Publications by authors named "Pedro Lastra Garcia-Baron"

Objective: To report two Zinner`s syndrome cases, a rare anatomical variant with risk of complications.

Methods: Analysis of two Zinner syndrome cases, detected during acute recurrent epididimytis and after a grade IV renal trauma. Review of the literature focusing on its diagnosis and possible complications.

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Objective: To report a clinical case of testicular rupture and review of the literature published.

Method: A 15 years old male with a testicular rupture after a sports injury was diagnosed by Doppler ultrasound.

Results: Surgical exploration was performed and the tear was repaired.

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The congenital absence of the major salivary glands is a very infrequent disorder, in which several glands are usually involved at the same time. Sometimes this disorder can be associated with other developmental anomalies. The unilateral aplasia of the submandibular gland is an extremely rare finding with only 14 cases reported in the literature.

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Objective: Two cases of Mondor's disease and one case of non-venereal sclerosing lymphangitis of the penis are reviewed. We analyze the differences between both processes based on the existing literature about these pathologies.

Method: Two clinical cases of Mondor's disease and other one with non-venereal sclerosing lymphangitis are reported.

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Scedosporium prolificans is an emerging opportunistic fungal agent encountered in severely neutropenic patients. The purpose of this paper is to describe the main cranial CT findings from a retrospective review of six patients (four men and two women, 18-66 years old) afflicted with disseminated infection by S. prolificans with neurological symptoms.

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We report a case of a 58-year-old male with cirrhosis and upper gastrointestinal bleeding who developed multiple lipiodol pulmonary emboli after endoscopic injection sclerotherapy for gastric variceal bleeding. The patient did not have any respiratory symptoms after the sclerotherapy. A chest radiograph, obtained 1 day after the procedure for the evaluation of fever, demonstrated multiple tubular radiopacities in both hilar regions.

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We report a case of a portion of bran bread impacted in the cervical esophagus in an 88-year-old woman. A complete radiologic study including ultrasonography, computed tomography, and barium swallow was performed. These techniques confirmed and localized the foreign body, which was endoscopically removed.

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Objectives: To review a group of testicular lesions either clearly benign or that may simulate malignant neoplasia on testicular ultrasound. To describe those clinical and ultrasound findings allowing to make the right differential diagnosis, and proper clinical management.

Methods: We collect a numerous series of cases seen in the Urological Radiology Unit at the University Hospital "Marques de Valdecilla", Santander (Spain), and evaluated by means of a Logiq 500 GE ultrasound.

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