ABSTRACT
Se presenta el caso de un paciente masculino de 59 años de edad, con antecedentes de colitis ulcerosa, que luego de la ingesta de agua no potable se internó por diarrea de una semana de evolución con más de veinte deposiciones acuosas diarias. Al momento de la internación se realizó rectosigmoidoscopía que no reveló actividad de su enfermedad intestinal de base. Se solicitaron estudios para descartar diversas etiologías infecciosas, obteniéndose en coprocultivo desarrollo de Salmonella species por lo que se indicó tratamiento antibiótico con ciprofloxacina.
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Acute Kidney Injury , Colitis, Ulcerative/diagnosis , Salmonella Food Poisoning/complications , Salmonella Food Poisoning/diagnosis , Megacolon, Toxic/diagnosis , Megacolon, Toxic/pathologyABSTRACT
Se presenta el caso de un paciente masculino de 59 años de edad, con antecedentes de colitis ulcerosa, que luego de la ingesta de agua no potable se internó por diarrea de una semana de evolución con más de veinte deposiciones acuosas diarias...Presentó como complicación del cuadro infeccioso, deshidratación e insuficiencia renal con requerimiento de hemodiálisis y apoyo hemodinámico con inotrópicos, evolucionando luego con toxicidad sistémica, peritonismo y dilatación de colon transverso evidenciada por radiografía de abdomen
Subject(s)
Adult , Male , Humans , Acute Kidney Injury , Dehydration/diagnosis , Dehydration/etiology , Dehydration/therapy , Diagnosis, Differential , Enterocolitis , Feces , Salmonella Food Poisoning/diagnosis , Megacolon, Toxic/diagnosis , Radiography, AbdominalABSTRACT
Se presenta el caso de un paciente masculino de 59 años de edad, con antecedentes de colitis ulcerosa, que luego de la ingesta de agua no potable se internó por diarrea de una semana de evolución con más de veinte deposiciones acuosas diarias...Presentó como complicación del cuadro infeccioso, deshidratación e insuficiencia renal con requerimiento de hemodiálisis y apoyo hemodinámico con inotrópicos, evolucionando luego con toxicidad sistémica, peritonismo y dilatación de colon transverso evidenciada por radiografía de abdomen
Subject(s)
Adult , Male , Humans , Megacolon, Toxic/diagnosis , Salmonella Food Poisoning/diagnosis , Enterocolitis/diagnosis , Enterocolitis/therapy , Diagnosis, Differential , Feces , Radiography, Abdominal , Dehydration/diagnosis , Dehydration/etiology , Dehydration/therapy , Acute Kidney Injury/diagnosis , Acute Kidney Injury/therapyABSTRACT
An adrenal mass found in the course of abdominal ecographic or computed tomography (CT) techniques performed for other reasons is a new diagnostic challenge. The patient in this case was asymptomatic and without previous illness. An ecographic study revealed an enlarged right adrenal gland, 66 by 33 mm. CT showed bilateral irregular enlargement of both adrenal glands. Nonadrenal malignancies and hyperfunctioning tumors were ruled out. A CT-guided biopsy was performed, and the histopathologic study was consistent with the diagnosis of histoplasmosis. The patient lived in an area endemic for this disease, and had daily contact with bird droppings. Histoplasmosis is a rare unsuspected cause of bilateral adrenal masses in the asymptomatic immunocompetent host.
Subject(s)
Adrenal Gland Diseases/diagnosis , Histoplasmosis/diagnosis , Incidental Findings , Adrenal Gland Diseases/microbiology , Histoplasmosis/complications , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
An adrenal mass found in the course of abdominal ecographic or computed tomography (CT) techniques performed for other reasons is a new diagnostic challenge. The patient in this case was asymptomatic and without previous illness. An ecographic study revealed an enlarged right adrenal gland, 66 by 33 mm. CT showed bilateral irregular enlargement of both adrenal glands. Nonadrenal malignancies and hyperfunctioning tumors were ruled out. A CT-guided biopsy was performed, and the histopathologic study was consistent with the diagnosis of histoplasmosis. The patient lived in an area endemic for this disease, and had daily contact with bird droppings. Histoplasmosis is a rare unsuspected cause of bilateral adrenal masses in the asymptomatic immunocompetent host.
