Hereditary hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder that is characterized by high serum ferritin levels without iron overload and early-onset cataracts. The authors describe the case of a 26-year-old woman with hyperferritinemia (1153.3 ng/mL, reference range 11.0 - 306.8 ng/mL), with no other abnormalities in iron metabolism, associated with cataracts diagnosed at the age o...
Sternal tumour lesions remain a challenge in clinical practice. Due to multiple etiologies, it can be difficult to diagnose primary bone Hodgkin lymph, often misdiagnosed as tuberculosis or eosinophilic granuloma. The authors report the case of a 32-year-old patient with non-specific sternal chest pain that had lasted approximately one year as the initial presentation of primary Hodgkin lymphoma of the sternum,...
O aumento da esperança média de vida leva a que muitos idosos vivem para além dos 85 anos e consequentemente precisam cada vez mais de respostas sociais adequadas às suas necessidades, numa época em que as famílias se desresponsabilizam gradualmente dos cuidados aos seniores. As respostas sociais mais conhecidas no nosso país são os lares de idosos, ou seja, as estruturas residenciais para idosos e estas têm vi...
Introduction: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome has a significant incidence and mortality at Intensive Care Units. Therefore, more studies are necessary in order to develop new effective therapeutic strategies. The authors have proposed themselves to characterize Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit for 2 years.Material and Methods: This was an observational retrospe...
The association between intracranial and visceral aneurysms is very rare, with a bad prognosis. The rupture usually appears in theEmergency Room, and it implies an immediate treatment.We describe the case of a woman with rupture of an anterior communicant artery aneurysm and rupture of a pancreatic duodenal arteryaneurysm. The actuation of all specialties allowed the direct surgical treatment of the visceral an...
During 16 years 202 patients with leg ulcer have been studied prospectively. Whenever possible, cure has been obtained in ambulatory, which was the main objective. Surgery was preferentially made after the cure of the ulcer. From the 202 patients, 166 have made a prolonged follow-up. Cure in ambulatory has been obtained in 91% of the patients. We stress the importance of the direct control of all the treatment ...
A Reforma Agrária em Portugal surge num contexto revolucionário, fruto da Revolução de 25 de Abril de 1974. Os trabalhadores ocupam as grandes propriedades do sul do país e formam novas unidades de produção, baseado num sistema de gestão colectiva. O estudo presente de investigação histórica analisa o caso de um concelho da Beira Baixa, a norte da ZIRA (Zona de Intervenção de Reforma Agrária), Idanha-a-Nova. A ...