O quilopericárdio é uma entidade rara, que é encontrada mais frequentemente associada a traumatismos (com lesão do canal torácico), neoplasias e infiltrações por filária. As formas primárias são mais raras e associam-se a malformações da circulação linfática. Apresenta-se o caso clínico de um doente de 52 anos, sexo masculino, com o diagnóstico de quilopericárdio primário, sendo discutida a abordagem diagnóstic...
Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficiency of sclerotherapy in ovarian vein varicocele. Study population: During 6 years, 36 women with the clinical diagnosis of ovarian vein varicocele were evaluated. Methods: The diagnosis was confirmed by flebography of the ovarian vein in 35 of the patients. In these patients sclerotherapy of the ovarian vein was performed with success by selective retrograde catheteriz...
Venous ulcers in patients with post thrombotic syndromes are complex situations with multiple therapeutic options. They are responsible for high morbidity rates, conservative treatment is very slow and recurrences are very common. Deep venous reconstructive surgery is an alternative, but it should be based on the morphologic and functional aspects of the venous system and only adopted after a very careful study...
Abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysms are rare, particularly when they are related to blunt abdominal trauma. The authors report the clinical case of a 65 years old man with an abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm related to a blunt abdominal trauma, that occurred three years ago. The patient complained of a diffuse abdominal pain, increased while walking. The diagnosis was confirmed by angiography and by angio-CT. An ao...
OBJECTIVE: Venous aneurysms of the lower limbs are rare. When they involve the deep venous system, they can be associated with deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. The authors report the case of a 63-year-old women evaluated by duplex imaging and venography, in the context of a pulmonary embolism, and detected bilateral large aneurysms of the femoral veins (5 cm in the right femoral vein and 4 cm in t...
Traumatic lesions of the femoral veins during varicose veins surgery are very uncommon and they raise several therapeutic difficulties. They occur in 1/1000 cases of varicose veins operated. The authors describe four cases of lesions of this type that were seen and treated for the last six years, probably because there was an increase in the number of varicose veins operated on in the Lisbon area. The authors d...
As úlceras de perna são uma doença frequente, causadora de grande morbilidade, cujo diagnóstico é por vezes difícil. Dele depende a terapêutica que quando não adequada pode levar a situações graves com risco de amputação. Os autores descrevem as bases que permitem um diagnóstico simples destes quadros assim como a terapêutica médica mais habitual, focando a sua atenção no tratamento local destas lesões.
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