RESUMO
The authors report the case of a 54-year old woman presenting with right cardiac failure in whom the diagnosis of contemporaneous cutaneous-systemic mast cell disease was made. The cardiac symptoms regressed concomitantly with the vasomotor manifestations of the mast cell disease. Following a review of the principal mast cell mediators, the cardiovascular manifestations of the disease are studied and pathogenetic hypotheses are being put forward.
Assuntos
Hipertrofia Ventricular Direita/etiologia , Mastocitose/complicações , Biópsia por Agulha , Ecocardiografia Doppler , Eosinófilos/fisiologia , Feminino , Histamina/fisiologia , Humanos , Hipertrofia Ventricular Direita/diagnóstico por imagem , Hipertrofia Ventricular Direita/fisiopatologia , Fígado/patologia , Mastocitose/diagnóstico por imagem , Mastocitose/patologia , Mastocitose/fisiopatologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Remissão EspontâneaRESUMO
Twenty five cases of Mallory-Weiss syndrome were visualised endoscopically, representing, 4,6 p.cent of a serie of 540 consecutive upper gastro-intestinal bleedings. More frequent in men (85%) the mucosal laceration of the oesogastric junction caracteristic of the Mallory-Weiss syndrome is caused by a sudded intra-abdominal hyperpression. The lession is often associated with a prodrome of vomiting (80%). A hiatal hernia (80%), the ingestion of gastrotoxic drugs (52%) or of excessive alcohol (28%) are favorising factors. Emergency endoscopy allows an accurate diagnosis. The severity of the gastro-intestinal bleeding is generally not important and most patient can be managed non surgically.