970 resultados para Hypoglycemia, congenital
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RESUMO: Um dos maiores problemas da sífilis é a infecção intra-uterina do feto, que pode resultar em morte fetal com aborto espontâneo. Os objectivos desta tese foram comparar os cinco testes serológicos para o diagnóstico de sífilis congénita e optimizar e aplicar a várias amostras clínicas, colhidas de indivíduos com suspeita de infecção por Treponema pallidum, uma técnica de PCR-Multiplex e uma técnica de PCR em tempo real. Na globalidade dos soros estudados obtiveram-se os seguintes resultados: o RPR reactivo em 87/517; TPHA reactivo em 135/517; e EIA reactivo em 127/517. A pesquisa de anticorpos específicos de tipo IgM foi efectuada em 33 soros sendo estudada pelas técnicas de imunofluorescência indirecta e de westernblot. Quanto aos resultados obtidos pelas duas técnicas, o teste FTA-Abs-IgM demonstrou reactividade em 3/33, enquanto que a técnica de westernblot-M, apresentou reactividade em 18/33. Para a avaliação de uma técnica de PCR-TR, foram estudadas 318 amostras de 236 indivíduos classificados, com base em critérios clínicos e laboratoriais, em diferentes estádios de infecção por Treponema pallidum e em indivíduos sem infecção por aquele microrganismo. Relativamente a estas técnicas foi possível observar amplificação de ADN de Treponema pallidum em 133/318 pela técnica de PCR-TR e 90/318 pela técnica de PCR-Multiplex. Mediante os resultados obtidos e de outros estudos efectuados parece poder concluir-se que o teste EIA é o mais indicado para o rastreio da infecção por Treponema pallidum, devendo um resultado reactivo por esta técnica, ser confirmado com a realização de um teste não treponémico (RPR). Relativamente ao diagnóstico de infecção congénita, o teste westernblot para pesquisa de anticorpos específicos de tipo IgM, parece ser o mais apropriado. A técnica PCR-TR, parece ser a mais indicada, pois apresenta uma maior sensibilidade e especificidade que a PCR-Multiplex.----------------- ABSTRACT:The syphilis major problem is the intrauterine infection of the fetus, which may result in fetal death with spontaneous abortion. The objectives of this thesis were to compare the five serological tests for the diagnosis of congenital syphilis and optimize and apply several clinical samples taken from individuals suspected of infection with Treponema pallidum, a PCR-Multiplex and real-time PCR. In all sera studied were obtained the following results: the RPR reactive in 87/517; reactive TPHA in 135/517, and 127/517 in reactive EIA. The search for specific IgM antibodies was performed on 33 sera that were studied by indirect immunofluorescence and westernblot. The results obtained by both techniques, the test FTA-Abs-IgM showed reactivity in 3/33, while the technique westernblot-M, showed reactivity in 18/33. For an RT-PCR evaluation, we studied 318 samples from 236 individuals classified based on clinical and laboratory criteria at different stages of infection by Treponema pallidum and in individuals without infection by that organism. For these techniques it was possible to observe ADN amplification of Treponema pallidum in 133/318 by RT-PCR and 90/318 by PCR-Multiplex. Based on obtained results and in other studies seems that we can conclude that the EIA test is the most suitable for Treponema pallidum screening infection, and a reactive result by this technique, should be confirmed with the realization of a non-treponemal test (RPR). For the congenital infection diagnosis, testing for antibodies westernblot specific IgM appears to be the most appropriate. The RT-PCR seems to be the most suitable, since it has a higher sensitivity and specificity than the PCR-Multiplex.
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Introduction: Toxoplasmosis is caused by Toxoplasma gondii and may be acquired from food or water contaminated with cat feces or by vertical transmission. Severe fetal complications can overcome during pregnancy. There are also rare case-reports of congenital toxoplasmosis from previously immunized pregnant women; usually these women being had prior retinal toxoplasmic lesions. Immunosuppresion is one of the risk factors which accounts for some of these cases. Case report: 30 year-old pregnant woman, OI 2002, brazilian, previously healthy, admitted in Ophtalmology Department because of sudden left eye amaurosis in June, 2010. The fundoscopy revealed retinal scars suggesting previous infections; she was treated with corticoids and spiramycin for ocular toxoplasmosis reactivation. Previous serum analysis (2008) showed immunity to T. Gondii, but in July the IgM was negative and high levels of specific IgG were found (1227UI/mL). The serologic findings were later confirmed by a more accurate laboratory technique which found the IgM to be also positive. An amniocentesis was performed and it was negative for fetal transmission. Clinical and ultrasound follow-up throughout the rest of the gestational period was normal; daily spiramycin intake was maintained. An uneventful term delivery was performed. Neither the newborn’s serum analysis nor the histopathological study of the placenta were positive for congenital infection. Conclusion: Toxoplasmosis reactivation in pregnant women without immunosuppression is rare but is more likely to occur if previous post-infectious retinal scars are present. T. gondii infection is endemic in Brazil, so the geographical origin is important. If risk factors are present, fundoscopy should be performed every three months during pregnancy and one should always be aware of any visual symptoms. If you suspect reactivation, start medical prophylaxis for fetal transmission, perform amniocentesis and regular ultrasound follow-up.
