Os autores apresentam uma análise retrospectiva de todos os procedimentos endovasculares aórticos realizados no Serviço, até Novembro de 2009. A série inclui 302 doentes, dos quais 246 correspondem ao tratamento electivo de aneurismas da aorta abdominal, 33 ao tratamento de aneurismas da aorta abdominal em contexto de urgência e 23 a procedimentos endovasculares da aorta torácica. O objectivo da análise visa de...
INTRODUCTION: Carotid body tumours (CBT) are neoplasms that develop from paragangionic cells of this structure. They are rare, with an estimated incidence of 1:30000 and can be associated with other neuro-endocrine neoplasia. The authors report their experience in the management of the disease, in the last 10 years. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Eight patients (with eight tumours) were treated, all submitted to tumour...
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...
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