Publications by authors named "Ketlen G Costa"

Introduction: Bile duct cysts are congenital malformations characterized by bile duct dilatation with intra and/or extrahepatic localization. About 80% of cases are diagnosed in childhood, so their presentation in adults is rare and repeatedly associated with complications.

Presentation Of Case: A 38-year-old female patient complained of severe abdominal pain for one month, with no associated cholestatic signs.

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Introduction: Post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernias are not commonly diagnosed immediately after the initial trauma. There is a greater prevalence of left hernias due to the fragility or injury in diaphragm muscle and the lack of solid and fixed structures on the left side.

Presentation Of Case: A male patient, 30 years old, he was admitted to the emergency department presenting diffuse abdominal pain, vomiting, dyspnea, pain in the left hemithorax with worsening during forced inspiration.

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Introduction: The presence of a foreign body obstructing the bile duct may appear through a typical picture of cholangitis, usually caused by the presence of gallstones.

Presentation Of Case: Male patient, 31 years old, involved an in accident with gunshot in 2006, injured in the abdominal region. Evolved to a picture of intense pain in the right hypochondrium, mainly after fat meals, without irradiation 12 years after being injured.

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Introduction: Penile cancer is a rare malignant tumour top in urology, especially in developed countries or in a favourable cultural habit. However, in developing countries or with a low socio-economic population, the incidence increases considerably, as does the stage at which the patient arrives for the first care.

Case Presentation: Male patient, 20 years old, from the interior of Amazonas - Brazil, has been referred to a Urological Service in the Emergency Room due to a vegetative lesion of approximately 10 centimetres, with an ulcerated centre and irregular borders in penile glans.

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