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Rev. méd. Chile ; 148(9)sept. 2020.
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-1389318

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT Background: About 80% of breast cancer (BC) cases express estrogen receptor (ER), which has been correlated with good prognosis and response to estrogen deprivation Aim: To characterize ER positive advanced BC (ABC) patients treated at our institution assessing the impact of clinical pre-sentation (stage IV, de novo disease at diagnosis versus systemic recurrence) and BC subtype on survival rates. Material and Methods: We evaluated 211 ER+ advanced BC (ABC) patients, treated between 1997 and 2017. Results: The median overall survival (OS) was 37 months. Median OS for the period 1997/2006 and 2007/2017 were 33 and 42 months, respectively (p = 0.47). Luminal A, ABC stage IV disease at diagnosis displayed better OS rates than Luminal B stage IV tumors (100 and 32 months respectively, p < 0.01). Conclusions: Clinical presentation (stage IV vs. systemic recurrence) and tumor subtype are key determinants of OS in ABC.


Antecedentes: Casi el 80% de los casos de cáncer de mama (CM) son positivos para receptores de estrógenos (RE+). Éstos se caracterizan por una mejor sobrevida y respuesta a terapia endocrina. Objetivo: Caracterizar a pacientes con CM avanzado (CMA), RE+, y determinar sobrevida según presentación clínica y subtipos. Material y Métodos: Analizamos en nuestra base de datos los antecedentes de 211 pacientes con CMA RE+, tratados en nuestra institución en el período 1997-2017. Se evaluó el impacto de la presentación clínica (estadio IV al diagnóstico, enfermedad de novo, versus recurrencia sistémica) y subtipo de CM, en los niveles de sobrevida. Resultados: La mediana de sobrevida global (SG) fue de 37 meses. La mediana de SG para el período 1997/2006 y 2007/2017 fue de 33 y 42 meses; respectivamente (p = 0,47). Pacientes con CMA, estadio IV, Luminal A al momento del diagnóstico mostraron mejores tasas de SG frente al estadio IV del Luminal B (100 y 32 meses respectivamente (p < 0,01). Conclusiones: La presentación clínica (estadio IV, de novo, versus recurrencia sistémica) y subtipo son determinantes clave de la SG en CMA.


Subject(s)
Humans , Breast Neoplasms , Prognosis , Breast Neoplasms/mortality , Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Receptors, Progesterone , Receptors, Estrogen , Survival Rate , Receptor, ErbB-2 , Estrogens , Neoplasm Recurrence, Local , Neoplasm Staging
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Rev. méd. Chile ; 147(12): 1510-1517, dic. 2019. tab, graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-1094184

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Background Lupus nephritis (LN) is a complication of systemic lupus erythematosus that requires renal biopsy (RB). Proliferative classes III, IV-S, IV-G have especial clinical and pathological characteristics. Aim To determine the association between pathological features in RB with serum creatinine and urine protein levels. Material and Methods We analyzed 186 RB performed in adults aged 18 to 73 years, from a renal pathology reference center. Histopathological variables such as class and subclass of proliferative LN, endocapillary and extracapillary proliferation, activity and chronicity indexes, and vascular sclerosis were correlated with serum creatinine and urine protein levels, at the time of diagnosis. Results As compared with LN III, all the morphological and laboratory values were significantly more deteriorated in LN IV, with special focus on vascular sclerosis. Serum creatinine was the only variable that significantly differentiated LN IV-S from LN IV-G. Proteinuria was non-significantly higher in LN IV-G compared to LN IV-S. However, the difference became significant when proteinuria was compared between LN IV-G and LN III. Conclusions The significant difference in serum creatinine between LN IV-S and LN IV-G supports the concept that they are different subclasses. Proteinuria is a variable that differentiates classes III from IV-G, being significantly higher in the second. Severe arteriosclerosis is a constant and significant finding that differentiates LN III from LN IV. Thus, we propose its usefulness for distinguishing LN classes, and eventually, to be considered in the chronicity index.


