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Cancro Hereditário dados da RAM

Registo Oncológico na Região, 2018

Introdução : Em 2018, foram identificados na RAM 1410 novos casos de doenças oncológicas. Destes, 1159 corresponderam a casos de tumores malignos que foram incluídos na análise estatística principal. A exclusão de carcinomas da pele não melanoma (tipo basocelular, espinocelular, não especificados e outros) realiza-se de modo a ser possível a comparação com outros dados estatísticos nacionais e internacionais. A...

The Use of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers Undergoing P...

Sentinel lymph node biopsy in prophylactic mastectomy is controversial. It avoids lymphadenectomy in occult carcinoma but is associated with increased morbidity. Women with BRCA mutations have a higher incidence of occult carcinoma and our objective was to assess the clinical utility of sentinel lymph node biopsy when these women undergo prophylactic mastectomy.

Case Report: Septate Uterus in a Girl with Rubinstein–Taybi Syndrome

Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome is an extremely rare plurimalformative condition that can affect any organ. However, reports regarding gynecological problems are unusual. We report the first case of a septate uterus in an adolescent with this syndrome, in agreement with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and the Congenital Uterine Malformations by Expert (CUME) criteria for uterine septum. Addition...

Memory complaints in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: More prospective or re...

Objective: Patients with amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI), usually considered an early stage of Alzheimer's disease, have deficits not only in retrospective memory (RM), that is, recalling of past events, words or people, but also on prospective memory (PM), the cognitive ability of remembering to execute delayed intentions in the future. This study investigated whether patients with aMCI refer more PM...

Memory complaints in amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: more prospective or re...

Patients with amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI), usually considered an early stage of Alzheimer's disease, have deficits not only in retrospective memory (RM), that is, recalling of past events, words or people, but also on prospective memory (PM), the cognitive ability of remembering to execute delayed intentions in the future. This study investigated whether patients with aMCI refer more PM complaints...

Essure* present controversies and 5 years learned lessons: a retrospective stud...

The risk.benefit of contraception with ESSURE* is being readressed due to na increase of reports of adverse effects with with this device. Our aim was to proceed to na interna quality evaluation and to identify opportunities for protocol improvement .We proceeded to a one-center, retrospective consecutive case series of women admitted for Essure* placement from 1 January 2012 until 31 December 2016(5 years).Res...

Vaginal Endosalpingiosis Case Report: A Rare Entity Presenting as Intermenstrua...

Endosalpingiosis is a benign and rare entity whose pathophysiology remains unknown. It has been described in pelvic organs, the abdomen, or axillar lymph nodes. Its underrecognition has occasionally led to its misinterpretation for an adenocarcinoma. This case reports the treatment and follow-up of vaginal endosalpingiosis, presenting as a vaginal polyp in a premenopausal women with intermenstrual bleeding. To ...

Giant phyllodes tumour – Case report, oncoplastic treatment and literature cont...

Phyllodes tumour corresponds to 1% of breast primary tumours. Its primary treatment is presently surgical and, for several reasons, it usually requires breast reconstruction. First of all, an important breast volume is often removed, not only because it can easily achieve great dimensions, thanks to it fast growing potential, but also because wide excision is recommended to avoid its frequent but unpredictable ...

Is it Ethical to Offer ART in Transplant Patients? (mini review)

Numerous medical and surgical innovations have improved transplant recipient outcomes and this improved survival has led to an increased focus on their quality of life issues. This renewed focus includes controlling fertility and breeding. However, not all reproductive-age transplant recipients are able to conceive naturally. For this women in fertility is considered a threat to their quality of life. The decis...