Publications by authors named "David Loja-Oropeza"

Situs inversus totalis is an uncommon anomaly which exist a complete transposition of organs and it's occasionally associated with congenital heart diseases, such as tetralogy of fallot. Pheochromocytoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor with an annual incidence of 2-8 cases per million people and for years has been studied its relationship with the hypoxic pathway. A 29 year old male with a history of tetralogy of fallot corrected at 10 years and situs inversus totalis.

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A 55-year-old female patient, born in Ayacucho, with a history of dermatomyositis for 3 years, who received irregular treatment with prednisone. Two months prior to admission, she presented with autoinmune hemolytic anemia and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. The patient received methylprednisolone pulse therapy and packed red blood cells transfusions.

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Introduction: Hashimoto's encephalopathy is a neurological disorder of unknown cause associated with thyroid autoimmunity. The disease occurs primarily in the fifth decade of life and may present in two types - a sudden vasculitic type or a progressive subacute type associated to cognitive dysfunction, confusion and memory loss.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 62-year-old Hispanic woman, previously healthy, who developed a subacute onset of declining upper brain function.

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The case of a 23-year old woman with a history of epigastric pain, a palpable tumor that covered the epigastrium and the left hypochondrium, and an episode of acute pancreatitis was reported. The computerized tomography revealed a pancreatic cyst. The CA-125 increased significantly.

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Unlabelled: The case of a 22 year old woman from Huaraz is presented herein. She suffered from pain at right hypocondrium, associated to nausea and vomits, which intensified three days prior to admission. Upon examining her, a faded gallbladder murmur was found on the base of the right hemithorax.

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The clinical case of one patient with fever of unknown origin, due to granulomatous hepatitis of tuberculous etiology was presented. The patient was a a 50-year-old woman, with 50 days illness characterized by chills, 39 degrees C fever and heavy diaphoresis. She had a record of seven malaria cases.

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We present the clinical case of a patient with vascular compression of the duodenum or superior mesenteric artery compression syndrome.A female, 42 years old, with history of two months' evolution characterized by postprandial epigastric colic, without irradiation, accompanied by nausea and intractable vomiting, weight loss and gastric shaking. A double contrast gastric duodenum x-ray showed the duodenal frame with exaggerated dilatation and stenosis close to the Treitz angle, through which the contrast media barely flowed.

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