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Young Adult , Lupus Nephritis/pathology , Kidney/pathology , Proteinuria/pathology , Biopsy , Severity of Illness Index , Retrospective Studies , Creatinine/blood
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Rev. chil. infectol ; 36(2): 145-166, abr. 2019. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-1003664

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Resumen El enfrentamiento del diagnóstico diferencial y etiológico de las enfermedades infecciosas de los pacientes con cáncer, incluyendo los receptores de trasplante de precursores hematopoyéticos (TPH), debe corresponder a una decisión informada, oportuna y que repercuta directamente en una conducta médica que determine una mejor sobrevida y calidad de vida de los pacientes. El objetivo de este trabajo fue aportar en el manejo de estos pacientes desarrollando una herramienta útil al médico clínico para tomar estas decisiones. Para ello se agruparon las infecciones por sistemas comprometidos diferenciando los posibles agentes etiológicos en bacterias, virus, hongos y parásitos, explicitando los exámenes diagnósticos más relevantes, mencionando la o las técnicas recomendadas, junto con el tipo de muestra óptima para su adecuado procesamiento. De manera adicional, se incorporó el ítem "nivel de requerimiento" para sugerir lo que, a juicio de los autores y la evidencia existente, debe estar presente obligatoriamente en el centro o puede ser derivable a otro laboratorio.


The confrontation of the differential and etiological diagnosis of the infectious diseases of cancer patients, including hematopoietic stem cells transplant (HSCT) recipients, must correspond to an informed, timely decision that directly affects medical behavior that determines a better survival and quality of life for patients. The main goal of this work was to contribute to the management of these patients developing a useful tool for the clinician to make these decisions. For that, infections were grouped by compromised systems, differentiating the possible etiological agents in bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites, highlighting the relevant diagnostic tests, mentioning the recommended techniques together with the optimal sample type for proper processing. In addition, under each group of techniques we added the item "level of requirement" to suggest what, in the opinion of the authors and the existing evidence, must be mandatory to have at local level or can be derivable to another laboratory.


Subject(s)
Humans , Laboratories, Hospital/standards , Cross Infection/diagnosis , Cross Infection/microbiology , Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects , Neoplasms/complications , Biopsy/standards , Cross Infection/therapy , Clinical Laboratory Techniques/methods , Clinical Laboratory Techniques/standards , Environmental Exposure/adverse effects , Immunocompetence , Neoplasms/therapy
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Rev. chil. infectol ; 36(2): 238-242, abr. 2019. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-1020631

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Resumen La esquistomiasis urinaria es producida por Schistosoma haematobium. Es una enfermedad endémica en muchas regiones del mundo, no existente en Chile. Se presenta el caso de un hombre joven que viajó a Malawi, en África meridional, y que a su regreso al país, años después, presentó un síndrome miccional con hematuria macroscópica. La biopsia de vejiga mostró una cistitis granulomatosa y eosinofílica con huevos de Schistosoma haematobium.


Urinary schistosomiasis is produced by Schistosoma haematobium. It is an endemic disease in many regions of the world, non-existent in Chile. We report a case of a young man who traveled to Malawi, in southern Africa, and who returned to Chile. Few years later, he presented a urinary syndrome with macroscopic hematuria. The bladder biopsy showed a granulomatous and eosinophilic cystitis with eggs of Schistosoma haematobium.


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Adult , Schistosomiasis haematobia/diagnosis , Schistosomiasis haematobia/pathology , Schistosoma haematobium , Chile , Malawi
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Rev. chil. infectol ; 36(1)feb. 2019.
Article in Spanish | LILACS-Express | LILACS | ID: biblio-1507967
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Rev. méd. Chile ; 146(10): 1095-1101, dic. 2018. tab, graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-978744

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Background: HER2+ breast cancer (BC) subtype overexpresses the Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor type-2 (HER2) and is characterized by its aggressiveness and its high sensitivity to monoclonal antibody-based HER2-targeted therapies. Aim: To assess the prognosis and evaluate the impact of novel anti-HER2 therapies on advanced HER2+ BC patients treated at our institution over the last decades. Material and Methods: Analysis of the patient database at a cancer center of a university hospital. Information about the subtype of cancer was obtained in 2,149 of 2,724 patients in the database. Eighteen percent of the latter were HER2+. We analyzed data of 83 of these patients with advanced disease. Results: Median overall survival (OS) was 24 months. For patients treated between 1997-2006 median OS was 17 months and for those treated in the period 2007-2017 median OS was 32 months (p = 0.09). Conclusions: A non-significant trend towards better survival in the last decade was observed. HER2+ BC overall survival has improved in our center. This can be probably attributed to the use of novel more effective anti-HER2 therapies.


Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Young Adult , Breast Neoplasms/mortality , Breast Neoplasms/chemistry , Receptor, ErbB-2/analysis , Time Factors , Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy , Immunohistochemistry , Chile/epidemiology , Retrospective Studies , Receptor, ErbB-2/antagonists & inhibitors , Kaplan-Meier Estimate , Trastuzumab/therapeutic use , Lapatinib/therapeutic use , Neoplasm Recurrence, Local , Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use
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ARS med. (Santiago, En línea) ; 43(2): 42-45, 2018. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-1022886

ABSTRACT

El tumor de células granulares (TCG) es una neoplasia muy infrecuente y usualmente benigna, que afecta preferentemente a la lengua.En sólo un 6% por ciento de los casos publicados ha sido primario de la mama. Desde el punto de vista clínico e imagenológico, se plantea el diagnóstico diferencial con un carcinoma mamario invasor. Por ende, el examen anatomopatológico de muestras por punción o quirúrgicas, es crucial para establecer el diagnóstico e intentar subclasificarlo para predecir su conducta biológica. Se presenta el caso de una mujer chilena de 54 años con un TCG de la mama izquierda:(AU)


Granular cell tumor (GCT) is an uncommon and usually benign neoplasm that mostly occurs on the tongue. In only 6 percent of all published cases, GCT has been primary of the breast. From a clinical and radiological point of view, a differential diagnosis with an invasive breast carcinomais considered. Therefore, the anatomopathological examination of core biopsie or surgical samples is crucial to establish a diagnosis and tryto subclassify it in order to predict its biological behavior. We present the case of a 54-year-old chilean woman with a GCT in her left breast.(AU)


Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Middle Aged , Breast , Granular Cell Tumor , Immunohistochemistry
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Rev. méd. Chile ; 144(6): 691-696, jun. 2016. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-793976

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The white blood cell count is one of the most sensitive markers associated with inflammation. The neutrophil/lymphocyte count ratio may be an independent factor for breast cancer mortality. Aim: To assess the predictive value of the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio for mortality in breast cancer. Material and Methods: Review of the database of a cancer center of a University hospital. Patients with infiltrating breast cancer treated between 1997 and 2012 were selected. The pathology type and lymph node involvement were obtained from the pathology report. The expression of estrogen, progesterone and Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) was determined by immunohistochemistry or in situ fluorescent hybridization (FISH). The absolute peripheral neutrophil and lymphocyte counts were obtained from a complete blood count obtained at least three months before treatment. Patients were followed for a median of 61 months (range 1-171). Results: From 323 eligible patients, after excluding those in stage IV and those without an available complete blood count, 131 patients were analyzed (81 with negative receptors and 117 HER2 enriched). The neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio was similar in both types of tumors (2.1 and 1.91 respectively). Twenty two patients died during follow-up. Surviving patients with HER2 enriched tumors had a lower neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio than those who died (1.79 and 3.21 respectively, p < 0.01). In a multivariate analysis, including age, tumor stage and lymph node involvement as confounding factors, the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio was still significantly associated with a risk of death with a hazard ratio of 2.56. Conclusions: A high neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio in the complete blood count can be a predictor of death in breast cancer.


Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Breast Neoplasms/mortality , Lymphocytes , Neutrophils , Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Immunohistochemistry , Cell Count , Predictive Value of Tests , Retrospective Studies , Lymphocyte Count , Kaplan-Meier Estimate , Neoplasm Staging
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Rev. chil. infectol ; 31(2): 213-215, abr. 2014. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-708807

ABSTRACT

11 years old girl, from south region of Chile, without history of travels outside Chile nor the province, complaints of red eye with blepharitis and blood-tingued epiphora. Eye exam revealed a pseudomembrane. Clinical diagnosis was folicular conjunctivitis. A surgical removal was performed and the lesion sent to biopsy analysis. On microscopic examination numerous 50-150 μm cysts with keratinous wall and numerous endospores were found. Rinosporidiosis is an infection caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi that frecuently affects nasal cavity but could infect eye, urogenital tract and airways. This infections is considered endemic in Asia and Africa, but it is very important to have the suspicious among polyps in these areas because travel to endemic areas is become more frecuently.


