Publications by authors named "Eduardo Ichikawa Escamilla"
Hemorrhagic cholecystitis is an uncommon presentation of acute cholecystitis. Due to its etiology and unspecific clinical data, it is an entity that represents a diagnostic challenge. We present a case of a 70-year-old male with diabetes type 2, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease with hemodialysis, who attended the emergency department with sudden-onset abdominal pain in the epigastrium.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProgressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative disease, commonly observed as a movement disorder in the group of parkinsonian diseases. The term PSP usually refers to PSP-Richardson's syndrome (PSP-RS), the most typical clinical presentation. However, the broad concept of progressive supranuclear palsy syndrome (PSP-S) applies to a set of clinical entities that share a pathophysiological origin and some symptoms.
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- - Glioblastoma multiforme is a highly aggressive brain tumor, constituting around 60% of brain tumors in adults, often leading to poor survival rates, with multifocal lesions linked to worse outcomes.
- - A case study details a 43-year-old transgender woman who developed symptoms such as hemiplegia and seizures after long-term hormone therapy, leading to a diagnosis of wild-type glioblastoma confirmed through imaging and pathology.
- - The report suggests that prolonged use of steroid hormones may increase the risk of developing multifocal glioblastoma, highlighting the need for healthcare providers to consider neoplasms in transgender patients experiencing neurological symptoms, rather than attributing them solely to HIV-related conditions.
The objective of this study was to evaluate attitudes towards the disease and its association with the presence of hypochondria in students of the health sciences area. The research was developed in 279 students in the health science area, with the application of Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI) test and the Illness Attitude Scale (IAS) test was performed, and the descriptive, comparative and association statistical analyses were carried out. All students answered the previously mention surveys.
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