Publications by authors named "Maria Claudia Abaunza"

An asymptomatic 24-year-old woman underwent a colposcopy, cervical biopsy, and subsequently, a conization for a cervical squamous cell carcinoma in situ with glandular extension. Simultaneously, an endometrial biopsy was carried out in which, incidentally, a placental site nodule was diagnosed, a rare non-neoplastic lesion originating in the intermediate trophoblast. Given the coexistence of these two entities, it was necessary to make a differential diagnosis between them and also with other pathologies of the trophoblast such as an exaggerated placental site, placental site trophoblastic tumor, and epithelioid trophoblastic tumor.

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Aim: To determine the correlation between the results of thyroid fine-needle aspirations interpreted using the Bethesda system and final histopathological reports for patients at an oncology hospital (OH) and non-oncology hospitals (NOHs).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive study was performed to compare the cytology and histopathology results for patients with thyroid nodules in three Colombian hospitals. The final correlation of diagnoses between the two methods is reported.

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Introduction: Damage of testicles is frequent in lepromatous leprosy and worsened by the presence of erythema nodosum leprosum. Objective. A patient is presented who developed lepromatous leprosy and erythema nodosum leprosum with major testicular compromise.

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