Langer's arch in axillary dissections from patients with breast cancer: a retrospective study.

Purpose: The study aimed to assess the frequency of Langer's arch in patients undergoing axillary dissection for breast cancer.

Methods: From January-2015 to March-2020, in a general hospital in México City, female patients undergoing axillary dissection for breast cancer were studied. The analysis involved: demographic and anthropometric data, type of surgical treatment, histopathologic diagnosis, number of lymph nodes harvested, and frequency of Langer's arch finding.

Changing characteristics of emergency surgery during COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: In other countries, researchers have noticed diverse variations in the features of patients undergoing emergency surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Mexico, there is not information about this issue.

Methods: Workers of the Mexican Government, who required emergency surgeries were studied by the general surgery service of a General Hospital administered by the Institute of Social Security and Services for State Workers Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE), through the periods from March-August 2019 (non-exposed) and March-August 2020 (exposed).

Cervical Cancer Screening in Patients with Total Hysterectomy in a Diagnostic Center at Mexico City.

Background: The aim of this study was to outline the Pap smears rate done in women with total hysterectomy, sent to an urban diagnostic center that attends Mexican Government workers in the (ISSSTE: State´s Employees´ Social Security and Social Services Institute) at Mexico City.

Methods: It was a retrospective study on Pap smear reports taken in 2017. The reports came from users of four family medicine clinics and a general hospital´s gynecology service.

Employment Condition Modifies the Using Patterns of Screening Mammography in Workers Insured by the Mexican Government: A Case-Control Study.

Background: Our main aim was to investigate whether the employment condition modifies the use patterns of the screening mammography in workers insured by the Mexican government (, ISSSTE; medical facilities of the Mexican government).

Methods: A case-control study age-matched was done in women insured by the Mexican government, aged 40-69 years, attending a general hospital (ISSSTE). All subjects were submitted to an interview and anthropometric data registry.

Impaired fasting glucose in breast cancer survivors of a general hospital at Mexico City: A case series study.

Background: According to an Anglo-Saxon study, in breast cancer survivors, there is a high prevalence of impaired fasting glucose. Our aim was to assess the impaired fasting glucose occurring in Mexican woman survivors of breast cancer.

Materials And Methods: At a general hospital in Mexico City, women with breast cancer with a surviving ≥2 years, without type 2 diabetes mellitus, were studied.

Esophageal Metallic-Stent Migration: a Rare Cause of Anal Pain in a Patient with Gastric Cancer.

Stents are a great development for esophageal fistula treatment; however, stent migration is a frequent complication. A stent migration that caused anal pain is presented. A 79-year-old man with poorly differentiated gastric carcinoma was submitted to a total gastrectomy with a Roux-en-Y esophagojejunostomy.

The small organic molecule C19 binds and strengthens the KRAS4b-PDEδ complex and inhibits growth of colorectal cancer cells in vitro and in vivo.

Background: Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide; and in 40% of all cases, KRAS4b-activating mutations occur. KRAS4b is transported by phosphodiesterase-6δ (PDEδ) to the plasma membrane, where it gets activated. PDEδ downregulation prevents redistribution and activation of KRAS4b.

Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology to Identify a Rare Mimicker of Breast Cancer: Plasma Cell Mastitis.

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.

Acute Abdomen Secondary to Ruptured Epithelial Ovarian Cancer during Pregnancy: The Relevance of Teamwork.

Acute abdomen secondary to epithelial ovarian cancer rupture during pregnancy is a rare event. Our aim is to present how the work of a coordinated multidisciplinary team in a case of ruptured epithelial ovarian cancer during pregnancy is feasible to obtain the best results possible. A 34-year-old woman during the 37th week of her first gestation presented with an acute abdomen.

A rare cause of misdiagnosis in chest X-ray.

Chest X-ray is a usual tool for family physicians; however, unexpected findings in chest X-ray are a frequent challenge. We present a rare case of pulmonary hilar nodule misdiagnosis in a chest X-ray. An 84-year-old woman was sent with a diagnosis of a right pulmonary hilum nodule.

