Pancreatite aguda sem etiologia aparente: a microlitíase deve ser pesquisada?

In a large number of patients, with episodes of acute pancreatitis the etiology is not identified, even after initial clinical history, detailed physical examination, laboratory tests and biochemical exams and an transabdominal ultrasound. This patient are considered with a unexplained acute pancreatitis. In this cases the treatment is restricted to improvement of symptoms. These patients after treated tend to have new episodes with the risk of raising the rates of morbidity and mortality. Therefore, the identification of a cause and its prompt treatment prevent at recurrent episodes of pancreatitis. This review aims to draw attention to how best diagnostic approach when the light of evidence-based medicine, to search for causes of difficult identification with microlithiasis, occult stones, the anatomical variations of biliary and pancreatic duct and in addition to sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.

Implicaciones clínicas y quirúrgicas de las variaciones anatómicas vasculares del riñón

Introducción: Conocer y diagnosticar las variaciones más frecuentes de la vasculatura renal es de gran importancia para la planificación de la nefrectomía laparoscópica en el donante y para la reconstrucción vascular en el trasplante renal. De igual forma, considerar las variaciones vasculares −especialmente las del sistema venoso− es indispensable en reconstrucción vascular debido a la gran proporción de variaciones venosas asociadas a aneurismas de la aorta abdominal; además, es ideal en el estudio de condiciones clínicas tales como el síndrome de congestión pélvica y la hematuria. Metodología: Se trata de una revisión de la bibliografía sobre la proporción, diagnóstico, procedimientos quirúrgicos y síndromes clínicos asociados a las variaciones de la vasculatura renal, basada en el material encontrado con la siguiente estrategia de búsqueda: “Renal Artery/abnormalities”[Mesh] OR Renal Veins/abnormalities”[Mesh] AND “surgery”[Mesh] OR “transplantation”[Mesh] OR “radiography”[Mesh] “Kidney Pelvis/abnormalities”[Mesh] AND “Kidney Pelvis/blood supply”[Mesh]. Esta estrategia se modificó de acuerdo con las bases de datos: MEDLINE/PubMed, MEDLINE OVID, SCIENCEDIRECT, HINARI y LILACS. Desarrollo: Se revisó el origen y los tipos más frecuentes de variaciones de la vasculatura renal. Se investigó sobre las implicaciones quirúrgicas y los síndromes clínicos asociados.

Caracterización de las variantes anatómicas de las venas pulmonares en pacientes candidatos a aislamiento de venas pulmonares en Colombia

Introducción y objetivos: El conocimiento de la anatomía de las venas pulmonares y de la aurícula izquierda es fundamental para la planeación y prevención de posibles complicaciones durante la ablación de las venas pulmonares, procedimiento realizado para el manejo de la fibrilación auricular. Este estudio pretende caracterizar la anatomía (tamaño y forma) de las venas pulmonares y determinar las variantes anatómicas más comunes de las mismas. Métodos: Se analizaron 277 estudios de angioresonancia tridimensional y tomografía computarizada realizados previo al procedimiento de aislamiento de venas pulmonares. Se evaluaron los diámetros de la aurícula izquierda, de los ostia de las venas pulmonares y se determinaron la presencia de venas pulmonares comunes, accesorias y ramificaciones tempranas. Resultados: 75% de nuestros pacientes presentaron la anatomía normal de dos venas pulmonares derechas y dos izquierdas. En un 10,1% de los casos se encontraron venas supernumerarias y en un 11,2% se encontró un tronco común. En un 61% de los pacientes se encontraron ramas ostiales, las cuales en un 39,4% de los casos se presentaron en la vena pulmonar inferior derecha. Conclusiones: La evaluación de la morfología de la aurícula derecha y las venas pulmonares por medio de angioresonancia o tomografía computarizada, es necesaria para la realización de ablación por radiofrecuencia dada la alta frecuencia de variantes anatómicas y presencia de ramas ostiales.

