Objective: Describe a clinical case of a patient with Herlyn Werner Wunderlich Syndrome in whom an accurate diagnosis was not made during menarche due to failures in her care and poor diagnostic suspicion.
Case Report: Female patient, 21 years old, without medical history, menarche at 12 years of age, with hypermenorrhea and recurrent urinary tract infection. Patient with uterus-dependent mass associated with left renal agenesis, laparotomy was performed with the finding of a didelphic uterus and compensatory hypertrophy of the right kidney, uterine growth with widening of the endometrial cavity and right adnexal septated cyst, absence of left kidney, bicornuate uterus, bicollis, distended vagina and hematocolpos with these findings, clinical genetics considers Herlyn Werner Wunderlich Syndrome.
Objectives: The objectives of the study are to assess changes in the quality of life amongst breast cancer patients undergoing treatment at a cancer institute in Colombia.
Materials And Methods: Analytical observational prospective cohort study in patients over 18 years of age diagnosed with breast cancer. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was analysed using the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire and a Visual Analogue Scale measured at diagnosis and after a 6-month follow-up.
Rev Panam Salud Publica
May 2021
Objective: Describe patterns in the dissemination of fake news in the context of COVID-19 mortality and infodemic management in six Latin American countries.
Methods: A descriptive ecological study explored the percentage of the population that is unable to recognize fake news, the percentage who trust social network content, and the percentage who use it as their sole news source in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, up to 29 November 2020. Internet penetration rate, Facebook penetration rate, and COVID-19 mortality were calculated for each country.