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Stakeholders’ perceptions of appropriate nature-based solutions in the urban co...

The concept of nature-based solutions (NBSs) has become increasingly popular among urban policymakers and planners to help them tackle the urban challenges arising from urban expansion and climate change. Stakeholders' involvement is a fundamental step, and stakeholders' perceptions and preferences can affect the development of NBS projects. This study aims to identify stakeholders' perceptions of the most crit...

More than a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension in the elderly

An 80-year-old woman with a history of systemic hypertension and dual-chamber pacemaker implantation for sick sinus syndrome presented to the hospital with worsening dyspnea and fatigue for several months. The chest X-ray (Figure 1A) showed a markedly enlarged cardiac silhouette along with a tubular opacity (dotted lines) paralleling the right heart border. Echocardiographic examination depicted dilated right h...

Recurrent cervical cancer: how can radiology be helpfull

Uterine cervical carcinoma is one of the most common malignancies occurring in females and although the longer survival provided by the advances in early diagnosis and effective treatment, 30% of the patients develop persistent or recurrent disease. Recurrent disease is defined by local tumor re-growth or development of nodal or distant metastases at least 6 months after the lesion has regressed. Recurrent dise...

An uncommon adnexal tumour

Efeitos ginecológicos do "tamoxifeno": contributo da radiologia

O “Tamoxifeno” (TAM) é a terapêutica anti-estrogénica de escolha nas doentes com cancro da mama. Os efeitos proliferativos do TAM em idade pós-menopausa têm sido associados a hiperplasia, pólipos, carcinoma e sarcoma do endométrio. As doentes tratadas com TAM têm também maior incidência de leiomiomas, adenomiose e endometriose, assim como maior risco de quistos do ovário. O método de primeira linha na vigilânci...