Escolar de 11 años, de sexo femenino, proveniente de la Región del Bío-Bío, sin antecedentes de viajes, consultó por ojo rojo, blefaritis y epífora sanguinolenta; al examen oftalmológico reveló una pseudomembrana. La sospecha clínica fue de una conjuntivitis folicular. Se realizó la remoción quirúrgica de la lesión y en el estudio histopatológico se observaron lesiones características de rinosporidiosis, correspondiente a quistes de 50-150 μm con pared quitinosa y numerosas endosporas. La rinosporidiosis es una infección causada por Rhinosporidium seeberi, que afecta con mayor frecuencia la cavidad nasal, pero puede también afectar el ojo, aparato urogenital y la vía aérea, entre otros. Es considerado endémico en países de Asia y África, pero dado el aumento de viajes a estas regiones es importante reconocer este agente como causal de pólipos en la zona nasal y ocular.


Subject(s)
Child , Female , Humans , Conjunctivitis/pathology , Eye Infections, Parasitic/pathology , Rhinosporidiosis/pathology , Conjunctivitis/surgery , Eye Infections, Parasitic/surgery , Rhinosporidiosis/surgery
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Biol. Res ; 43(3): 269-274, 2010. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-571987

ABSTRACT

Congenital Chagas disease acquired special importance in Chile after the certification of the control of Triatoma infestans and transmission by blood donors affected with Trypanosoma cruzi. In order to establish adequate protocols for intervention and control in infected mother-neonate pairs in endemic zones of Chagas disease, we present partial results (2005-2008) of a pilot project which is being carried out in the Province of Choapa, IV Region, Chile, whose objectives are: determine the current prevalence of the disease in pregnant women, estimate the incidence of vertical transmission of T. cruzi to newborns, determine the lineages of the parasite present in mothers who do and do not transmit the disease, determine the prevalence of Chagas disease in maternal grandmothers of neonates and study placental histopathology. Preliminary results indicated that in this study period, 3.7 percent of the women who gave birth in the Province have Chagas disease and 2.5 percent of their newborns were infected. The most frequent T. cruzi genotypes found in mothers studied during pregnancy were TCI and TCIId, either alone or in mixed infections. A high percentage (74.3 percent) of the grandmothers studied was infected with the parasite. In 29 placentas from mothers with Chagas disease we observed edema, necrosis, fibrinoid deposits and slight lymphoplasmocyte infiltration. In three placentas we found erythroblastosis and in one of them amastigote forms of T. cruzi; this was one of the cases of congenital infection. The evaluation of the diagnostic and control protocols generated will allow us to determine if it has been possible to modify the natural history of vertical transmission of T. cruzi in Chile.


Subject(s)
Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Middle Aged , Pregnancy , Chagas Disease/transmission , Endemic Diseases , Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/statistics & numerical data , Trypanosoma cruzi/genetics , Chagas Disease/congenital , Chagas Disease/epidemiology , Chile/epidemiology , Genotype , Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control , Prevalence , Placenta/parasitology , Placenta/pathology
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Rev. chil. infectol ; 11(3): 143-50, 1994. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-207316