Variações anatômicas no aparelho reprodutor masculino de Chaunus ornatus (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) (Anura, Bufonidae)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Root canal treatment of three-rooted maxillary first and second premolars - a case report

Aim To report the diagnosis and successful clinical management of a patient with anatomical variation in maxillary first and second premolars.Summary Maxillary premolars have a highly variable root canal morphology, but it is rare, especially in the second premolar, to find three canals. This article describes the diagnosis and clinical management of first and second premolars with three canals and three separate roots, drawing particular attention to radiographic interpretation and access refinements.

Unusual anatomy of permanent maxillary molars

The purpose of this study was to show anatomical variations in permanent maxillary molars. Two clinical cases of four-rooted maxillary molars and a macroscopic study of an extracted tooth, showing a five-rooted maxillary molar, are presented.

Validação da técnica de angiotomografia helicoidal cerebral em cães hígidos

Pós-graduação em Medicina Veterinária - FMVZ

Leaf Morphological Plasticity of Tree Species from Two Developmental Stages in Araucaria Forest

This study compared the morphological and anatomical variations of the leaves of four shade-tolerant tree species Allophylus edulis (St.-Hil.) Radlk (Sapindaceae), Casearia sylvestris Sw. (Salicaceae), Cupania vernalis Cambess. (Sapindaceae) and Luehea divaricata Mart. (Malvaceae) from a fragment of Araucaria forest in two developmental stages. Morphological and anatomical traits, such as leaf and tissue thickness, leaf area, leaf dry mass, specific leaf area, leaf density and stomata density were measured from 30 leaves of each developmental stage. The phenotypic plasticity index was also calculated for each quantitative trait. The results showed that the four species presented higher mean values ​​for specific leaf area and spongy/palisade parenchyma ratio at young stage, and higher mean values ​​for stomata density, total and palisade parenchyma thickness in the adult stage. The plasticity index demonstrated that L. divricata presented highest plasticity for both the morphological and anatomical traits while A. edulis displayed the lowest plasticity index. The results of this study indicated that the leaves of these species exhibited distinct morphological traits at each stage of development to cope with acting environmental factors.

Avaliação ultrassonográfica da artéria carótida comum em equinos da raça Quarto de Milha

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Wood and leaf anatomy of Copaifera langsdorffii dwarf trees

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Evaluation of oral health in a community of native brazilians of the umutina reservation, Mato Grosso State

Fundação do Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Extensor indicis brevis Muscle: an Unusual Muscular Variant

Knowledge of anatomical variations of the musculoskeletal system is important for interpreting unusual clinical presentations. We observed the presence of an abnormal extensor indicis muscle in the left hand of an adult male cadaver. In this case, the muscle comes from the ligament and over the scaphoideum and trapezoideum bones and continues after the short muscle belly; it is attached to the dorsal aponeurosis of the indicis. This muscular disposition was described in other studies which demonstrated approximately 1.0% of incidence. Clinically, this anatomical variation may be associated with pain and swelling at the back of the hand. In these cases symptoms tend to increase due to mechanical stress and can be confused with the presence of a dorsal synovial cyst. This report will help clinicians, surgeons, occupational and physical therapists formulate better clinical or surgical decisions when presented with a rare anatomical variation.

Scripting automation e modelli bayesiani: Applicazioni cliniche in radioterapia e sviluppo di tecniche innovative per adaptive radiation therapy

