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OBJECTIVE: To present the clinical data that would anticipate the risk of malignancy in children subject to a lymph node biopsy for cervical lymphadenopathy. METHODS: This is a descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study that included 43 patients who were seen for cervical adenopathy in a 10-year period at the Hospital del Niño "Dr. Rodolfo Nieto Padrón." RESULTS: 23 cases turned out to be malignant disease (Hodgking disease being the most frequent) and 20 non-malignant diseases (infectious or reactive). The age at the moment of the diagnosis, duration of clinical progression and the number of nodes involved (2 or more) and the size of the lymph node biopsied were the risk factors for malignancy. Non-associated risk factors were sex, age of the patient, fever and spleen enlargement. CONCLUSION: Hodgkin disease was the most common that affected boys in school age. The size of the lymph node bigger than 3 cm and bilateral cervical lymph nodes and the progression of the disease shorter than 6 months, were the most significant differences between malignant and benign adenopathy.
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Doenças Linfáticas/patologia , Neoplasias/patologia , Biópsia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pescoço , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
Introducción. Un espectro de hallazgos patológicos se puede relacionar con la falta de involución completa del conducto onfalomesentérico, incluyendo el divertículo de Meckel. El propósito de este trabajo es la presentación de un caso clínico de divertículo de Meckel asociado a divertículo ileal en un niño. Caso clínico. Paciente masculino de 9 años que acudió con cuadro doloroso abdominal de 3 días de evolución, presentando abdomen agudo, con diagnóstico preoperatorio de apendicitis aguda y diagnóstico postoperatorio de divertículo de Meckel perforado con peritonitis generalizada. En los hallazgos de la pieza quirúrgica y la descripción microscópica y macroscópica por anatomía patológica se confirmó la presencia de divertículo de Meckel y otro divertículo ileal a 2 cm de distancia. Conclusión. La importancia del caso es la presentación inusual de la asociación de un divertículo ileal acompañado de uno de Meckel, no habiendo ningún reporte en la literatura.
Introduction. A wide spectrum of disorders have been related to involution failure of the onfalo-mesenteric duct; among them Meckel's diverticulum is commonly observed. In this work we present a case of Meckel's diverticulum associated to an ileal diverticulum. Case report. A 9 years old male was admitted because an acute abdominal picture of 3 days of evolution. At exploring laparotomy, generalized peritonitis, a Meckel's diverticulum at 60 cm of the ileo-local valve as well as another profusion at 2 cm of the first were found; 17 cm of ileon were resected and the histopathological study disclosed 2 ileal diverticuli. The patient was discharged well 8 days after surgery. Conclusion. An unusual case of Meckel's diverticulums associated with an ileal diverticulum is presented.