ABSTRACT

Con el aumento de la sobrevida de pacientes inmunodeprimidos la enfermedad por CMV ha cobrado cada vez más importancia. Su diagnóstico se basa frecuentemente en estudios morfológicos. Los objetivos de esta revisión de autopsias fueron: a) delimitar los patrones morfológicos de la enfermedad por CMV; b) determinar el posible rol del CMV como causa de muerte y c) conocer la relación entre la condición de base del paciente y la extensión de la enfermedad. Se reunieron 24 casos. En 13 se encontraron inclusiones virales en más de un órgano. El pulmón fue el órgano más afectado (19 casos), seguido del hígado (7), suprarrenal y colon (5) y riñón, bazo e intestino delgado (4). En 20 casos (83 por ciento) se encontró una condición basal inmunodepresiva; neoplasia maligna (6 casos), sindrome de inmunodeficiencia (5), tratamiento inmunusupresor por patología no tumoral (4) y otros (5). El 54 por ciento de las autopsias presentó otras infecciones asociadas; micótica (8 casos), bacteriana (5), viral (2) y parasitaria (1). En 9 casos se consideró el CMV causa posible de muerte y en 5 fue la única causa posible encontrada. Los grupos con neoplasias y sindrome de inmunodeficiencia presentaron una enfermedad por CMV más extensa y el patrón pulmonar más frecuentemente encontrado como causa de muerte fue daño alveolar difuso y bronconeumonia extensa


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Infant, Newborn , Infant , Child, Preschool , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Autopsy , Cytomegalovirus Infections/pathology , Cytomegalovirus/isolation & purification , Inclusion Bodies, Viral
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Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol ; 59(6): 442-7, 1994. tab, ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-151144

ABSTRACT

El tacto vaginal no es suficiente para etapificar la extensión del Ca cervical en su compromiso parametrial. El uso de la ecografía transvaginal con la punción biópsica citológica-histológica parametrial permite certificar el diagnóstico. En 23 casos, se demostró 21 carcinomas epidermoides y 1 adenocarcinoma en correspondencia al tumor cervical. La etapificación clínica mostró un 8,3 por ciento de error


Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Adnexa Uteri/pathology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathology , Uterine Neoplasms/pathology , Adnexa Uteri , Adnexa Uteri/pathology , Biopsy, Needle , Genital Neoplasms, Female , Genital Neoplasms, Female/pathology , Genital Neoplasms, Female/secondary , Histocytological Preparation Techniques , Neoplasm Staging
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Rev. chil. cir ; 43(2): 120-4, jun. 1991. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-104478

ABSTRACT

El objetivo del trabajo fue evaluar la relación anatomoclínica de los linfonodos de la axila en pacientes con cáncer de mama T1 T2 analizándose 30 pacientes operados. En 10 el tamaño del tumor (T1) era menor de 2 cm y en 20 (T2) fluctuaba entre 2 y 5 cm. Todas fueron sometidas a mastectomía parcial con vaciamiento axilar con estudio de los diferentes niveles. Al estudiar la relación anatomoclínica y el estado de la axila se encontró: clínica (+)/histología (-) 1/4 (25%). Clínica (+)/histología (+) 3/4 (75%). Clínica (-)/histología (-) 21/26 (80,7%). Clínica (-)/histología (+) 5/26 (19,2%). Todos los linfonodos histológicamente positivos correspondían al nivel 1. Se encontró una discordancia entre la clínica y los hallazgos histológicos en el 20%(6/30). El hallazgo de que el 19,2%de las axilas clínicamente negativas, sean histológicamente positivas hace meditar sobre la conveniencia de vaciarla


Subject(s)
Breast Neoplasms/surgery , Lymph Node Excision , Axilla
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Rev. chil. cir ; 43(2): 163-8, jun. 1991. tab, ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-104486

ABSTRACT

Se analiza 10 casos de pacientes portadores de tumores localizados en faringolaringe y esófago cervical que fueron operados y reconstruidos con un colgajo miocutáneo pectoral mayor en forma primaria. En todos estos casos no fue posible usar la mucosa faringoesofágica para cerrar en forma primaria debido a la extensión tumoral. La morbilidad fue de un 10%y la mortalidad de un 20%. En 7 casos se obtuvo una buena restitución de la alimentación oral. La técnica se considera para lesiones faringoesofágicas y en pacientes de alto riesgo quirúrgico


Subject(s)
Esophageal Neoplasms/surgery , Laryngeal Neoplasms/surgery , Pharyngeal Neoplasms/surgery , Surgical Procedures, Operative/rehabilitation , Esophageal Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Laryngeal Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Pharyngeal Neoplasms/radiotherapy
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Parasitol. día ; 13(2): 64-8, abr.-jun. 1989. tab, ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-84574