La presente ricerca consiste nel validare ed automatizzare metodiche di Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART), che hanno come obiettivo la personalizzazione continua del piano di trattamento radioterapico in base alle variazioni anatomiche e dosimetriche del paziente. Tali variazioni (casuali e/o sistematiche) sono identificabili mediante l’utilizzo dell’imaging diagnostico. Il lavoro svolto presso la struttura di Fisica Medica dell’Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria del Policlinico di Modena, si inserisce in un progetto del Ministero della Salute del bando Giovani Ricercatori dal titolo: “Dose warping methods for IGRT and ADAPTIVERT: dose accumulation based on organ motion and anatomical variations of the patients during radiation therapy treatments”. Questa metodica si sta affermando sempre più come nuova opportunità di trattamento e, per tale motivo, nasce l’esigenza di studiare e automatizzare processi realizzabili nella pratica clinica, con un utilizzo limitato di risorse. Si sono sviluppati script che hanno permesso l’automazione delle operazioni di Adaptive e deformazioni, raccogliendo i dati di 51 pazienti sottoposti a terapia mediante Tomotherapy. L’analisi delle co-registrazioni deformabili delle strutture e delle dosi distribuite, ha evidenziato criticità del software che hanno reso necessario lo sviluppo di sistemi di controllo dei risultati, per facilitare l’utente nella revisione quotidiana dei casi clinici. La letteratura riporta un numero piuttosto limitato di esperienze sulla validazione e utilizzo su larga scala di questi tools, per tale motivo, si è condotto un esame approfondito della qualità degli algoritmi elastici e la valutazione clinica in collaborazione di fisici medici e medici radioterapisti. Sono inoltre stati sviluppati principi di strutturazione di reti Bayesiane, che consentono di predirre la qualità delle deformazioni in diversi ambiti clinici (H&N, Prostata, Polmoni) e coordinare il lavoro quotidiano dei professionisti, identificando i pazienti, per i quali sono apprezzabili variazioni morfo-dosimetriche significative. Da notare come tale attività venga sviluppata automaticamente durante le ore notturne, sfruttando l’automation come strumento avanzato e indipendente dall’operatore. Infine, il forte sviluppo, negli ultimi anni della biomeccanica applicata al movimento degli organi (dimostrato dalla numerosa letteratura al riguardo), ha avuto come effetto lo sviluppo, la valutazione e l’introduzione di algoritmi di deformazione efficaci. In questa direzione, nel presente lavoro, si sono analizzate quantitivamente le variazioni e gli spostamenti delle parotidi, rispetto all’inizio del trattamento, gettando le basi per una proficua linea di ricerca in ambito radioterapico.

Le variazioni anatomiche: La vera immagine dell'anatomia dell'uomo

La studio dell’Anatomia umana presenta una varietà di sfaccettature, che sono alla base della reale comprensione del corpo umano; ovvero la vera anatomia non è quella rappresentata nei testi ma quella che appare durante la dissezione o nelle più sofisticate analisi di immagine. Lo scopo di questa tesi è stato quello di rivisitare alcune situazioni vascolari che possono andare incontro a variazioni e cercare di comprendere, anche con l’aiuto della bibliografia, se tali variazioni possono essere causa o epifenomeni di patologie a carico delle arterie affette dalle variazioni stesse o di territori da esse dipendenti per l’afflusso sanguigno. E’ stata condotta una analisi su preparati cadaverici in particolare in tre distretti: a) addome e tripode celiaco/mesenterica superiore; b) circolo cerebrale; d) orco aortico.

One hundred fascia-sparing myocutaneous rectus abdominis flaps: An update

Major efforts have been undertaken to reduce donor-site morbidity after abdominal flaps, which eventually culminated in the introduction of the deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap. However, due to anatomical variations (absence of dominant perforators) and the risk of ischaemic complications, the selection of patients qualifying for a DIEP flap is limited. Furthermore, DIEP flaps can only be used as free flaps. We present our long-term experience with a dissection technique of rectus abdominis myocutaneous (RAM) flaps that was developed to circumvent these drawbacks. The dissection is characterised by preventing to sacrifice any perforators nourishing the flap and by fully preserving the anterior rectus sheath, but not the muscle. The study comprises a consecutive series of prospectively assessed patients, treated between February 2000 and April 2008. A total of 100 fascia-sparing RAM flaps were operated on 97 patients (age 22-84 years, median 64 years). Free flaps were mainly used for breast reconstruction (47 flaps/24 patients), and cranially (34) or caudally (19) pedicled flaps for soft-tissue coverage after sternectomy, urogenital tumour resection or rectum amputation. Eighty patients had a total of 213 risk factors, such as cardiovascular diseases, obesity, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes mellitus, smoking or steroid medication. Partial tissue loss (skin or fat necrosis) occurred in 13 flaps, out of which seven required surgical revision. The ischaemic complications were evenly distributed between the patient subsets. At a follow-up of 2-89 months (median 20 months), one patient showed a flap harvest-related abdominal bulge after bilateral-free transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap. We conclude that the present dissection technique provides maximal perforator-related perfusion and minimal donor-site morbidity even in pedicled flaps and high-risk patients. In free flaps, it may, therefore, be recommended as an alternative to the DIEP flap.