Challenges in uncomplicated acute appendicitis

Autor: Fernando Resende, Ana Beatriz Almeida, José Costa Maia, Renato Bessa Melo

Publikováno v: Journal of Acute Disease, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 109-113 (2016)

Acute appendicitis is one of the most common abdominal emergencies requiring surgery. It still represents, however, a challenging diagnosis. In order to facilitate this process, several scoring systems were developed, namely, the Alvarado score, acut

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Malignant Small Bowel Tumors: Diagnosis, Management and Prognosis

Autor: Hélder Cardoso, João Tiago Rodrigues, Margarida Marques, Armando Ribeiro, Filipe Vilas-Boas, João Santos-Antunes, Eduardo Rodrigues-Pinto, Marco Silva, José Costa Maia, Guilherme Macedo

Publikováno v: Acta Médica Portuguesa, Vol 28, Iss 4 (2015)

Purpose: Despite being rare entities, the incidence of malignant small bowel tumors seems to be rising. The development of capsule endoscopy and balloon assisted enteroscopy provided an advance in the assessment of small bowel lesions. We aim to desc

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/bb2ab8b77ea844349a24d97c8a07ca04

Clube Português do Pâncreas Recommendations for Chronic Pancreatitis: Etiology, Natural History, and Diagnosis (Part I)

Autor: Eduardo Rodrigues-Pinto, Ana Caldeira, João Bruno Soares, Teresa Antunes, Joana Rita Carvalho, José Costa-Maia, Pedro Oliveira, Richard Azevedo, Rodrigo Liberal, Tiago Bouça Machado, Vitor Magno-Pereira, Pedro Moutinho-Ribeiro

Publikováno v: GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, Pp 1-10 (2019)

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a heterogeneous disease, with different causes and often a long delay between onset and full classic presentation. Clinical presentation depends on the stage of the disease. In earlier stages, recurrent episodes of acute

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/fb1bfa66874f4f82aaeec44f559dcaf5

Hepatic perivascular epithelioid tumor (PEComa). A case report

Autor: Filipe Vilas-Boas, Marco Silva, Hélder Cardoso, Joanne Lopes, Rui Cunha, José Costa Maia, Guilherme Macedo

Publikováno v: Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology. 41:e43-e46

A 37-year-old female had liver nodules found in an abdominal ultrasound scan. The radiological features were suggestive of hepatocellular adenomas, although there were some atypical findings. Two years later, one of the nodules showed dimensional pro

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinre.2017.02.003

CA 19-9 as a Marker of Survival and a Predictor of Metastization in Cholangiocarcinoma

Autor: Susana Lopes, Pedro Pereira, Hélder Cardoso, Guilherme Macedo, Filipe Vilas-Boas, Marco Silva, João Santos-Antunes, José Costa-Maia, Rosa Coelho, Eduardo Rodrigues-Pinto

Publikováno v: GE-Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology v.24 n.3 2017
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC)-FCT-Sociedade da Informação
instacron:RCAAP
GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology (2017)
GE-Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 114-121, Published: JUN 2017

Background: Cholangiocarcinoma is the second most frequent primitive liver malignancy and is responsible for 3% of the malignant gastrointestinal neoplasms. The aims of this study were to determine the association of serum levels of CA 19-9 at diagno

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https://doi.org/10.1159/000452691