Thyroid metastasis of clear renal cell carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature.

The thyroid is a rare site for finding tumor metastases. Renal, colorectal, pulmonary, and mammary origin are the most frequent primary neoplasms. Clinical suspicion, early diagnosis, and active surveillance are important during follow-up.

Thermography as a Non-Ionizing Quantitative Tool for Diagnosing Burning Mouth Syndrome: Case-Control Study.

Objectives: Thermography is an imaging technique based on the acquisition and analysis of thermal data. The present study evaluates the use of tongue infrared thermography (IRT) as a tool for the diagnosis of burning mouth syndrome (BMS).

Material And Methods: An IRT study was carried out in patients diagnosed with BMS according to the criteria of the International Association for the Study of Pain ( = 32) and in healthy controls ( = 35).

Bilateral Adrenalectomy in a Patient With Refractory Primary Aldosteronism Due to Adrenal Hyperplasia.

Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a frequent cause of secondary hypertension. The main cause of PA is bilateral adrenal hyperplasia, and treatment is usually medical with mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) such as spironolactone or eplerenone. In this paper, we present a rare clinical case of a middle-aged female with refractory arterial hypertension and hypokalemia that complementary medical tests confirmed PA due to bilateral hyperplasia, and despite a maximum dose of spironolactone and oral potassium supplements, there was no clinical response.

Pseudotumoral form of schistosomiasis mimicking neuroendocrine tumor: a case report and brief review of the differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal masses.

Differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal masses may become complex and requires careful anamnesis, physical examination and several complementary tests. We present the clinical case of a male patient aged 45 years who was diagnosed with a 4cm paraaortic lesion compatible with neuroendocrine tumor in the abdominal computed tomography (CT) exam. The workup performed with SPECT-CT, somatostatin receptors scintigraphy, MIBG scintigraphy, 24-hour urine total and fractionated catecholamines and 24-hour urine 5-OH indoleacetic did not confirm the first diagnostic impression.

Trace elements in saliva and plasma of patients with type 2 diabetes: Association to metabolic control and complications.

Aim: An analysis is made of the saliva and plasma levels of trace elements in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and their association to metabolic control and the presence of chronic complications.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational clinical study was carried out in 74 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was used to determine the following trace elements in plasma and unstimulated basal saliva: Al, S, Be, B, Ca, Co, Cu, Cr, Sr, P, Li, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Rb, Ti, V and Zn.

Trace Elements in Saliva as Markers of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

To analyze Mg, Ca, and Zn levels in saliva, comparing patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and a control group of healthy subjects. This transversal, observational, clinical study included a total sample of 147 patients, 74 with type 2 diabetes mellitus and a control group of 73 healthy subjects. Socio-demographic, anthropometric, diabetological, and metabolic variables were registered.