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Congenital malformations of the spleen are rare. We report a patient with an ectopic spleen located in the left iliac fossa, which was excised in order to prevent severe complications such as torsion of the pedicle, rupture or infection. A second patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura presented with an accessory spleen located retroperitoneally. Removal of this spleen following removal of the normotopic one resulted in cure of purpura. The clinical, radiological and radioisotopic studies used to locate and identify these malformations are described.
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Purpura, Thrombocytopenic/diagnostic imaging , Spleen/abnormalities , Splenic Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Adult , Chromium Radioisotopes , Female , Humans , Indium Radioisotopes , Purpura, Thrombocytopenic/complications , Purpura, Thrombocytopenic/surgery , Radionuclide Imaging , Recurrence , Splenic Diseases/complications , Splenic Diseases/surgery , TechnetiumSubject(s)
Bacterial Infections/diagnosis , Cerebral Ventricles/diagnostic imaging , Encephalitis/diagnostic imaging , Pentetic Acid , Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate/analogs & derivatives , Technetium , Adolescent , Adult , Cerebral Ventricles/microbiology , Cerebrospinal Fluid/microbiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , Middle Aged , Radionuclide ImagingABSTRACT
Se estudian mediante angiografia isotopica 10 pacientes del Instituto de Neurocirugia de Santiago de Chile con el diagnostico presuntivo de muerte cerebral por diversas etiologias. La positividad del metodo fue de 100%. Se recomienda su empleo como un parametro mas para el diagnostico definitvo de muerte cerebral.Se sugiere la conveniencia de legislar claramente al respecto
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Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Humans , Angiography , Brain Death , RadioisotopesABSTRACT
Se destaca la importancia del diagnostico precoz de la ventriculitis. Es igualmente imperativo contar con medios que permitan seguir la evolucion bajo tratamiento, asi como certificar la curacion, total o parcial, de este cuadro. Se presenta una serie preliminar de gamaencefalografia con Tc - DTPA que se ha mostrado muy alentadora en estos aspectos. Se destaca la inocuidad, rapidez y economia del metodo