A enteropatia perdedora de proteínas (EPP) caracteriza-se pela presença de edema generalizado e hipoalbuminemia grave, secundários à perda proteica através do trato gastrointestinal. Os autores reportam um caso de enteropatia perdedora de proteínas secundária a lupus eritematoso sistémico (LES), como a manifestação inicial desta doença. A doente relatava um quadro pautado por 4 meses de diarreia aquosa, não san...
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, like any invasive procedure, is associated with complications. One of them often ignored despite its frequency, as the results of the low morbidity rate is stone spillage. We present a case of a 38 years male, with obesity; that underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for an acute cholecystitis. During surgery, gallbladder perforation occurred with stone spillage. An attempt was mad...
Purpose. To report a case of successful thrombolysis performed in a patient with an incidental unruptured intracranial aneurysm and review the literature. Case Report. Patient admitted for ischemic stroke due to left posterior cerebral artery occlusion, with an incidental right middle cerebral artery aneurysm, who underwent treatment with tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) resulting in clinical improvement wit...