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Homeless people: health aspects and experiences with health services

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the understanding of homeless people living in a city in the countryside of São Paulo about what health is and about their experiences in health services. Methods: a qualitative exploratory study developed through interviews with homeless people and a field diary. The data were organized by themes and the findings were compared to a collective health framework. Results: the explo...

Work and Leprosy: women in their pains, struggles and toils

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the interference of leprosy in women’s life regarding work and daily life activities. Method: Exploratory qualitative study developed from semi-structured interviews and with the use of field diaries. The strategy of the organization of data was a thematic analysis of content and referential of the work process in health and gender. Results: The themes presented are: “The leprosy ...

Diagnosis of malignancies in children with musculoskeletal complaints

CONTEXT: Musculoskeletal complaints may be associated with neoplasias as an initial manifestation of the disease. When these symptoms predominate at the onset of the disease, the differential diagnosis includes several rheumatic diseases. OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency, clinical features and types of cancer manifested in children presenting with musculoskeletal complaints over a seven-year period. TYPE OF S...

Diagnosis of malignancies in children with musculoskeletal complaints

Lipoma arborescens: diagnóstico e imagem

O lipoma arborescens é uma lesão intra-articular de origem desconhecida, caracterizada por proliferação vilolipomatosa crônica da membrana sinovial. Pode estar associado a doenças degenerativas, diabetes mellitus, artrite reumatóide juvenil e artrite reumatóide do adulto. O diagnóstico baseia-se em achados de ressonância magnética e de biópsia sinovial. Relatamos o caso de uma paciente do sexo feminino, de oito...