Publications by authors named "Carlos Couto"
Objective: To determine the frequency of pregnancy in patients submitted to uterine artery embolization (UAE) for the treatment of uterine leiomyomas who undergo medical follow-up at a clinic in Belo Horizonte.
Methods: This study consists of a retrospective cohort study. It is based on data analysis of electronic medical records of patients who underwent the embolization procedure for uterine leiomyomas between March 2003 and March 2018.
Article Synopsis
- COVID-19 presents a complex set of symptoms affecting multiple body systems, which can be worsened by pre-existing conditions like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, creating a global health crisis known as a syndemic.
- Researchers propose that serotonin might play a crucial role in linking the various body system responses to severe COVID-19, particularly in individuals with existing health issues.
- The study encourages further research into the relationship between serotonin and COVID-19 outcomes, drawing parallels with symptoms seen in other related medical conditions, to better understand the underlying mechanisms of the disease.
Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura: A giant finding, a benign entity?
Respir Med Case Rep
April 2021
Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (SFTP) is a rare tumor. The prognosis is relatively good, but up to 20% of the cases are malignant. We presented a case of a large mass of the thorax, showing malignant poor prognosis features.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOxaliplatin-based chemotherapy has been widely used to treat colorectal cancer. Here, we report a case of a 71-year-old man, former smoker (40 pack-years), with no history of relevant exposures such as occupational, environmental or drug exposure. The patient developed acute partial respiratory insufficiency concomitant with the eighth cycle of adjuvant chemotherapy with oxaliplatin and capecitabine for stage IIIA colorectal adenocarcinoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBilateral Isolated Phrenic Neuropathy: a Rare Cause of Dyspnoea.
Eur J Case Rep Intern Med
January 2020
Unlabelled: Bilateral diaphragm paralysis due to bilateral isolated phrenic neuropathy (BIPN) is a very rare cause of unexplained respiratory failure. We present a 65-year-old patient with no relevant previous medical history who presented in the Pulmonology Clinic with mMRC1 dyspnoea and orthopnoea. After the medical work-up, diaphragmatic paresis was diagnosed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Primary pulmonary MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) lymphoma is a rare entity that imposes a rigorous and demanding diagnostic work-up.
Case Report: We present the case of a 74-year-old female non-smoker with a previous healed pulmonary tuberculosis and a history of arterial hypertension and fibromyalgia. She was referred to the pulmonology clinic to investigate a right inferior lobe (RIL) rounded pulmonary opacity (4 × 3.
Background: Poor brain extraction in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has negative consequences in several types of brain post-extraction such as tissue segmentation and related statistical measures or pattern recognition algorithms. Current state of the art algorithms for brain extraction work on weighted T1 and T2, being not adequate for non-whole brain images such as the case of T2*FLASH@7T partial volumes.
New Method: This paper proposes two new methods that work directly in T2*FLASH@7T partial volumes.