Imaging Techniques in the Diagnostic Journey of Disorders of Sex Development.

Various disorders of sex development (DSD) result in an abnormal development of genitalia that may be recognized at prenatal ultrasonography, immediately after birth, or later in life. Because of the complex nature of DSD, the participation of a multidisciplinary team, including imaging or radiology technologists, is required to address the patient's medical needs. The first steps in the management of DSD are sex evaluation, which is based on factors such as the genotype, the presence, location, and appearance of reproductive organs, the potential for fertility, and the cultural background and beliefs of the patient's family.

Evaluation of the location of capsules swallowed with food during the pharyngeal phase triggering in asymptomatic adults.

Objective: To assess the location of hard gelatin capsules in the pharyngeal phase triggering among asymptomatic adults.

Introduction: The location of the bolus during the pharyngeal phase triggering provides information about the sensorimotor model of the beginning of deglutition onset.

Purpose: To evaluate the location of hard gelatin capsules in the pharyngeal phase triggering among asymptomatic adults.

Gastrointestinal involvement in lipoid proteinosis: a ten-year follow-up of a brazilian female patient.

Lipoid proteinosis is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by the deposition of hyaline material in the skin and internal organs. The main clinical features are hoarseness and typical skin lesions. In this report we describe the endoscopic and radiologic findings in a Brazilian female patient presenting extensive gastrointestinal involvement and the evolution of the detected lesions in ten years of follow-up.

Computerized manometry use to evaluate spasm in pharyngoesophageal segment in patients with poor tracheoesophageal speech before and after treatment with botulinum toxin.

Unlabelled: Tracheoesophageal voice (TEV) with voice prosthesis (VP) is an efficient and reproducible method used in vocal rehabilitation after total laryngectomy (TL), prevented by spasms in the pharyngoesophageal segment (PES). Computerized Manometry (CM) is a new, direct and objective method used to assess the PES.

Aim: to carry out an objective analysis of the PES, with CM, before and after the injection of botulinum toxin (BT).