MUCOPOLYSACARIDOSIS TYPE IIIB MISDIAGNOSED AS AN AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW.

Objective: To report a rare case of mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB in a pediatric patient, with emphasis on the description of the clinical manifestations and the early diagnosis.

Case Description: A 14-year-old male patient, who presented regression of neuropsychomotor development since his three years and six months old, with speech loss and frequent falls, evolving with behavioral changes, with agitation and aggressiveness. Although being diagnosed with autism, there was no response to the established treatment; he was subsequently submitted to metabolic investigation, which lead to the diagnosis of Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB.

Epidemiological and clinical assessment of patients undergoing Videolaparoscopic Cholecystectomy at a Curitiba teaching hospital.

Objective: to assess clinical and epidemiological factors of patients undergoing video cholecystectomy at the Hospital da Cruz Vermelha do Paraná, Curitiba unit, operated from September 2016 to September 2018, as well as the influence of comorbidities, sex and advanced age on the postoperative prognosis, while in the hospital.

Methods: Analytic retrospective study. The analyzed variables were obtained by the review of medical records.