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British Hospital
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About: British Hospital is a healthcare organization based out in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Lung cancer. The organization has 445 authors who have published 358 publications receiving 7878 citations. The organization is also known as: British Hospital.
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TL;DR: A laparoscopically diagnosed and resolved case of an asymptomatic nonfunctional right adrenal tumor and an adrenal hemorrhagic pseudocyst is presented here, together with the current diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
Abstract: The incidence of adrenal hemorrhagic pseudocyst is very low. A total of 613 adrenal cysts and 85 hemorrhagic pseudocysts have been reported. A laparoscopically diagnosed and resolved case is presented here, together with the current diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. A 40-year-old woman was admitted because of an asymptomatic nonfunctional right adrenal tumor. Right laparoscopic adrenalectomy was performed, 8-cm cyst which found an with thick walls and organized hematic content. The postoperative course was uneventful. Follow-up was 14 months. The pathology was an adrenal hemorrhagic pseudocyst. A total of 56% of adrenal cysts are pseudocysts. One third of them have hematic content. They may present as an asymptomatic finding with nonspecific symptoms or as a hormone secreting or complicated tumor. Their vascular etiology is not yet totally accepted. There is a tendency for intracystic bleeding. it is advisable to evaluate the hormonal profile and morphologic characteristics in all cases. Treatment options include needle aspiration, percutaneous drainage, and cyst or gland resection. Laparoscopic excision should be evaluated.
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TL;DR: Germinoma must be considered in patients with insipidus diabetes with a sellar mass with thickening of pituitary stalk; and ectopic germinomamust be suspected in patientsWith slowly progressive hemiparesis with cerebral hemiatrophy, even with a rare condition, colocalization of midline and off-midline germinomas must be suspected.
Abstract: Germinomas are malignant intracranial germ tumors, usually found in suprasellar regions. Less than 10% are localized in off-middle structures, and synchronous involvement of both structures has only exceptionally been published. A case of an 18-year-old male patient with progressive right-sided hemiparesis and panhypopituitarism was reviewed. Brain MRI showed a solid mass involving pituitary and hypothalamus with thickening of pituitary stalk, high intensity lesions on T2-weighted imaging in left internal capsule, caudate nucleus, globus pallidus, and mild atrophy of the left internal capsule and cerebral peduncle. Nonadenomatous lesions were considered in the differential diagnosis. Alfa-fetoprotein (AFP) levels were negative in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), while β-human chorionic gonadotrophin (β-HCG) levels were slightly increased in CSF. A transsphenoidal biopsy identified a germinoma. Four cycles of chemotherapy with bleomicine, etoposide, and cysplatin were given, followed by radiotherapy, but patients died due to a recidiva. Conclusion. Germinoma must be considered in patients with insipidus diabetes with a sellar mass with thickening of pituitary stalk; and ectopic germinoma must be suspected in patients with slowly progressive hemiparesis with cerebral hemiatrophy. Even with a rare condition, colocalization of midline and off-midline germinoma must be suspected in the presence of these typical signs of both localizations.
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TL;DR: The anterior transvestibular endoscopic oral thyroidectomy (TOETVA) as discussed by the authors was used to extract thyroid nodules through the anterior vestibule of the mouth and either transorally or via the axilla depending on its size.
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TL;DR: Using TSH, it is possible to screen for neonatal hypothyroidism and for Neonatal hyperthyroidism with a TSH cutoff of 0.90 mIU/L, and this shows the relevance of the study in terms of public health.
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TL;DR: VATS débridement for loculated fibrinopurulent postpneumonic empyema offers better results than thoracotomy in terms of resolution of the disease and length of stay in hospital and seems to be more advantageous, resulting in fewer surgical sequelae, lower cost, less labor impediment, and better cosmesis.
Abstract: Postpneumonic empyema complicates 5% of all pneumonia cases. The loculated fibrinopurulent stage cannot be resolved by drainage tube insertion alone; it requires a debriding limited thoracotomy. Recent reports of series seem to indicate that video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) can replace thoracotomy advantageously. Eighty-six cases of postpneumonic empyema were operated on in our institution during the last 12 years: 33 cases (group I) using limited thoracotomy (1985–1991) and 53 by VATS (1992–1996). Data were collected prospectively for group II and retrospectively for the first group. The two populations were comparable in age, gender, stage of disease, and co-morbid status. There were no significant differences between the groups. VATS debridement for loculated fibrinopurulent postpneumonic empyema offers better results than thoracotomy in terms of resolution of the disease and length of stay in hospital. It also seems to be more advantageous, resulting in fewer surgical sequelae, lower cost, less labor impediment, and better cosmesis.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Maité Garrouste-Orgeas | 62 | 157 | 13270 |
A. de Gramont | 41 | 178 | 11918 |
Ricardo F. Allegri | 33 | 220 | 3577 |
Benoist Chibaudel | 32 | 141 | 4272 |
Emmanuel Marret | 29 | 98 | 4779 |
Federico G. Villamil | 26 | 82 | 3829 |
Oscar E. Martínez | 25 | 174 | 4785 |
Daniel Moya | 21 | 82 | 1236 |
João Guimarães | 19 | 30 | 2206 |
Silvia Quadrelli | 18 | 110 | 1095 |
Jose C. Russi | 17 | 25 | 761 |
Alvaro Campero | 17 | 94 | 1230 |
Hernán Trimarchi | 17 | 79 | 1207 |
Matias Bruzoni | 16 | 46 | 845 |
Hamlet Suarez | 16 | 41 | 914 |