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Injecção intralesional de betametasona nas estenoses benignas do esófago

Intralesional steroid injection has been used in benign oesophageal strictures to improve the results of dilatation. Most studies use triamcinolone, only a few have reported using betamethasone. Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination of dilatation and intralesional betamethasone injection in benign oesophageal strictures. Methods: Cases of benign oesophageal strictures treated with...

Mesotelioma maligno do peritoneu: a propósito de um caso clínico

One year of Lamivudine therapy for portuguese patients with chronic hepatitis B.

OBJECTIVE: To further verify the efficacy and safety of locally manufactured lamivudine on patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). METHODS: 2200 patients with CHB were recruited and received lamivudine orally 100 mg once daily for 12 months. The efficacy assessments included virologic response rate (defined by the absence of serum HBV DNA, HBeAg loss and HBeAg/HBeAb seroconversion), percentage of patients wit...

An unusual endoscopic procedure to remove a toothbrush from the stomach

Coexistence of hepatic and pancreatic disease in the chronic alcoholic. Unusual...

In all that has been written there is still some controversy about the importance of the simultaneous pathologycal involvement (functional and/or morphologic) of the pancreas and liver on the same alcoholic patient. Thus, and with the intention of reaching an agreement on the matter, we studied on one hand, on a functional basis, the exocrine pancreas in a group of alcoholic cirrhotics (n = 75) and, on the othe...