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Eosinophilic gastroenteritis presenting as an acute abdomen with ascites - A ca...
Carvalho Mendes, António; Ponte, Alcina; Pereira, Amália; Gonçalves, MornaA clinicai case-report of eosinophilic gastroenteritis, in a 36-year-old man, admitted for a 2º episode of incomplete abdominal obstruction in 2 years, is presented. As well as the clinicai picture of epigastric burning, cramping abdominal pain and vomiting the patient had an eosinophilic ascitis and eosinophilia was present on the full blood count. There was no history of allergy. Endoscopic and Japarosco...
Osmotic Myelinolysis – a clinical case report
Ponte, Alcina; Mendes, António C.; Gonçalves, Cláudia; Gomes, Dolores; Ferrão, Ana; Gonçalves, MornaThe authors describe a case of central pontine and extrapontine Myelinolysis in a man withalcoholism who presented to hospital with hiponatraemia. Central pontine Myelinolysis is ademyelination disorder and clinical manifestations include a rapidly evolving flaccid quadriplegia with inability to speak and swallow.This disorder has been seen in association withchronic alcoholism and electrolyte derangements. The...
Trabecular tumour of the Thyroid: adenoma or papillary carcinoma? A clinical ca...
Ponte, Alcina; Henriques, Margarida; Mendes, António; Ferrão, Ana; Cunha, Maria Fernanda; Gonçalves, MornaThe authors describe a case of a young woman with a thyroid mass. Fine needle aspiration of the thyroid revealed a Hürthle cell tumour. Histologic diagnosis was papillar carcinoma – trabecular variant. Hyalinizing trabecular adenoma (HTA) is a follicle-derived tumour of the thyroid gland and has been described as benign. Currently, discussions are underway to decide whether or not HTA should be regarded as a tr...
Ascites associated with a raised CA125 level
G. Silva, Filipe; Mendes, António; Pinto, Leonel; Neves, Conceição; Pereira, Amália; Cotrim, Isabel; Gonçalves, MornaThe authors presenta case of a 48 year-old woman admitted for fever, sweating, chills, weight Joss and ascites, having had the diagnosis of peritoneal tuberculosis made histologically from a peritoneal biopsy. The patient had an elevated CA 125. With the antibacillary treatment, the patient became asymptomatic and the CA 125 value returned to normal. The authors make a brief discussion about the characteristic ...