Gallbladder perforation in a patient undergoing PCNL: Case report and literature review.

Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL) is an effective therapeutic approach in cases of lithiasis, which is prone to complications. In this report we present a case of a 52-year-old female patient with recurrent episodes of lithiasis and, after PCNL, evolution with pain and abdominal distension on the 2nd post-operative day due to a perforation of the gallbladder. An exploratory laparotomy was performed, leading to clinical improvement, and the patient was discharged from the hospital on the 7th day after resolving the choleperitoneum.

INFLUENCE OF RADIOIODINE THERAPY ON ORAL HEALTH AND SALIVARY PRODUCTION IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CARCINOMA.

Objectives: To evaluate the characteristics related to oral health and salivary production in patients with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma (DTC) after radioiodine therapy (RIT).

Methods: Cross-sectional study, which included patients with DTC after ablative and/or adjuvant RIT. Patients underwent assessment of oral health conditions, subjective assessment of xerostomia and measurement of salivary flow.

Intramuscular Cellular Nodules in a Congenital Large Plaque-Like Blue Nevus: Melanoma or Not?

Introduction: Melanoma arising in blue nevus (BN) is usually evident on histopathology. However, there are cases in the gray zone where neither morphology nor immunostains and molecular studies are conclusive.

Case Report: A 33-year-old man presented with greenish discoloration of the abdominal skin at birth.