Thyroid Function in Health Care Workers Exposed to Ionizing Radiation.

Objectives: To analyze possible alterations of thyroid function related to dosimetric values in health care workers exposed to ionizing radiation.

Materials And Methods: Forty-six health care workers exposed to ionizing radiation at a tertiary hospital previously exposed to ionizing radiation were included in the study. Age, sex, history of thyroid diseases, thyroid hormones, work post, service, dosimetric values of previous year, and 5 y period were considered.

[Utility of magnetic resonance cholangiography prior to cholecystectomy in acute biliary pancreatitis].

Aim: To analyze the role of magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) in candidates for cholecystectomy after acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP).

Methods: We performed a prospective study of patients with mild ABP (Atlanta criteria) admitted to our hospital from January 2004 to March 2005. Diagnosis of ABP was based on clinical features, serum amylase levels more than 3 times higher than the upper level of normality, and gallstones detected by ultrasonography.

Extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting in the testicle: a clinical and pathologic study of 24 cases.

Twenty-four cases of extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting in the testicle are reviewed. All cases are diffuse lymphoma by the Rappaport classification. Cases clinically stages as I/II, (18/24) show a prolonged survival compared with those clinically staged as III/IV (6 of 24).