Unusual Presentation of Lymphangioma Circumscriptum of the Vulva: In Association With Crohn Disease.

Lymphangioma circumscriptum (LC) is a rare benign condition, with marked dilation of surface lymphatic vessels in the deep and subcutaneous layers. Vulvar LC can become a highly disabling condition with vulvar discomfort, itching, burning and lymph seeping being the dominant symptoms. Biopsy is mandatory for the diagnosis.

Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of pancreas with distant metastasis during pregnancy: a diagnostic and treatment challenge.

Solid pseudopapillary neoplasms (SPNs) are rare pancreatic cystic neoplasms occurring predominantly in young women and diagnosis is often a challenge. This report describes the case of a 23-year-old primigravida who presented with abnormally elevated liver blood tests at 24 weeks of gestation. Imaging studies were suggestive of SPN with metastatic liver disease.

[Etiology profile of the patients implanted in the cochlear implant program].

A to investigate the major etiological agents that caused deafness in the studied population is of great relevance to prognostic and treatment purposes and it serves as sampling for future actions in the public health. to check the different hearing impairment etiologies of patients in the cochlear implant program; we studied the etiologies described in order to correlate etiology with age. Longitudinal historical cohort study which analyzed 200 charts from patients submitted to cochlear implantation in the program between August of 2000 and May of 2008.

Postoperative complications in implanted patients in the Cochlear Implant Program of Rio Grande do Norte-Brazil.

Unlabelled: Cochlear implant surgery is regarded as safe for the auditory rehabilitation of individuals suffering from profound/severe hearing loss. Complications may arise from the surgery. The complications of implant cochlear surgery reflect the operation complexity, the skill of the surgical team and the inherent risks of the procedure itself.