[Obesity and components of metabolic syndrome in Mexican women survivors of cancer].

Background: Some studies suggest that obesity and metabolic syndrome are frequent in cancer survivors. In our country, there is a lack of documentation with regards to this problem in women. Therefore, our aim is to establish the prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome components in surviving Mexican women.

Metabolic syndrome in Mexican women survivors of breast cancer: a pilot study at a general hospital.

Introduction: According to developed countries' studies, in breast cancer survivors there is a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome; however, in Mexico data is lacking about this issue.

Goal: To explore if metabolic syndrome occurs in Mexican women survivors of breast cancer.

Material And Methods: At a second-level general hospital, women with breast cancer with a surviving > 2 years were studied.

[An exceptional mimicker of ovarian tumors: cancer in a pelvic horseshoe kidney].

Background: although the horseshoe kidney is a frequent congenital abnormality, the likelihood of it being the cause of a malignant tumor that looks like an ovarian neoplasm has not been reported.

Clinical Case: a 53-year-old female came to the hospital with a pelvic tumor. The patient had a history of a simple hysterectomy due to uterine myomatosis.

[Obesity, a main risk factor for endometrial cancer].

Background: obesity is a well-known risk factor for endometrial cancer, and both diseases are rising in Mexico. However, in our country some data indicates low influence of obesity on this neoplasm, and this is contradictory. Therefore, we explore the prevalence of obesity on women affected with this malignant tumor.

[Pelvic lymph node retrieval in cervical cancer].

Background: retrieve the largest number of lymph nodes provides information to know the patient prognosis with invasive cervical cancer undergoing radical hysterectomy. The aim was to evaluate the skill of the attending surgeon to identify and recover lymph nodes.

Methods: pelvic lymphadenectomy specimens obtained from patients with cervical cancer stages IA2-IIA undergoing radical hysterectomy were studied.

[Axillary ectopic breast tissue fibroadenoma: report of three cases and review of the literature].

Background: Ninety-five percent of women have mammary tissue at the axilla. However, the fibroadenoma seldom occur in this area and there are only isolated case reports of this tumor. This paper presents a series of three cases of this rare entity.

Groin textiloma after saphenectomy: resemblance to neoplasm.

Background: Textilomas may mimic a malignant neoplasm and may occur in rare locations.

Clinical Case: A 73-year-old female presented a groin tumor of 3 years duration after saphenectomy. Physical exam of the right groin area demonstrated an 8-cm oval tumor below the inguinal ligament and above the femoral vessels.

[Giant piometra originating high serum levels of CA-125].

Unlabelled: A case report patient with pyometra is infrequent. The aim of this communication is to present rare manifestations of it. A 65-year-old female with an ovarian cyst diagnosis was evaluated.

[Recurrent breast haematoma after fine needle aspiration biopsy of angiosarcoma].

It is reported a rare complication after a fine needle aspiration biopsy of a breast angiosarcoma. A 30-years-old female presented with a right breast lump. An ovoid, hypoecoic lesion of 39 x 13 mm was detect by ultrasonography.

[Reproductive risk factors of breast cancer in patients attended at a second level urban hospital].

Objective: To evaluate the implication of reproductive risk factors for breast cancer of patients at a breast clinic of a second level urban hospital.

Patients And Method: Women with breast cancer and randomly selected age-matched control subjects were evaluated. Age, age of menarche and menopause, age of first full term pregnancy, number of pregnancies, lactation, family history of breast cancer and family history of other cancers were analyzed.

[Acute abdomen secondary to spontaneous uterine rupture associated with pyometra].

A 71-year-old female with rheumatoid arthritis and chronic use of corticosteroids presented to the emergency room with 2 weeks of urinary symptoms, abdominal pain and a mass located in hypo-mesogastrium and both flanks. An X-ray film of the abdomen showed that bowels were displaced by the mass. Laboratory studies showed thrombocytosis (549,000/mm(3)) and leukocytosis (41,800/mm(3)).

[Pyometra as a complication of invasive endocervical cancer].

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.