ABSTRACT
Stimulation of sensory branches of the trigeminal nerve is known to cause sudden bradycardia (trigeminocardiac reflex). However we report a case where percutaneous balloon rhizotomy of the trigeminal ganglion provoked atrial tachyarrhythmias during two separate treatments. On both occasions the patient was treated with antiarrhythmic drugs and reverted to sinus rhythm within days. Our case demonstrates that surgery involving the trigeminal nerve may cause variable cardiovascular effects that are often clinically significant. Possible mechanisms and management of arrhythmias in this setting are discussed.
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Atrial Fibrillation/etiology , Catheterization/adverse effects , Tachycardia/etiology , Trigeminal Nerve , Trigeminal Neuralgia/therapy , Aged , Atrial Fibrillation/drug therapy , Female , Humans , Recurrence , Tachycardia/drug therapyABSTRACT
Presentamos un nuevo caso de Linfoma Primario de Próstata. Hasta la fecha, se han comunicado aproximadamente 100 casos en la literatura mundial. Nuestro caso, se trata de un paciente de 73 años, que consultó por prostatismo. La anatomía patológica, obtenida por punción-biopsia transrectal informó linfoma tipo B, asociado con HBP. Los estudios complementarios de extensión de la enfermedad fueron todos negativos.. El paciente fue tratado mediante RTU, por uropatía obstructiva infravesical, más 6 ciclos de quimioterapia (CHOP). que debió completarse con radioterapia (5.940 cGy) para obtener la remisión completa. A la fecha, y con un seguimiento de 30 meses, el paciente se encuentra asintomático y libre de enfermedad
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Humans , Male , Aged , Lymphoma , Prostatic Neoplasms , Biopsy, Needle , Neoplasm StagingABSTRACT
Presentamos un nuevo caso de Linfoma Primario de Próstata. Hasta la fecha, se han comunicado aproximadamente 100 casos en la literatura mundial. Nuestro caso, se trata de un paciente de 73 años, que consultó por prostatismo. La anatomía patológica, obtenida por punción-biopsia transrectal informó linfoma tipo B, asociado con HBP. Los estudios complementarios de extensión de la enfermedad fueron todos negativos.. El paciente fue tratado mediante RTU, por uropatía obstructiva infravesical, más 6 ciclos de quimioterapia (CHOP). que debió completarse con radioterapia (5.940 cGy) para obtener la remisión completa. A la fecha, y con un seguimiento de 30 meses, el paciente se encuentra asintomático y libre de enfermedad(AU)
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Humans , Male , Aged , Lymphoma/pathology , Lymphoma/drug therapy , Lymphoma/radiotherapy , Prostatic Neoplasms/therapy , Biopsy, Needle , Neoplasm StagingABSTRACT
Between 1980 and 1990, 5,949 cases of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) were detected at the Puigvert Foundation. One thousand of them were randomized for analysis, and it was found that in 347 the indication for surgery was acute urine retention (AUR). During the initial visit the symptoms, their duration, creatinine values, correlation between creatinine and: 1) patients over 70 years, 2) relationship to prostate size, 3) distention of the upper urinary tract, 4) vesical lithiasis, 5) urinary infection, 6) complications, and 7) mortality were analyzed. Discussion of results, comparing these to other series and trying to find evolution differences between these patients and those operated by elective surgery. In our series, we only found statistically significant differences when correlating the high values of creatinine with the prostate size and the upper urinary tract distension.
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Prostatic Hyperplasia/complications , Prostatic Hyperplasia/surgery , Urinary Retention/etiology , Urinary Retention/surgery , Acute Disease , Aged , Humans , Male , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
The incidence of multiple tumours in renal cancer ranges between 1 and 30%. In these cases, it becomes very difficult to differentiate between adenoma and carcinoma just by using conventional methods, particularly in borderline cases. We carried out primary cultures and subsequent cytogenetic studies in 2 patients with multiple renal cancer. Clonal numerical changes in the first case were: 3, 7, 16 and 17 trisomies, chromosome loss; and structural changes, del(1) (p34), del(2) (p16, p22). In the second case, clonal numerical changes were 7 trisomy and tetrasomy and loss of the Y chromosome. Both tumours were cytogenetically characterized as papillary renal tumours. The diagnostic approaches are discussed and the prognosis possibilities evaluated, using this method to evaluate them in multiple renal tumours.