Publications by authors named "Arturo Catarino Dircio"

There are rare benign diseases that can mimic malignant breast neoplasms in the clinical exam and in mammography. We evaluated the contribution of an accessible procedure to most clinicians, the fine-needle aspiration cytology, to identify a rare mimicker of malignant breast neoplasms. A type 2 diabetic 85-year-old female presented with a 6-month history of a left breast lump.

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We present a case of pyometra due to cervical cancer in a 62 years-old female with purulent discharge, abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding. At the examination we found the cervix with a cupula form, an ulcer in the external orifice, and normal vaginal fornixes and parametria. During an attempt of edometrial biopsy we noticed the output of 150 mL of pus from the uterine cavity.

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Case Report: An 82-year-old female presented with an asymptomatic red plaque, 3.5 x 2.5 cm, on her left breast of 10 years evolution.

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