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Dural and Leptomeningeal Spine Metastases of Breast Cancer

We present a case of a 57-year-old female diagnosed with invasive ductal breast cancer, which was treated and in remission for 12 years. In 2018 she presented a progressive dorsal back pain, which prevented her from performing basic tasks. An MR study was performed and revealed the presence of an extramedullary metastatic sleeve located in the thoracic intradural space. Concomitant multiple small nodular foci w...

Interrupção voluntária da gravidez - correlação dos achados pré-natais e post-m...

A interrupção voluntária da gravidez (IVG) é uma situação de elevada complexidade a vários níveis, implicando um diagnóstico pré-natal preciso e uma corroboração post-mortem do mesmo, com eventual acréscimo de informação que contribua para um adequado aconselhamento genético aos casais. Os autores pretenderam avaliar a qualidade de diagnóstico pré-natal efectuado no seu centro, estudando a população submetida a...

Postpartum hysterectomy: 15-year review

Overview and Aims: Postpartum Hysterectomy (PPH) is considered an obstetrical emergency. Profuse bleeding, the most common indication, may jeopardize the puerperal woman. If not controlled by conservative measures, it may require PPH. Its incidence varies between 0.13 to 5.38 per 1000 births. Women with underlying conditions such as placenta previa, fi- broleiomyomas or previous cesarean section (CS) are at inc...

Gravidez na adolescência

Distócia de ombros e lesão do plexo braquial: revisão e casuística 2012

Factores de Risco para Náuseas e Vómitos no Pós-Operatório de Cirurgia Oftalmol...

Fundamentação: As náuseas e vómitos no pós-operatório são frequentes em cirurgia oftalmológica e podem ter repercussões graves. Não estão identificados os factores de risco para a sua ocorrência e desconhece-se qual a estratégia profilática mais eficaz. Objectivo: Identificar os factores de risco para náuseas e vómitos no pós-operatório em cirurgia oftalmológica e comparar a eficácia profilática das associações...

Esforço multidisciplinar para a evicção de um surto de parotidite epidémica num...

Mumps is a disease caused by paramyxovirus, whose notification to health authorities is mandatory. Vaccination in Portugal was started in 1987. There have been several outbreaks worldwide, even in populations with high vaccination rates, but none were reported in maternity hospitals. We report the case of a 36 year-old primigravida, admitted in the 37th week of pregnancy, because of fever, painful uterine contr...

Gravidez ectópica abdominal avançada: a propósito de um caso clínico

Acute complications of diabetes mellitus.

A retrospective study was made of 83 diabetic patients admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine between January 1986 and December 1993, with acute intercurrence of the disease. The authors considered some clinical features (age, type and frequency of complication, form of presentation, causal aetiology, laboratory findings and therapeutic options). Statistical relationships between different populations ...

Anorexia nervosa in a patient with type-1 diabetes mellitus.

Female patient, 21 years of age, with diabetes mellitus type I, admitted due to progressive weight loss, with a recent history of impaired glycemic control, ketosis and amenorrhea for 12 months. Studies were conducted in order to exclude an endocrine or malignant disorder. After nutritional, endocrine and psychiatric evaluation, the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, was made. Therapeutic results and clinical cours...