Portal vein thrombosis with protein C-S deficiency in a non-cirrhotic patient.

There are several conditions that can lead to portal vein thrombosis (PVT), including including infection, malignancies, and coagulation disorders. Anew condition of interest is protein C and S deficiencies, associated with hypercoagulation and recurrent venous thromboembolism. We report the case of a non-cirrhotic 63-year-old male diagnosed with acute superior mesenteric vein thrombosis and PVT and combined deficiencies in proteins C and S, recanalized by short-term low molecular heparin plus oral warfarin therapy.

[Third National Ovarian Consensus. 2011. Grupo de Investigación en Cáncer de Ovario y Tumores Ginecológicos de México "GICOM"].

Introduction: Ovarian cancer (OC) is the third most common gynecologic malignancy worldwide. Most of cases it is of epithelial origin. At the present time there is not a standardized screening method, which makes difficult the early diagnosis.

[The first Mexican consensus of endometrial cancer. Grupo de Investigación en Cáncer de Ovario y Tumores Ginecológicos de México].

Introduction: Endometrial cancer (EC) is the second most common gynecologic malignancy worldwide in the peri and postmenopausal period. Most often for the endometrioid variety. In early clinical stages long-term survival is greater than 80%, while in advanced stages it is less than 50%.

Pulmonary ultrasound in the intensive care unit.

Pulmonary ultrasonography (PUSG) is a new diagnostic tool for pleuropulmonary disease in the critically ill patient. Images obtained in this study result from the interaction between the ultrasound shaft with the pleura, the pulmonary parenchyma and the air/liquid interface. These images are classified as horizontal and vertical.

Selection of best candidates for multiorgan resection among patients with T4 gastric carcinoma.

Background And Objective: Indications for gastrectomy in T4 gastric carcinoma (GC) remain controversial. Our aim was to define prognostic factors to select those patients with best chance to benefit from multiorgan resection.

Materials And Methods: A cohort of patients with T4 GC treated in a 19-year period.

Treatment of the adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction at a single institution in Mexico.

Background: Adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) is rapidly increasing in the west. Our aim is to define the prognostic factors and treatment of EGJ carcinoma in Mexico, particularly the location after the Siewert's classification.

Methods: A retrospective cohort of patients suffering from EGJ adenocarcinoma treated from 1987 to 2000.

Serum albumin as a significant prognostic factor for patients with gastric carcinoma.

Background: The definition of prognostic factors in gastric carcinoma (GC) remains controversial. The potential of serum albumin as a prognostic factor for GC is emphasized because the technique to measure it is simple as well as being cheap and widely available. Our aim was to define the prognostic role of serum albumin in GC.