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Prenatal suspicion of Stickler Syndrome without known familial history: a possi...
Borges,Ana Catarina; Marques,Cecília; Teixeira,Neusa; Gonçalves-Rocha,Alexandra; Cadilhe,AlexandraAbstract The Stickler syndrome (SS) is a group of hereditary conditions affecting connective tissue, characterized by orofacial, ocular, skeletal and hearing disabilities. Current literature lacks a detailed prenatal phenotype. A 33-year-old, healthy woman without relevant family history, presented on second trimester ultrasound a fetus with increased nuchal fold, macrophtalmia and micrognathia. The amniocentes...
Epidural abscess: an unusual cause of postpartum fever
Vieira,Catarina; Borges,Ana Catarina; Correia,Cátia; Reis,IsabelAbstract Epidural analgesia is frequently used for labour analgesia, and major complications are rare. This article illustrates a case of a healthy woman submitted to a caesarean section under epidural anaesthesia, which developed postpartum fever, worsening abdominal and lumbar pain and neurologic deficits. Lumbar magnetic resonance confirmed the epidural abscess with spinal compression, demanding urgent lamin...
Spontaneous vaginal expulsion of a large uterine leiomyoma 10 weeks after a ces...
Borges,Ana Catarina; Vides,Belisa; Correia,Cátia; Saleiro,Manuel; Reis,IsabelAbstract Uterine leiomyomas are the most frequently benign smooth muscle tumor of uterus in reproductive age women and may negatively affect fertility and pregnancy outcomes. True prevalence of leiomyomas in pregnancy seems to be underestimated and its growth pattern during pregnancy remains controversial. Despite most leiomyomas present in pregnancy as an asymptomatic incidental finding, it can manifest with p...
Investigação clínica no internato: a realidade da especialidade de Ginecologia ...
Sousa,Natacha; Sarabando,Rita; Borges,Ana Catarina; Correia,Cátia; Nogueira-Silva,Cristina; Reis,IsabelResumo Introdução: A investigação clínica (IC) é essencial para a formação médica, além de requisito obrigatório do currículo de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia (GO). Contudo, a literatura acerca da atitude dos internos portugueses relativamente à IC é escassa. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar obstáculos e incentivos à IC no internato de GO em Portugal. Materiais e Métodos: Estudo transversal, com realização de um...