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Os autores apresentam o caso de uma criança com Afibrinogenémia Congénita. A propósito desta entidade revêm a literatura referindo e comentando alguns aspectos e particularidades desta rara doença da coagulação.
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The aim of the present work was to determine the prevalence of IgG and IgM anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies and the factors associated to the infection in pregnant women attended in Basic Health Units in Rolândia, Paraná, Brazil. The sample was divided in two groups: group I (320 pregnant women who were analyzed from July 2007 to February 2008) and group II (287 pregnant women who were analyzed from March to October 2008). In group I, it was found 53.1% of pregnant women with IgG reactive and IgM non-reactive, 1.9% with IgG and IgM reactive, 0.3% with IgG non-reactive and IgM reactive and 44.7% with IgG and IgM non-reactive. In group II, it was found 55.1% with IgG reactive and IgM non-reactive and 44.9% with IgG and IgM non-reactive. The variables associated to the presence of IgG antibodies were: residence in rural areas, pregnant women between 35-40 years old, low educational level, low family income, more than one pregnancy, drinking water which does not originate from the public water supply system and the habit of handling soil or sand. Guidance on primary prevention measures and the quarterly serological monitoring of the pregnant women in the risk group are important measures to prevent congenital toxoplasmosis.
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As malformações congénitas associadas às fissuras lábio alvéolo palatinas abrangem um largo leque de patologias, com incidência e penetrância muito variáveis consoante os aurores. Nos 284 doentes seguidos e/ou referenciados a Consulta de Fissurados do Hospital de Dona Estefania (H.D.E.), estão descritas malformações associadas em 78 (27,5%). Destes, há consanguinidade dos pais em três casos e incidência familiar de fissuras e/ou outras malformações congénitasem 13 e 10 doentes respectivamente. Trinta doentes têm síndromes malformativas bem definidas. Nos restantes 48 identificaram-se 127 malformações congénitas associadas (M.C.A.) sendo segundo os critérios de Smith, 81 major e 46 minor. As malformações associadas mais frequentes são as da face ( 25,9 %) e do sistema cardiovascular (16,5 %).As anomalias múltiplas(de vários sistemas) são as mais frequentes (47.9 %), seguindo-se a anomalia isolada (29,1 %) e a múltipla de um sistema (22,9%). Quanto à associação de síndromes com o tipo de fissura, palato primário, secundário ou total, as do secundário são as mais frequentes, nomeadamente a Sequência de Pierre Robin (S.P.R.) - 19 em 36 fendas do palato secundário.
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Pericardial cysts are rare benign congenital malformations, usually small, asymptomatic and detected incidentally on chest X-ray as a mass located in the right costophrenic angle. Giant pericardial cysts are very uncommon and produce symptoms by compressing adjacent structures. In this report, the authors present a case of a symptomatic giant pericardial cyst incorrectly diagnosed as dextrocardia on chest X-ray.
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Hypoglycemia is considered when glycemia values fall below 60 mg/dl and is associated with increased maternal-fetal morbidity and mortality. In a diabetic pregnancy this complication can result from a decrease in caloric ingestion relative to administered insulin. Hypoglycemia can present as a simple adrenergic response or as a neuroglicopenic response that can lead to maternal death and stillbirth. This is the reason why it can rapidly evolve into an obstetric emergency. It is important to possess a pre-defined protocol to guide healthcare professionals regarding the rapid management of this situation. The authors review the scientific literature on the subject of hypoglycemia in pregnancy and propose a protocol to be applied in this situation.
