[Level of stress and coping strategy in medical students compared with students of other careers]. / Niveles de estrés y formas de afrontamiento en estudiantes de Medicina en comparación con estudiantes de otras escuelas.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the levels of stress and the coping strategies in students of the faculties of Medicine, Law and Psychology at a private university in Lima. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Cross-sectional analytic and comparative study involving three university careers. For data collection, the SISCO inventory for academic stress and the questionnaire of stress coping (CAE) were used. For inferential analysis, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, Kruskall Wallis and Dunn Test (multiple comparison post hoc) were used. RESULTS: The average age was 19.5±2.5 years. Of them, 33.9% were students from the Medical faculty and 92.4% were worried or nervous (stress manifestations). The students from the Medical faculty had the highest level of stress (median, 46.7) compared to the students from the Psychology faculty (median, 39.1) and the students from the Law faculty (median, 40.2) (p<0.05). The most common coping strategies were focusing on the problem, positive re-evaluation, and social support. The least used strategy was religion. CONCLUSION: The Medical faculty students show the highest level of stress. Coping strategies in the three groups are focusing on the problem, positive re-evaluation, and social support. The least used strategy was religion.

[Hypercalcemia-induced pancreatitis in a patient with parathyroid adenoma and thyroid papillary carcinoma]. / Pancreatitis por hipercalcemia secundaria a un adenoma de paratiroides y la presencia de un carcinoma papilar tiroides asociado.

Acute pancreatitis due to hypercalcemia secondary to primary hyperparathyroidism is a rare aetiology. We present a female patient with pancreatitis; with prior cholecystectomy, no alcohol usage or dyslipidemia. Laboratory studies showed, serum calcium 17.93 mg/dL and iPTH 441 pg/ml. Neck CT showed multinodular goiter and a parathyroid nodule. The patient underwent surgery after which serum Ca and PTH decreased. Biopsy showed follicular variant papillary thyroid carcinoma. This report discusses possible theories of association between parathyroid adenoma and hypercalcemic pancreatitis and describes the association with follicular variant papillary thyroid carcinoma, not previously described.

Pancreatitis por hipercalcemia secundaria a un adenoma de paratiroides y la presencia de un carcinoma papilar tiroides asociado / Hypercalcemia-induced pancreatitis in a patient with parathyroid adenoma and thyroid papillary carcinoma

La pancreatitis aguda por hipercalcemia secundaria a hiperparatiroidismo primario es una etiología infrecuente. Presentamos una paciente mujer de 77 años que presentó dolor abdominal en hemiabdomen superior y vómitos; colecistectomizada, no bebe alcohol ni presenta dislipidemia. Los estudios de laboratorio mostraron, amilasa de 394 U/L y lipasa de 906 U/L, calcio sérico 17,93 mg/dL y el PTHi 441 pg/ml. En la TEM de cuello, se observó bocio multinodular (nódulos de 9 y 7 mm) en el lóbulo izquierdo de tiroides y un nódulo en paratiroides. La paciente fue sometida a una paratiroidectomía superior derecha y una hemitiroidectomía del mismo lado. Después de la cirugía, los niveles de Ca sérico y PTHi disminuyeron. Asimismo, como hallazgo en la biopsia, se encontró carcinoma papilar variante folicular de tiroides. Este reporte explica las posibles teorías de asociación entre adenoma paratiroideo y pancreatitis por hipercalcemia y describe además la asociación con carcinoma papilar variante folicular de tiroides, no antes descrito...

Acute pancreatitis due to hypercalcemia secondary to primary hyperparathyroidism is a rare aetiology. We present a female patient with pancreatitis; with prior cholecystectomy, no alcohol usage or dyslipidemia. Laboratory studies showed, serum calcium 17.93 mg/dL and iPTH 441 pg/ml. Neck CT showed multinodular goiter and a parathyroid nodule. The patient underwent surgery after which serum Ca and PTH decreased. Biopsy showed follicular variant papillary thyroid carcinoma. This report discusses possible theories of association between parathyroid adenoma and hypercalcemic pancreatitis and describes the association with follicular variant papillary thyroid carcinoma, not previously described...