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Hepatic amebiasis.
Nunes, A; Varela, M G; Carvalho, L; Ranchhod, R; Saavedra, J AThe authors report the case of a 30 year-old man, who had recently been to Africa, admitted due to fever and pain in the epigastrium and in the right hypocondrius. The evaluation led to the diagnosis of hepatic amebiasis. The patient was treated accordingly with success. The authors further review hepatic amebiasis, including the epidemiology, diagnostic means and ways of treatment, focusing on medical and surg...
Hodgkin's disease in a patient with sarcoidosis.
Silva, G N; Morais, M F; Raposo, J; Silva, G E; Saavedra, J AWe present the case of a 37 years old woman with mediastinal lymphadenopathy since the age of 13. At de age of 14, the patient presented a left cervical lymphadenopathy and the onset of episodic nodose erythema. One year later, histological examinations of an enlarged lymph node revealed sarcoidal granulomata. Corticotherapy was prescribed and the patient became asymptomatic. At the age of 31, the patient compl...
Rheumatic fever--exacerbation or decline? Analysis of patients admitted to a me...
Morais, F; Silva, G N; Santos, R M; Sousa, J T; Saavedra, J A; Da Costa, J NThe authors revised 116 clinical files of patients admitted to a Medicine ward with Rheumatic Fever in the years 1959-63 and 1979-83, in order to detect a possible recrudescence of the disease. The following parameters were analysed: age, sex, length of hospital stay, clinical manifestations, ancillary exams, therapeutics and evolution. It was found an impressive decline in the incidence of the disease (90 case...