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Toxoplasmosis is an important cause of congenital infection. The present study was performed to evaluate the usefulness of recombinant (r) GRA-7 cloned from nucleotides (n) 39-711 in discriminating between acute and chronic toxoplasmosis. First, commercial IgM, IgG and IgG avidity ELISAs were used to determine the serological profile of the sera. Serum samples were from 20 symptomatic patients with acute infection (low IgG avidity, IgM positive), 10 with chronic infection (high IgG avidity, IgM negative) and 10 with indeterminate IgG avidity (IgM positive) which were tested for IgG avidity status with an in-house developed IgG avidity Western blot using the rGRA-7 recombinant antigen. All 20 sera from cases of probable acute infection showed bands which either faded out completely or reduced significantly in intensity after treatment with 8 M urea, whereas the band intensities of the 10 serum samples from chronic cases remained the same. Of the 10 sera with indeterminate IgG avidity status, after treatment with 8 M urea the band intensities with six sera remained the same, two sera had completely faded bands and another two sera had significantly reduced band intensities. Discrimination between acute and chronic toxoplasmosis was successfully performed by the in-house IgG avidity Western blot.
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The diagnosis of asymptomatic infection with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi has become more important over recent years. Expansion of visceral leishmaniasis might be associated with other routes of transmission such as transfusion, congenital or even vector transmission, and subjects with asymptomatic infection are potential reservoirs. Moreover, the identification of infection may contribute to the management of patients with immunosuppressive conditions (HIV, transplants, use of immunomodulators) and to the assessment of the effectiveness of control measures. In this study, 149 subjects living in a visceral leishmaniasis endemic area were evaluated clinically and submitted to genus-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR), serological testing, and the Montenegro skin test. Forty-nine (32.9%) of the subjects had a positive PCR result and none of them developed the disease within a follow-up period of three years. No association was observed between the results of PCR, serological and skin tests. A positive PCR result in subjects from the endemic area did not indicate a risk of progression to visceral leishmaniasis and was not associated with a positive result in the serological tests.
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O enfisema lobar congénito é umamalformação rara do tracto respiratório inferior detectada habitualmente nos primeiros meses de vida. Apresenta-se o caso de um lactente, do sexo masculino, de dois meses de idade, internado por suspeita de pneumonia, no qual a segunda radiografia de tórax revelou hipertransparência arredondada no lobo inferior esquerdo, sugestiva de enfisema lobar congénito. A tomografia computorizada torácica mostrou uma imagem quística,multilobar, e a broncoscopia excluiu obstrução brônquica. Foi programada cirurgia para os seis meses de idade, mas aos três meses foi submetido a intervenção cirúrgica urgente por pneumotórax hipertensivo. O exame anatomo-patológico da peça operatória permitiu o diagnóstico de enfisema lobar congénito. Destaca-se a apresentação multilobar e a complicação por pneumotórax.
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As anomalias congénitas do diafragma (ACD) dão habitualmente sintomatologia no período neonatal; embora 5 a 30% se posssam manter sob uma forma latente e virem a ter uma apresentação tardia. Os A.A. efectuam uma revisão retrospectiva das ACD internadas na UCIP do H.D.E. num período de 41 meses (4 hérnias de Bochdalek, 2 eventrações, 1 hérnia transhiatal e 1 hérnia de Morgagni). Em nenhum dos casos houve sintomatologia neonatal sugestiva, tendo a idade media do diagnóstico sido de 6.6 meses (minimo 1 mes - maximo 18 meses). Em 75% dos casos (6) havia sintomatologia prévia recorrente inespecífica (3 do aparelho respiratório, 2 do digestivo e 1 de ambos), tendo 3 crianças (37.5%) má evolução ponderal. Todos foram sujeitos a cirurgia, com boa evolução em 7 casos (87.5%). Verificou-se 1 óbito (a criança mais jovem), caso em que a uma eventração gigante se associava uma hipoplasia pulmonar grave.
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8A>C>86A G:EDGI: A patient diagnosed Wilson’s disease (WD) 22 years previously, successfully treated initially with zinc, developed neuropsychiatric disease after years of irregular therapy. Reassuming zinc therapy was successful. After a normal pregnancy, she had two therapeutic abortions for corpus callosum agenesis, and a missed abortion. We review the genetics, physiopathology, clinics and imagiologic response to zinc therapy, the problems of pregnancy in WD, advising to maintain therapy. A hypothetic cause for fetus brain anomaly would be hypocupremia due to zinc therapy, confronting with two other possibilities, one related to Wilson’s disease in itself, other due to a congenital syndrome of agenesis of the corpus callosum, impossible to diagnose by our available diagnostic methods.
