[Prognostic value of interim PET/CT in non-hodgkin lymphoma].

Background: The prognosis of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) depends on the type of lymphoma, the extension of the disease and the response to therapy.

Aim: To evaluate the prognostic value of pretreatment and interim PET/CT compared to classic prognosis factors and body composition measurement (sarcopenia, adipopenia) in patients with recently diagnosed NHL.

Material And Methods: Patients with recently diagnosed NHL who had staging 18F-FDG PET/CT performed between December 2008 and August 2018 were selected.

[Lung infection by lophomonas spp. in a female patient with acute myeloid leukemia].

Protozoic infections are prevalent worldwide, particularly in immunosuppressed patients. We reported the case of a patient from the city of Viña del Mar, Chile, a carrier of acute myeloid leukemia in whom an infection by Lophomonas sp. was confirmed by bronchoalveolar lavage.

The activity of discrete sets of neurons in the posterior insula correlates with the behavioral expression and extinction of conditioned fear.

The interoceptive insular cortex is known to be involved in the perception of bodily states and emotions. Increasing evidence points to an additional role for the insula in the storage of fear memories. However, the activity of the insula during fear expression has not been studied.

[Hemophagocytic syndrome after kidney transplant in a patient with hereditary nephritis. Report of one case].

We report a 28-year-old mole with a hereditary nephritis (Alport Syndrome) on hemodialysis for 5 years, who received a kidney graft from a deceased donor. Cyclosporine (CsA), mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and steroids were prescribed. In the postoperative period the patient had thrombophlebitis and diarrhea.

[Type B lactic acidosis associated with marginal lymphoma of the spleen: report of one case].

Lactic acidosis in the absence of hypoxia or tissue hypoperfusion (type B) is very rare and is associated with the use of some drugs or malignancy. We report a 79-year-old woman, with a marginal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the spleen that was subjected to a splenectomy one year ago. She presented with unexplained tachypnea associated with pancytopenia and elevation of IgM to 10 times over the higher normal limit.

Rituximab in the treatment of acute cellular rejection of renal allograft with CD20-positive clusters in the infiltrate.

A 31-year-old woman with nephronophthisis received a cadaveric kidney transplant, and was immunosuppressed with cyclosporine, azathioprine and steroids. Twelve days after transplant a biopsy showed acute rejection with vascular damage. She was treated with 3 pulses of methylprednisolone and change of immunosuppression to mycophenolate mofetil and tacrolimus, without improving graft function.

[Bone marrow aplasia during hemodialysis successfully treated with cyclosporine. Report of one case].

A 28 years old male on chronic hemodialysis for 40 months due to a IgA crescentic glomerulonephritis developed pancytopenia (hematocrit 16%, white blood cell count 3,800 mm3 and platelets 11,000 mm3. The bone marrow aspirate showed erythropoietic hyperplasia. Hemolytic anemia, folate or vitamin B12 deficiency and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria were ruled out.