Publications by authors named "Rafael L Aragon-Mendoza"

This case report describes the management of a woman diagnosed with a retroperitoneal cystic tumor during pregnancy. The 29-year-old patient presented at 29 weeks of pregnancy with abdominal pain. A retroperitoneal tumor measuring 224 × 156 × 235 mm was identified on ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objectives: To identify factors associated with poor prognoses in newborns with a prenatal diagnosis of gastroschisis in eight hospitals in Bogota, Colombia, from 2011 to 2022.

Methods: A multi-center retrospective case-control study was conducted on newborns with gastroschisis in eight hospitals in Bogota, Colombia. Poor prognosis was defined as the presence of sepsis, intestinal complications, or death.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a hemostatic disorder characterized by a quantitative or qualitative deficiency of the Von Willebrand factor (VWF). It affects males and females equally. This pathology has more severe clinical manifestations in females of reproductive age, with a mean age of diagnosis at 19 years.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objectives: To report the case of a pregnant woman with prenatal diagnosis of fetal immature nasopharyngeal teratoma, and to conduct a review of the literature describing the prognosis of this condition.

Materials And Methods: We report the case of a 27-year-old pregnant woman who received care at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit of a reference hospital in Bogotá (Colombia) because of a finding during a prenatal visit of evidence of polyhydramnios, secondary to a nasopharyngeal teratoma. A literature search was conducted in the Medline vía PubMed, Scopus, SciELO and ScienceDirect databases, restricted by language (English and Spanish) and date of publication (January 2001 to January 2021).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objectives: Fraser syndrome is a rare congenital malformation characterized by cryptophthalmos, syndactyly and urogenital tract malformations. The association with hydrometrocolpos is infrequent, with only a few cases reported in the literature.

Case Presentation: A 19-year-old primigravida presenting at 35 weeks of gestation, with prenatal finding of hydrometrocolpos associated with hypotelorism and microphthalmia.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objectives: The true incidence of anaplastic ganglioglioma during pregnancy is extremely rare, very few cases have been reported in the literature.

Case Presentation: This is a report of a case of anaplastic ganglioglioma diagnosed in pregnancy. The patient is a 23-year-old primigravida who presented at 19 weeks of gestation headache and a convulsive episode.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The management of pregnancy and delivery in patients with Glanzmann thrombasthenia requires platelet transfusion and recombinant activated factor VII. We report two successful pregnancies in a single patient and propose a protocol for monitoring and treatment. The urgent need for controlled trials and other epidemiological studies is also underscored.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: To report the case of pregnant woman with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) presenting as the Miller Fisher variant, and to review the literature on the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of this GBS variant during gestation.

Materials And Methods: Pregnant woman presenting at 27 weeks of gestation with Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), treated in a military referral hospital with a satisfactory course after 15 days, continuation of normal pregnancy and delivery of a healthy neonate at 38 weeks. A search of the literature was conducted in the Medline via PubMed, Lilacs, SciELO, ScienceDirect and Ovid databases using the terms “Pregnancy,” “Miller Fisher syndrome,” “Guillain-Barré syndrome”.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: To report a case of pure red-cell aplasia secondary to pregnancy and to conduct a review of the literature regarding diagnosis and treatment, as well as maternal and perinatal prognosis.

Methods: This is the case of a 24-year-old patient at 34 weeks of gestation, referred to a regional public referral hospital due to anemia. Bone marrow biopsy was performed, leading to the diagnosis of pregnancy-related pure red-cell aplasia.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: To report the case of a pregnant patient diagnosed with a primary retroperitoneal tumor and to conduct a review of the literature pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment and maternal-fetal prognosis of this disease condition during pregnancy.

Methods: A 19-year-old patient who presented with a retroperitoneal tumor identified on ultrasound. The results of the percutaneous biopsy showed a benign tumor.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF