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Wernicke's encephalopathy in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma post-Autolog...
Leitão,João Paulo de Vasconcelos; Lemes,Romélia Pinheiro Gonçalves; Barbosa,Maritza Cavalcante; Araújo,Beatriz Stela Gomes de Souza PitombeiraSUMMARY Wernick's Encephalopathy (WE) is an acute neuropsychiatric syndrome caused by thiamine deficiency post hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). WE is associated with high mortality and morbidity rates, but due to its rare occurrence, it is rarely considered in patients submitted to this procedure. Considering that, the manuscript reports the clinical characteristics and the possible factors that predi...
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma - evaluation of patients submitted to Autologous transplanta...
Duarte,Fernando Barroso; Fernandes,Mabel Gomes de Brito; Kaufmann,Jacques; Barroso,Karine Sampaio Nunes; Leitão,João Paulo de VasconcelosSUMMARY The Autologous HSCT is an important alternative for refractory or recurrent HL patients in terms of survival and improved quality of life. This study analyzes the results of autologous BMT performed in HL patients in the Transplant Unit of the HUWC/ HEMOCE (Fortaleza - CE, Brazil). Fifty-two transplanted patients were studied from January 2009 to October 2015, among them, 30 men and 22 women, mean age o...
T-cell/myeloid mixed-phenotype acute leukemia with monocytic differentiation an...
Lopes,Germison Silva; Leitão,João Paulo de Vasconcelos; Kaufman,Jacques; Duarte,Fernando Barroso; Matos,Daniel MazzaMixed phenotype acute leukemia is a rare subtype of leukemia that probably arises from a hematopoietic pluripotent stem cell. The co-expression of two of myeloid, B- or T-lymphoid antigens is the hallmark of this disease. Herein, the case of a 28-year-old female patient is reported who presented with hemoglobin of 5.8 g/dL, white blood cell count of 138 × 109/L and platelet count of 12 × 109/L. The differential...
L-Alanyl-Glutamine dipeptide pretreatment attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injur...
Leitão,João Paulo de Vasconcelos; Santos,Jefferson Menezes Viana; Vasconcelos,Raquel Cavalcante de; Garcia,José Huygens ParentePURPOSE: To investigate the effect of alanyl-glutamine dipeptide (L-Ala-Gln) pre-treatment on ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury after unilateral testicular torsion-detorsion in a comparative controlled experiment. METHODS: Forty-eight rats (150-200 g) randomly distributed into 4 groups (n=12), and distributed in 2 subgroups (n=6) each, were treated with saline 2.0 ml (G-1, G-3) or L-Ala-Gln 20%, 0.75g/kg dissol...
Fístula aortobroncopulmonar em pós-operatório tardio de coarctação da aorta
Coelho Júnior,Antônio Fernando; Araújo Filho,Antônio Amorim de; Leitão,João Paulo de Vasconcelos; Cabral Júnior,FranciscoJUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Em pacientes com hemoptise e história de cirurgia aórtica, a possibilidade de fístula aortobroncopulmonar deve sempre ser considerada. O objetivo deste estudo foi relatar um caso raro de hemoptise por fístula aortobroncopulmonar em pós-operatório tardio de cirurgia aórtica. RELATO DE CASO: Mulher, 34 anos, correção cirúrgica de coarctação de aorta na infância, apresentando hemoptise m...