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PURPOSE: To investigate whether bon e metastases-directed stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) delays the emergence of castration resistance in patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer (OPC). METHODS AND MATERIAL: OPC is usually managed with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Migration to castration-resistant prostate cancer will inevitably occur in the majority of these patients. There are several strategies aimed to delay the emergence of castration resistance including intermittent ADT, second generation antiandrogens (abiraterone, enzalutamide) or metastases-directed SBRT. The present report describes two cases of patients with OPC that received SBRT 24 Gy/3Rx to the solitary bony lesion after ADT failure. RESULTS: Both cases showed complete and durable biochemical response for 13 and 17 months, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: SBRT can be used to delay the emergence of castration resistance and the need for systemic therapy when used after ADT failure.
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Adenocarcinoma/radioterapia , Neoplasias Ósseas/radioterapia , Neoplasias de Próstata Resistentes à Castração/radioterapia , Radiocirurgia/métodos , Adenocarcinoma/secundário , Antagonistas de Androgênios/uso terapêutico , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias Ósseas/secundário , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos/efeitos da radiação , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias de Próstata Resistentes à Castração/patologia , Terapia de Salvação/métodosRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to identify predictive factors of success following a single-session of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) at 3 weeks of follow-up in our center. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The medical records of 116 patients with solitary urinary calculi who underwent single-session SWL in our department between October 2007 and August 2009 were reviewed. All preoperative unenhanced computed axial tomographies were reviewed by two radiologists blinded to clinical outcome. Success was defined as complete clearance or the persistence of fragments ≤ 2 mm on a plain film at 3 weeks of follow-up. The impact of clinical and radiological factors on success was assessed by univariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS: The single-session SWL success rate at 3 weeks was 49.1%. Stone size <8 mm, stone area < 30 mm(2), stone location (mid- and distal ureter), stone density <1000 HU and intraoperative fragmentation showed a significant association with SWL success in the univariate analysis (p<0.05). Stone area (OR 2.9), ureteral stone location (OR 3.4) and intraoperative fragmentation (OR 4.2) were the only predictors of success in the multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS: Stone area and ureteral stone location provide important information when deciding about the indication of a SWL in a patient with stone disease. However, successful resolution of only half of the cases after a single session at 3 weeks in our series undermines the relevance of informing patients about the potential need for additional treatment.
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Cálculos Renais/terapia , Litotripsia/métodos , Cálculos Ureterais/terapia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Indução de Remissão , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
This study examined how HIV testing history and future testing intentions were related to sexual risk and perceptions of risk in a community sample of 1,052 Hispanic men. This sample is noteworthy in its diverse representation of Hispanics, its high ratio of participants born outside the USA, and its inclusion of heterosexuals and men who have sex with men (MSM). We used area-based sampling to recruit participants at public venues. Data were collected via anonymous, structured interviews from December 1999 to February 2001. Lifetime testing rates were high (76%), but only 45% had been tested in the last 12 months. Results indicate that men at highest risk-those who were MSM, had more partners and had STDs-were more likely to have been tested, and to have been tested recently, than men with lower risk. Being MSM and having been previously tested predicted future testing intentions. Inconsistent condom users with more than five partners were less likely to intend to be tested than men with more than five partners who used condoms consistently. Studying men who have successfully routinized HIV prevention practices (including testing) will assist in the development of interventions for those who remain at risk.
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Infecções por HIV/diagnóstico , Hispânico ou Latino/estatística & dados numéricos , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Análise de Variância , Atitude Frente a Saúde , Região do Caribe/etnologia , América Central/etnologia , Cuba/etnologia , Florida/epidemiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Percepção , Análise de Regressão , Fatores de Risco , Comportamento Sexual , América do Sul/etnologiaRESUMO
Disseminated histoplasmosis is the most serious form of the disease produced by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Histoplasmosis was first described by Darling in 1906, and it is endemic in certain areas of Central and Southeastern regions of USA, and most Latin America countries, including the Pampa húmeda and Mesopotamia regions in Argentina, but in other continents it has a limited regional distribution. Lung involvement predominates in 90% of cases, but H. capsulatum may involve bone and soft tissues. Bone lesions without other signs of infection are very rare, and are often misdiagnosed as cancer. We report a case of disseminated histoplasmosis in a man with a myelodysplasia who presented a left tibial abscess, without any clinical evidence of pulmonary involvement. The patient was successfully treated with itraconazole.
