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Biopsia/efectos adversos , Hematoma/etiología , Hepatopatías/etiología , Hígado/patología , Adulto , Biopsia/métodos , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMEN
The aim of this study was to show the US findings in mode B and color Doppler duplex of the dilatation of the rete testis, in order to analyze its association with other scrotal processes and to confirm their inclusion into the benign testicular lesions. We present seven diagnosed cases (mean age 61 years) of dilatation of the rete testis to which a clinical control and US was accomplished up to 1 year. The scrotal sonography study was carried out with a linear probe of 7.5 Mhz. In the US examination we observed in all cases an intratesticular image located in the mediastinum testis constituted by anechoic and serpiginous tubular structures, which do not show any blood flow with the color Doppler. In one case the mentioned observations were bilateral. Five cases had cysts in epididymis and the last case showed an increase in size in the epididymis head. Color Doppler duplex examination did not detected flow dots in the seven patients. The dilatation of the rete testis is a benign entity frequently associated with pathology in epididymis, with specific US findings which permit avoidance of invasive tests.
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Red Testicular/diagnóstico por imagen , Enfermedades Testiculares/diagnóstico por imagen , Ultrasonografía Doppler en Color , Adulto , Anciano , Velocidad del Flujo Sanguíneo/fisiología , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Dilatación Patológica/diagnóstico por imagen , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Red Testicular/irrigación sanguínea , Estudios RetrospectivosRESUMEN
OBJECTIVES: Study the percentage of clinical successes which have been confirmed by percutaneous hepatic biopsy guided by echography (PHBE) in those diseases which can affect the liver in an Internal Medicine service. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 78 patients were chosen for this study. All of them were admitted to hospital during the last eight years. Each patient had had a PHBE made regarding clinical, analytical and echographic criteria that were necessary to conclude their diagnostic studies. They were distributed into different groups. RESULTS: Patients could be distributed into five different groups. There was a higher percentage of clinical successes on those who suffered from chronic hepatopathy derived from alcohol-addiction and on those with carcinomatous hepatopathies. When corroborating the diagnosis of clinical suspect, the diagnostic profitability of the biopsy proved to get down in the others groups, depending on it was the group of miscellaneous, dissociate cholestasis and, in the last place, unknownly originated fever. CONCLUSIONS: The diversity of diseases which can affect the liver in an Internal Medicine service gives PHBE a particular diagnostic character. The diagnosis of clinical suspect was confirmed in 78.2% of the total of cases that made up the different groups. Therefore, PHBE plays a main role in a large amount of hepatic repercussive diseases that are treated in Internal Medicine services where, despite the clinical suspect, a diagnostic corroboration is often required for a right treatment.
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Biopsia con Aguja , Hepatopatías/patología , Hígado/patología , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patología , Ultrasonografía IntervencionalRESUMEN
Ten cases of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis are presented, 5 women and 5 men, from a total of 439 cholecystectomies (2.2%). In 50% of cases the clinical course was consistent with acute cholecystitis; in 30%, gallbladder cancer was suspected preoperatively; and in 70% of cases cancer was suspected during surgery but intraoperative biopsies showed no malignancy. Definitive pathological findings included early carcinoma of the gallbladder in two patients, and a cholecystocolic fistula in one patient. A perforated gallbladder was found in one patient. The incidence of postoperative septic complications was 18.1%, a figure that doubles that of elective biliary surgery in our hospital.