Publications by authors named "G Casian-Castellanos"

En agosto de 1896, el ingeniero Gilberto Crespo y Martínez publicó un artículo en el que presentó dos radiografías realizadas por Roberto Jofre y Fernando Ferrari Pérezen. Correspondieron a las dos primeras radiografías llevadas a cabo en la República Mexicana, dos meses antes de las efectuadas en la ciudad de San Luis Potosí el 24 de octubre y la del doctor Tobías Núñez en el Hospital Juárez, el 19 de octubre de ese mismo año. In August 1896, engineer Gilberto Crespo y Martinez published an article where he presented two radiographies produced by Roberto Jofre and Fernando Ferrari Perez.

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We describe a diabetic patient with hyponatraemia and ketoacidosis who developed central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) after a very rapid correction of serum sodium. In diabetic ketoacidosis, the marked shifts in osmolarity make these patients more susceptible to the development of CPM. The dramatic early MRI findings (after three weeks) should raise awareness of the risk of permanent damage to the brain associated with hydration therapy in this susceptible group.

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Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare form of large-vessel, chronic, occlusive vasculitis. It involves mainly aorta and its main branches, causing stenosis and/or obstruction. Its frequency has been estimated at 2.

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We report a case of simple ureterocele which was diagnosed in utero using prenatal ultrasonography at 32 weeks and subjected to serial observations in order to spot hydronephrosis and hydroureter. The diagnosis was confirmed at birth using ecosonography and the newborn was submitted to corrective surgery during the immediate neonatal period, obtaining excellent results.

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Six patients with achalasia of the esophagus were submitted to an abdominal esophagomyotomy which extended two centimeters in width and six to eight centimeters in length, descending one or two centimeters from the esophagealgastric union without having to remove the mucosa in 50% of the esophageal circumference while also performing total funduplication of the floppy Nissen type. The clinical evaluation showed the disappearance of all symptoms. Both the endoscopic as well as the X-rays studies showed the obsence of obstructive symptoms or reflux of any sort.

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