Late-onset pharyngeal perforation is a rare complication of anterior cervical spine osteosynthesis. Clinical presentation is variable and may led to serious complications. We present a 49-year-old male patient with a six-week history of throat pain and foreign body sensation. He had a previous documented odontoid fracture treated with osteosynthesis with an interf ragmentary screw performed 30 years ago. A scre...
A comunicação visa partilhar a experiência da Universidade de Aveiro no âmbito do acolhimento de estudantes timorenses, mais especificamente da comissão de acompanhamento dos estudantes timorenses que existe desde 2001. Esta equipa multidisciplinar tem vindo a desenvolver o seu trabalho numa lógica de apoio holístico e multifacetado visando a integração e o sucesso académico dos estudantes timorenses a frequent...
Objective: Evaluate the impact of adenotonsillectomy on the humoral immune system in children, according to its surgical criteria.Methods: A total of 69 children scheduled for adenotonsillectomy were included in this study and subsequently separated into three groups according to the surgical criteria (infectious, hypertrophic and both). The levels of IgA, IgG, IgM, C3, and C4 were measured in blood samples col...
Introduction: The etiopathogenic mechanism of Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (ISSHL) remain unclear. Vascular event or viral infection theories had been suggested. In any case, HBO provides a better cochlear oxygenation and cellular viability after acute lesion.Material and methods: The authors present a retrospective study of the patients with ISSHL who started HBO in Pedro Hispano Hospital (2006...
We report a case of a 26 year-old man with diplopia, proptosis and a mass in superior eyelide of the left eye, slow-growth, with 2 months duration. He had a history of facial trauma 5 months ago. The CT and MRI showed a frontal sinus mucocele. The patient was treated with antibiotic and had been subjected to functional endoscopic surgery with marsupialization of the frontal mucocele.; Os autores apresentam caso...