Resumo A perfuração tardia da faringe é uma complicação rara da cirurgia da coluna cervical por via anterior. A sua apresentação clínica é variável e pode levar a complicações potencialmente fatais. Apresentamos um doente do género masculino, de 49 anos, com odinofagia e sensação de corpo estranho faríngeo, com seis semanas de evolução. Há 30 anos, por fratura da apófise odontoide, foi submetido a osteossíntese...
Introduction: The use of self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) for the treatment of postoperative leaks of the upper gastrointestinal tract is already established. However, there are discrepancies between the relatively small caliber of the esophageal stents available and the postsurgical luminal size, which may determine an inadequate juxtaposition. As colonic stents have a bigger diameter, they might be more ad...
Clinicians should consider and approach inflammatory bowel diseases as a multisystemic disease. Though neurologic complications related to inflammatory bowel diseases are not rare, they are frequently underdiagnosed when compared with other organ complications. We report on a 40-year-old patient with severe Crohns disease and an acquired demyelinating polyneurophathy, malnourished, on biological therapy, who w...