Publications by authors named "Eri Pena-Martinez"

Rationale: A pregnancy with incomplete mole is very rare case. Hydatidiform mole (HM) with live fetus is associated with a risk of a wide variety to maternal and fetal complications. The incidence of a normal live fetus and an incomplete mole such as the case we describe is extremely rare.

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Unlabelled: Unilateral congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia (CPL) is an extremely rare disease of the pulmo nary lymphatic vessels.

Objective: to present a case of CPL in a premature newborn.

Clinical Case: premature male newborn with severe respiratory failure at 2 hours of extrauterine life was treated with exogenous surfactant, catecholamines and high frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV).

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Extracellular matrix (ECM) is a rich network of proteins and proteoglycans that has proved to be very useful in tissue regeneration. Porcine ECM has been proposed as a biological scaffold, and urinary bladder matrix (UBM) has demonstrated superior biological properties; however, its use in human treatment requires ensuring that it is DNA free. Several protocols have been used for decellularization and to demonstrate the absence of DNA, but until now, a porcine housekeeping gene for quantifying DNA by real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) has been limiting.

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Objective: To describe the histopathologic features and clinical presentation of two primary mucinous neoplasms of the renal pelvis.

Methods: We describe two cases and its correlation with histopathologic findings.

Results: Primary mucinous neoplasm of the renal pelvis was diagnosed by histopathology in two patients who received medical treatment for abdominal tumor.

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