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Abscesso/microbiologia , Histoplasmose/complicações , Tíbia/microbiologia , Histoplasma , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Achromobacter xylosoxidans is a rare cause of bacteremia, and little information on treatment is available. The majority of patients who have developed Achromobacter bacteremia have presented predisposing causes to the infection. A case of community-acquired pneumonia and bacteremia due to A. xylosoxidans in a previously healthy patient is reported. Achromobacter is usually resistant to ampicillin, cephalosporins (1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation), aminoglycosides, and fluoroquinolones. Piperacillin, piperacillin-tazobactam, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole inhibit most isolates.
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Alcaligenes/isolamento & purificação , Bacteriemia/microbiologia , Infecções por Bactérias Gram-Negativas/microbiologia , Pneumonia Bacteriana/microbiologia , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Alcaligenes/efeitos dos fármacos , Bacteriemia/diagnóstico , Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas/diagnóstico , Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas/microbiologia , Infecções por Bactérias Gram-Negativas/diagnóstico , Infecções por Bactérias Gram-Negativas/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Masculino , Pneumonia Bacteriana/diagnóstico , Pneumonia Bacteriana/tratamento farmacológicoRESUMO
Achromobacter xylosoxidans is a rare cause of bacteremia, and little information on treatment is available. The majority of patients who have developed Achromobacter bacteremia have presented predisposing causes to the infection. A case of community-acquired pneumonia and bacteremia due to A. xylosoxidans in a previously healthy patient is reported. Achromobacter is usually resistant to ampicillin, cephalosporins (1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation), aminoglycosides, and fluoroquinolones. Piperacillin, piperacillin-tazobactam, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole inhibit most isolates.
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Disseminated histoplasmosis is the most serious form of the disease produced by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Histoplasmosis was first described by Darling in 1906, and it is endemic in certain areas of Central and Southeastern regions of USA, and most Latin America countries, including the Pampa húmeda and Mesopotamia regions in Argentina, but in other continents it has a limited regional distribution. Lung involvement predominates in 90
of cases, but H. capsulatum may involve bone and soft tissues. Bone lesions without other signs of infection are very rare, and are often misdiagnosed as cancer. We report a case of disseminated histoplasmosis in a man with a myelodysplasia who presented a left tibial abscess, without any clinical evidence of pulmonary involvement. The patient was successfully treated with itraconazole.
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Em 10 pacientes consecutivos, realizou-se o mapeamento da parede septal do átrio direito durante taquicardia supraventricular por reentrada nodal AV, para comprovar a hipótese de que o intervalo AV mais curto identificava a área de conduçäo da via lenta. O septo atrial foi dividido em quatro zonas distintas. Em sete dos pacientes o intervalo AV anterógrado mais curto foi encontrado na zona 3; em dois, na zona 4; no último, na zona 2. A modificaçäo por radiofreqüência da via lenta foi obtida com sucesso, em todos os pacientes, na área de conduçäo AV mais curta. O intervalo AV durante ritmo sinusal permaneceu inalterado antes e após a ablaçäo. Após um seguimento de 21ñ4 meses, nenhum deles teve recorrência dos sintomas.
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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Adulto , Taquicardia por Reentrada no Nó Atrioventricular/fisiopatologia , Taquicardia Paroxística , Ablação por Cateter , EndocárdioRESUMO
Se presenta un caso de fibromatosis gingival idiopatica con destruccion osea asociada a amelogenesis imperfecta, en un joven de trece anos, sin aparente enfermedad sistemica