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Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Bladder: 2 Rare Cases Managed with La...
Lopes, S; Furtado, A; Oliveira, R; Cebola, A; Graça, B; Coelho, M; Ferrito, F; Gomes, FCTwo cases of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the bladder are reported here. Both patients were male and presented with macroscopic hematuria; in the first case terminal hematuria was associated with irritative voiding symptoms. The second case was a smoker with hematuria unresponsive to medical treatment and anemia. Clinical presentation, pathological features, treatment, and prognosis are discussed...
Relations between Cardiac and Visual Phenotypes in Diabetes: A Multivariate App...
Oliveiros, B; Sanches, M; Quendera, B; Graça, B; Guelho, D; Gomes, L; Carrilho, F; Caseiro-Alves, F; Castelo-Branco, MCardiovascular disease and diabetes represent a major public health concern. The former is the most frequent cause of death and disability in patients with type 2 diabetes, where left ventricular dysfunction is highly prevalent. Moreover, diabetic retinopathy is becoming a dominant cause of visual impairment and blindness. The complex relation between cardiovascular disease and diabetic retinopathy as a functio...
Tentativa de orquidectomia parcial: a propósito de um caso clínico
Dores, J; Graça, B; Manso, RT; Gomes, FCIntroduc¸ão: Até ao fim dos anos 80 defendia-se que qualquer nódulo testicular suspeito devia ser excisado com orquidectomia radical. No entanto, com o aumento do diagnóstico incidental de massas testiculares, a maior acuidade dos exames extemporâneos e a evidência das vantagens potenciais da orquidectomia parcial, questionou-se se seria necessário sacrificar, sempre, todo o testículo, mesmo na presenc¸a de um ...
Prostatectomia radical laparoscópica versus aberta: margens cirúrgicas
Abreu, R; Bargão, P; Graça, B; Lourenço, M; Coelho, M; Ribeiro, F; Cardoso, P; Varregoso, J; Ferrito, F; Gomes, FCA prostatectomia radical por via laparoscópica é atualmente uma via de abordagem al- ternativa à via clássica. Objetivos: Pretende-se comparar os resultados oncológicos, nomeadamente as margens cirúrgicas, dos dois tipos de abordagens. Material e métodos: Em Setembro de 2012 deu-se início, a um estudo prospetivo durante 10 meses, com o objetivo de comparar os resultados da prostatectomia radical laparos- cópica...
Carcinoma de células renais com trombo gigante na veia cava inferior: abordagem...
Furtado, A; Graça, B; Gonçalves, F; Ferrito, F; Morais, A; Santos, AA nefrectomia radical associada a trombectomia da veia cava inferior constitui a única opção terapêutica passível de melhoria prognóstica dos carcinomas de células renais com trombos venosos major. Descrevemos o caso de um homem, 55 anos, com o diagnóstico de tumor renal com trombo intra-cávico de grandes dimensões. O doente foi alvo de uma abordagem multidisciplinar, tendo sido submetido a nefrectomia radical ...
Giant nephrothoracic abscess: a misleading disease, a surgical challenge, and a...
Kronenberg, P; Graça, B; Coelho, MA rare case of perinephric abscess with unilateral secondary pulmonary involvement that was further complicated by spillover of purulent content into the contralateral lung is reported here. Its diagnosis, treatment, and evolution are described and discussed along with certain features of nephropulmonary fistulas. The diagnosis of these abscesses is difficult, largely because of the paucity of primary symptoms ...
Left atrial dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus: insights from cardiac MRI
Graça, B; Ferreira, MJ; Donato, P; Castelo-Branco, M; Caseiro-Alves, FOBJECTIVES: The left atrium (LA) modulates left ventricular filling through reservoir, conduit and booster pump functions. Only limited data exist on LA involvement in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). This study sought to assess LA function in asymptomatic DM2 with cardiac MRI. We hypothesized that cardiac MRI can detect LA dysfunction in asymptomatic DM2. METHODS: Forty-five patients with asymptomatic DM2 and 2...
Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and the Associa...
Graça, B; Donato, P; Ferreira, MJ; Castelo-Branco, M; Caseiro-Alves, FOBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare cardiac MRI-derived parameters of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function between uncomplicated type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and normoglycemic control subjects and to evaluate whether these parameters of LV diastolic function are related to coronary atherosclerosis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We prospectively studied 41 subjects with DM2 and 21 normoglycemic con...
Thoracic, abdominal and musculoskeletal involvement in Erdheim-Chester disease:...
Antunes, C; Graça, B; Donato, PBACKGROUND: Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare, non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis with characteristic radiological and histological features. This entity is defined by a mononuclear infiltrate consisting of lipid-laden, foamy histiocytes that stain positively for CD68 and negatively for CD1a. Osseous involvement is constant and characteristic. Extra-osseous lesions may affect the retroperitoneum, lungs, sk...
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging assessment of diastolic dysfunction i...
Graça, B; Ferreira, MJ; Donato, P; Castelo-Branco, M; Caseiro-Alves, FOBJECTIVES: Asymptomatic left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction is increasingly recognised as an important diagnosis. Our goal was to study the prevalence and gender differences in subclinical LV diastolic dysfunction, using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) at 3 T. METHODS: We prospectively studied 48 volunteers (19 male and 29 female, mean age 49 ± 7 years) with no evidence of cardiovascula...