitral. A su ingreso al hospital se le encontró actividad uterina, por la que había estado hospitalizada durante 13 días en otra institución en la que le administraron medicamentos para útero-inhibición y maduración pulmonar fetal; se le diagnosticaron además diabetes gestacional e hidropesía fetal no inmune. Evolucionó tórpidamente con irritabilidad uterina, dolor abdominal, taquicardia y taquipnea, y al tercer día de estancia en la unidad de cuidado intensivo tuvo parto vaginal difícil, que requirió el uso de fórceps; posterior al alumbramiento presentó dolor lumbar y colapso hemodinámico que obligaron a la administración de tratamiento vasopresor con norepinefrina y vasopresina; sin embargo, siguió acidótica e hipotensa, con tendencia a la bradicardia, y finalmente falleció.

We present the case of a 39-year-old woman who came to Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paúl (HUSVP), in Medellín, Colombia, on July 29, 2010, around the 28th week of her first pregnancy, because of upper abdominal pain during the last 20 days. She had suffered from an ostium secundum atrial sept deffect that was surgically corrected on July 20, 2009. A mild prolapse of the mitral valve was also present. On admission, she was found to have uterine activity for which she had been treated with different drugs, during 13 days, at another institution; medication to induce fetal lung maturation had also been administered. During her hospital stay diagnoses of gestational diabetes and non-immune fetal hydrops were made. At HUSVP she continued to have uterine irritability and abdominal pain, and developed tachycardia and tachypnea. On the third day of stay in the ICU she had a difficult vaginal delivery requiring the use of forceps. After childbirth, she experienced pain in the back and hemodynamic collapse. Despite vasopressor treatment with norepinephrine and vasopressin, she remained acidotic, hypotensive and bracycardic, and died.

Variabilidad entre patólogos en el diagnóstico histológico de la infección por Helicobacter pylori: ¿un diagnóstico subjetivo? / Variability among pathologists in the histological diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection: is it a subjetive diagnosis?

EL DIAGNOSTICO HISTOLÓGICO DE LA INFECCIÓN por Helicobacter pylori (Hp) puede ser difícil, principalmente en casos con pocos microorganismos. Nuestro objetivo fue determinar si hay diferencias significativas en la frecuencia del diagnóstico de la infección por Hp entre patólogos que laboran en Medellín. MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: revisamos todos los informes de biopsias gástricas de ocho patólogos durante un año. Excluimos las biopsias con metaplasia, atrofia, displasia o carcinoma. Registramos la edad del paciente, la presencia o ausencia de Hp y el patólogo que estudió la biopsia. Calculamos el porcentaje de casos con la infección y el porcentaje por patólogo. Finalmente, comparamos estos porcentajes para determinar las diferencias. RESULTADOS: incluimos 2.023 casos en el presente estudio. El número de biopsias evaluadas por patólogo fue de 252,9 ± 154,9 (rango: 102-445). La edad promedio de los pacientes fue de 43,5 ± 15,1 años (rango 12-90). En 1.034 casos (51,1%) se diagnosticó la infección. La tasa de positividad para Hp por patólogo tuvo un rango de 38,8 a 71,1%, con una media de 51,1% ± 8,7% (p < 0,001). CONCLUSIÓN: hay una variabilidad significativa en la frecuencia de infección por Hp de acuerdo con el patólogo que interpreta la biopsia. Este resultado sugiere la necesidad de estudiar más a fondo la situación, buscando mayor homogeneidad de conceptos y criterios para el diagnóstico de esta infección y, posteriormente, mayor refinamiento en la graduación de su gravedad.

Histopathologic diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection is not necessarily easy, and reproducibility is not perfect. Our aim was to determine differences in the frequency of Hp infection according to the pathologists interpreting gastric biopsies in Medellín ( Colombia ). MATERIAL AND METHODS: All gastric biopsy reports of eight pathologists during one year were reviewed. We excluded cases with intestinal metaplasia, atrophy, dysplasia or carcinoma. We registered patient age, positivity or negativity for H. pylori, and pathologist. We determined the percentage with H. pylori infection and the percentage of each pathologist in order to determine differences. RESULTS: 2.023 cases were included. Each pathologist evaluated a mean of 252.9 ± 154.9 cases (range: 102-445). Patients were 43.5 ± 15.1 years-old (range: 12-90). H. pylori was diagnosed in 1.034 cases (51.1%). The range of positivity according to the pathologist was 38.8-71.1%; mean 51.1% ± 8.7% (p < 0,001). CONCLUSION: Among pathologists, there is a significant variability in the frequency of diagnosis of H. pylori infection. This result suggests the need to achieve greater homogeneity of concepts and criteria for the diagnosis of this infection, and of its severity.