ABSTRACT

Estudio retrospectivo de 120.064 biopsias efectuadas en el período 1960-1986 y estudiadas en el Departamento de Anatomía Patológica del Hospital Clínico de la Escuela de Medicina de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, que mostró 29 casos de hidatidosis por cada 10.000 biopsias, con una tasa estimada de 290 por 100.000. En esta manera la frecuencia de hidatidosis humana ha disminuido en forma progresiva y significativa, aunque a nivel nacional no ha mejorado. La enfermedad afectó equitativamente a hombres y mujeres. El 78,7% se presentó en pacientes de 15 a 65 años. Los órganos comprometidos, en orden de frecuencia, fueron pulmón (44,2%), hígado (31,7%), peritoneo (10,3%), huesos (6,4%), bazo (2,7%), riñón (1,5%), piel (0,5%), músculo esquelético (0,5%), corazón (o,2%), mama (0,2%) y ovario (0,2%). Quistes múltiples se encontraron en un 18% de las biopsias. Histológicamente, las estructuras parasitarias observadas con mayor frecuencia fueron adventicia y cutícula. La adventicia fue productivo fibrosa en 235 biopsias (75,1%), productivo fibrosa con áreas de destrucción y necrosis en 130 (41,5%) y productivo-fibrosa con granulomas en 78 (24,9%). En más de la mitad de las biopsias encontramos evidencias morfológicas de rotura del quiste, a saber, destrucción y necrosis adventicial, granulomas e inflamación eosinofílica y purulenta


Subject(s)
Infant, Newborn , Infant , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Humans , Male , Female , Biopsy , Echinococcosis/pathology , Chi-Square Distribution , Retrospective Studies
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Bol. Oficina Sanit. Panam ; 104(3): 251-260, mar. 1988.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-367118

ABSTRACT

To help fill gaps in existing knowledge about opportunistic parasitic infections in Chile, histologic material from 5,612 autopsies performed from 1960 through mid-1986 was examined. This examination found 175 opportunistic agents in the tissues of 151 autopsy subjects- these agents including fungi (75 per cent), viruses (23 per cent), parasites (3 per cent), and Nocardia (2 per cent). Ordinary bacteria were disregarded because they are not sufficiently distinctive in histologic studies and cannot be classed as opportunistic on the basis of such studies alone. The most commonly found infections were candidiasis, aspergillosis, cytomegalovirus infection, herpesvirus infection, and zygomycosis. The most commonly compromised organs and tissues were the lungs, esophagus, kidneys, brain, intestines, stomach, myocardium, liver, trachea, and skin. The more frequent primary underlying conditions predisposing subjects to opportunistic infections were lymphohematologic disorders, solid tumors, diabetes mellitus, major abdominal surgery, diffuse diseases of the connective tissue, pulmonary tuberculosis, kidney transplants, prematurity, and senility. In 44 cases the subject had a history of immunodepressant chemotherapy. In general, the types of opportunistic infections, the clinical-anatomic forms of those infections, and the underlying conditions predisposing subjects to such infections appear to


Subject(s)
Autopsy , Opportunistic Infections/pathology , Chile
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Rev. chil. neuro-psiquiatr ; 25(3): 219-23, jul.-sept. 1987. tab, ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-55039

ABSTRACT

Las infecciones oportunistas del SNC han aumentado en los últimos años. Este tipo de complicación ha ampliado el espectro clínico neurológico, es de defícil diagnóstico y conlleva una alta mortalidad. Con el fin de analizar nuestra realidad se revisaron 5.612 autopsias practicadas en los últimos 26 años en dos hospitales. Se encontraron 151 necropsias con infecciones oportunistas. El SNC ocupa el 4§ lugar con 6 casos de Candidiasis, 6 de Aspergilosis, 4 de Zigomicosis, 3 de Criptococosis, 1 de Nocardiosis, 1 de Citomegalovirosis y 5 de Herpes virosis. La distribución, frecuencia y condiciones clínicas de nuestras infecciones oportunistas fue semejante a lo publicado en series extranjeras


Subject(s)
Humans , Central Nervous System Infections/pathology , Aspergillus/pathogenicity , Candida/pathogenicity , Cryptococcus/pathogenicity , Nocardia/pathogenicity , Retrospective Studies
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