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Apresenta-se a distribuição por sexos em 4150 crianças, de idade inferior a 13 anos, com cardiopatias congénitas bem definidas, estudadas num periodo de 17 anos. Globalmente a distribuição foi equilibrada, sendo 2108 do fenotipo masculino (50,8%) e 2042 do fenotipo feminino(49,2%), com um quociente Q = 1,03. Verificou-se um predomínio franco do sexo masculino para as seguintes cardiopatias: estenose aórtica valvular e subvalvular fixa (70%), coarctação da aorta(66%), transposição das grandes artérias (60%), coração univentricular (76%), atrésia da tricúspide (63%), anomalia de Ebstein (76%), sindrome do coração esquerdo hipoplásico (85%), aneis vasculares (77%) e estenose médio-ventricular direita (70%). Verificou-se um predomínio franco do sexo feminino para o canal arterial persistente (72%), os defeitos do septo aurículo-ventricular (62%,), a estenose aórtica supravalvular (71%) e a estenose pulmonar infundibular isolada (80%). Confirmou-se uma distribuição muito mais equilibrada para os casos de canal arterial persistente isolado em síndrome de rubéola congénita (56%). Salienta-se a importância de conhecer a distribuição por sexos, por esta ter valor preditivo quanto ao risco de recorrência familiar das cardiopatias congénitas.
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Overview and Aims: The investigation of recurrent miscarriage includes the study of uterine morphology. 3D ultrasound allows the evaluation of the morphology (cavity and outer contour), reducing the need for invasive tests such as hystero - salpingography (HSG), hysteroscopy and laparoscopy. We evaluated the diagnostic agreement between HSG and 3D ultrasound in the study of the uterine cavity morphology. Study Design: Prospective study. Population: A total of 34 women referred to our institution with a history of recurrent miscarriage. Methods: To compare the results of 3D ultrasound and HSG, all women underwent both exams. 3D scans were performed by the same operator and HSG were evaluated by the same clinician. The concordance study was performed using the Kappa coefficient. Results: With 3D ultrasound and HSG, uterine anomalies were diagnosed in 52.9% (18/34) and 47% (16/34) of the cases and congenital malformations were the most frequent findings. The agreement between the two techniques was excellent(K = 0.825). The three cases of diagnostic disagreement were analyzed. Conclusion: A high level of diagnostic agreement was observed between HSG and 3D ultrasound. The 3D ultrasound, a low cost and well tolerated technique, when performed by an experienced operator, is the first line exam to study the uterine morphology in women with recurrent miscarriage.
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A escoliose congénita persiste como uma entidade desafiante para o clínico de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação. Deve-se a uma anomalia do desenvolvimento vertebral, condicionando uma apresentação em idades mais jovens, comparativamente à maioria das escolioses idiopáticas. As curvaturas congénitas tendem a ser rígidas e refractárias ao tratamento conservador, o que aliado ao potencial de crescimento vertebral remanescente, pode resultar em graves deformidades da coluna. Os autores fazem uma revisão da literatura publicada subordinada a escolioses congénitas, visando a actualização dos aspectos fundamentais do respectivo diagnóstico e tratamento. As anomalias vertebrais são classificadas em defeitos de segmentação, formação ou mistos. Os defeitos de formação podem ser completos ou parciais, dando origem a uma hemivértebra ou a uma vértebra em cunha. Entre os defeitos de segmentação, distinguem-se as barras não segmentadas e, na ausência completa de formação do disco, o bloco vertebral. A avaliação consiste numa história clínica detalhada, incluindo os antecedentes pré-natais, o parto e neonatais, história familiar, etapas do desenvolvimento psicomotor e revisão de sistemas. O exame objectivo inclui um exame cuidado do ráquis, alterações cutâneas, deformidades torácicas, genitais, das mãos e pés e exame neurológico. É importante o reconhecimento de anomalias congénitas associadas, nomeadamente intra-espinhais, genito-urinárias, cardiovasculares entre outras. O diagnóstico atempado e o seguimento clínico, são a chave para evitar a progressão da escoliose e o aparecimento de complicações. A radiologia simples permite o diagnóstico das malformações vertebrais, a quantificação da progressão da curva escoliótica e a determinação do potencial de crescimento. A evolução depende da área envolvida, do tipo de anomalia vertebral, idade na altura do diagnóstico, da compensação e padrão da curva. A presença de uma barra não segmentada unilateral está associada a mau prognóstico. A vértebra em bloco alia-se ao melhor prognóstico. Apesar de o tratamento ortóptico permanecer controverso, a possibilidade de atraso da progressão da curvatura escoliótica, permitindo a cirurgia mais tardia, justificam-no como opção terapêutica, em casos seleccionados. O tratamento é cirúrgico nas curvaturas escolióticas curtas, rígidas e progressivas. A MFR desempenha um papel importante no diagnóstico, orientação terapêutica e interface com outras especialidades, atendendo à especificidade individual do tratamento e carácter nefasto das complicações.