BACKGROUND: Pseudomyxoma peritonei is an uncommon condition with an estimated incidence of one to two per million (worldwide) per year. It is characterized by the peritoneal deposition of mucinous tumors, most commonly of the appendix, and occasionally from the ovary, coupled by mucinous ascites. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 76-year-old woman who presented with increased abdominal girth and dyspn...
The authors present the case of a 47 years old female, with no past or familial history, hospitalized due to vomiting and significant weight loss over the last 9 months, without abdominal pain, blood loss, constipation or diarrhea. Blood tests results revealed iron deficiency anaemia, seropositivity for ASCA, anti-transglutaminase antibody and HLA-DQ2. Upper GI endoscopy showed several ulcers in duodenal mucosa...
BACKGROUND: self-expanding metal stents are currently being used as a definitive palliative treatment for malignant colorectal obstruction in patients with incurable disease. Few studies have followed large numbers of patients from stent placement until death, and those few have reported conflicting results in the long-term clinical outcome data. AIMS: this study evaluated the clinical effectiveness of stent p...
Introdução: Define-se como insuficiência hepática aguda o desenvolvimento rápido de falência hepática em indivíduos sem doença hepática prévia ou com doença hepática crónica compensada. Etiologia: É variada e é o principal indicador do prognóstico, pelo que a sua rápida identificação é vital. Avaliação inicial e diagnóstico: Atendendo a uma possível progressão para falência multiorgânica é necessário o internam...
El hematoma intramural del intestino delgado es una complicación poco habitual de la utilización de anticoagulantes orales. El diagnóstico sólo es posible cuando se asocian estos síntomas a una historia clínica de anticoagulación oral y pruebas radiológicas. A continuación se presenta el caso clínico de un paciente que ingreso por dolor epigástrico asociado a vómitos de retención con 48 h de evolución y anteced...
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