Neurobrucelose. Revisão de 8 Casos

A brucelose é uma doença endémica em Portugal, tendo-se registado um aumento da incidência em 1994. A neurobrucelose (NB), embora surja em apenas 5 a 1000 dos casos de infecção crónica , tem formas de apresentação heterogéneas colocando dificuldades de diagnóstico diferencial. Através da revisão dos processos clínicos de quatro anos de internamento no Serviço de Neurologia do Hospital de ST. António dos Capuchos os autores analisam o quadro clínico, exames complementares, terapêutica, evolução o diagnóstico diferencial de oito doentes com neurobrucelose.

A Homemade Snare: An Alternative Method for Mechanical Removal of Dirofilaria Immitis in Dogs

Canine dirofilariosis is a life-threatening parasitic disease that is increasingly reported worldwide. Once diagnosed the main treatment goals are to improve the animal's clinical condition and to eliminate all life stages of the parasite with minimal posttreatment side effects. This can be achieved through mechanical, surgical, or chemotherapeutical approaches. Currently, manual extraction is the preferred method to remove adult heartworms due to its diminished invasiveness, reduced damage to the vascular endothelium, and shortened anaesthesia duration. However, it remains an expensive technique that can be highly traumatic. To address this issue, a nontraumatic homemade catheter-guided snare was developed for heartworm removal by adapting and folding a 0.014-inch coronary wire (BMW, Abbott Vascular). Transvenous heartworm extraction was performed on a dog severely infected with adult heartworms by inserting the modified snare into a 6-F Judkins right coronary guiding catheter BMW (Cordis) and advancing it into the right ventricle under fluoroscopic guidance. Fifteen adult specimens of Dirofilaria immitis were successfully extracted from the pulmonary artery and right ventricle without complications. To assure the death of both larvae and adults, postoperative treatment was successfully managed using ivermectin, doxycycline, and melarsomine, with no recurrence after surgery.