Cystic angiomatosis, pleural effusion and multiple bone lesions mimicking a metastatic malignant neoplasia: a case report.

Background: We report a case of a patient with a rare clinical condition: cystic angiomatosis presenting as pleural effusion and multiple bone lesions mimicking a metastatic malignant neoplasia. With only about 50 such cases published in the literature, it is important to report the clinical presentation and proposed treatment and to share information about the clinical evolution in these patients.

Case Presentation: We report a case of a 45-year-old white man who presented to our hospital with ventilator-dependent pain.

Religion as a determining factor for invasive care among physicians in end-of-life patients.

Objective: Describe the knowledge of physicians in an Oncology Clinic and a school hospital, of both the private health network, located in Manaus-AM about palliative care (PC), and define the role of religion in medical care of patients with advanced severe illness, with no disease modifying therapy.

Method: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive, and observational study. After signing the Free and Informed Consent Term, the physicians included completed a professional membership record and answered questions about a hypothetical clinical case through multiple choice answers.