Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol
December 2012
Clinical Case: A 2-months-old girl had a fast growth hemangioma in the left side of the face, that involved upper eyelid and superior and external portion of the orbit, covering her visual axis and pushing the eye and lateral rectus muscle. We gave oral propranolol as treatment and we noticed a fast and constant hemangioma reduction and resolution of orbital and palpebral component.
Discussion: According to previous researches, propranolol seems to be an effective and safe drug to treat capillary hemangioma.
Bladder hernia is an uncommon condition with a frequency between 0.5 and 3%, reaching the 10% between patients older than 50 years. It's more predominant in males aged between 50 and 70.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a case of a presacral benign schwannoma which causes right hydroureteronephrosis without other clinical findings. After a fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy under computed tomography (CT) guidance, a fusocellular tumour without athypia was demonstrated. With the initial diagnosis of benign schwannoma the patient was operated on, removing the tumour, and with the immunohistochemical examination (reactivity for S-100) this diagnosis was confirmed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContribution of one case report of cystic dysplasia of the seminal vesicle with ipsilateral renal agenesis in a 32 year-old male presenting with primary infertility. The seminograms showed moderate astenoteratospermia while in the abdominal-pelvic ultrasound there were changes in the right seminal vesicle and right renal agenesis, which was confirmed with further complementary tests: UIV, transrectal ultrasound, urethrocystoscopy, arteriography and renal scan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh flow priapism is an infrequent entity, generally following traumatic injuries in the genito-perineal area. Anamnesis, cavernous bodies blood gasometry and Doppler are the basic diagnostic tools for these condition. Therapeutical management is considerably different from that used for low flow venous priapism.
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