Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: associated factors and noninvasive fibrosis staging in a single Brazilian center.

Objective: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a recognized risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The aims of this study were to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with NAFLD in women with PCOS and evaluate noninvasive indices of hepatic fibrosis in patients with PCOS and NAFLD.

Subjects And Methods: Patients with PCOS (n = 87) and women without PCOS (n = 40; controls) were included.

Laryngeal histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent patient from a non-endemic region: case report.

Histoplasma capsulatum infection involving the larynx is a rare manifestation, especially in immunocompetent individuals and a high index of suspicion is needed to establish the diagnosis correctly. We report a case of a 50-year-old Brazilian man who presented with progressive hoarseness and throat pain for 4 months. Laryngoscopy showed a supraglottic vegetant lesion, and the biopsies chronic granulomatous inflammation without any specific agent.