Introdução: A Clínica Médica comprova sua importância na medicina no momento em que engloba conteúdo das diversas especialidades médicas, sendo pré-requisito para grande parte destas. Objetivo: Este trabalho visa analisar e comparar a percepção dos estudantes de medicina sobre a clínica médica através da aplicação de 2 questionários. Método: Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo, observacional, descritivo e transv...
Report the case of a 51-year-old man, who evolved insidiously with tetraparesis after firearm cervical injury 19 years ago, presenting with polyarthralgia, headache, abdominal pain, constipation, polyneuropathy and anemia. Given the diagnostic hypothesis of lead poisoning due to the high serum and urinary levels of lead, surgical removal of projectile in the cervical region was chosen, obtaining clinical improv...
Introduction: The onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), after 50 years of age, occurs in 3 to 18% of patients and is called Lupus Late or Lupus Senile (LESS). Objective: to describe the clinical case of a patient diagnosed with Senile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus who was admitted to the Doctor Waldemar de Alcântara General Hospital, in addition to conducting a literature review on the subject in order to...
Introduction: Appendix neoplasms are rare and identified in about 1% of all appendectomies, with the most common etiologies being first of epithelial origin and second, neuroendocrine. Neuroendocrine tumors are derived from enterochromaffin cells, producing the granules Chromogranin A and Synaptophysin and are the second most common histological type of appendix neoplasm, often found incidentally after appendec...