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Association between the radiological presentation and elapsed time for the diag...
Muller,Guilherme Seara; Faccin,Carlo Sasso; Silva,Denise Rossato; Dalcin,Paulo de Tarso RothABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the radiological presentation of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed in the emergency department and to investigate its association with the time to diagnosis. Methods: This was a prospective observational study involving patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis in the emergency department of a tertiary university hospital in southern Brazil. Chest X-rays taken o...
Increasing diagnostic effectiveness of thyroid nodule evaluation by implementat...
Cristo,Ana Patrícia de; Goldstein,Heloísa Folgierini; Faccin,Carlo Sasso; Maia,Ana Luiza; Graudenz,Marcia SilveiraABSTRACT Objective Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (US-FNA) biopsy has proven to be an accurate and efficient tool in thyroid nodule evaluation. We evaluated whether cell block adds to the diagnostic accuracy of US-FNA. Subjects and methods Three hundred twenty-eight consecutive patients underwent US-FNA, cytology and cell block evaluation. Six slides were prepared for each patient and stained by Papan...
Right aortic arch with aberrant left innominate artery arising from Kommerell's...
Faistauer,Ângela; Torres,Felipe Soares; Faccin,Carlo SassoAbstract We report a case of an uncommon thoracic aorta anomaly-right aortic arch with aberrant left innominate artery arising from Kommerell's diverticulum-that went undiagnosed until adulthood.
Relationship between functional and X-ray alterations in patients with cystic f...
Fernandes,Andréia Kist; Mallmann,Felipe; John,Ângela Beatriz; Faccin,Carlo Sasso; Dalcin,Paulo de Tarso Roth; Barreto,Sérgio Saldanha MennaBACKGROUND: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a disease marked by airway inflammation and airflow obstruction, resulting in air trapping in the lungs. OBJECTIVE: To assess the associations between airflow limitation, pulmonary volume and X-ray findings in patients with cystic fibrosis. METHOD: A cross-sectional retrospective study. Review of spirometric, plethysmographic, and chest X-ray findings of outpatients (age ³ 16...