[Endemic goiter and iodine deficiency: are they still a reality in Spain].

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of goiter and iodine deficiency in a health district in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, given the absence of data in this region of Spain.

Material And Methods: We conducted a descriptive, epidemiologic, cross-sectional study, stratified by age and sex, in four interior regions of the province of Valencia. We selected students aged from 6 to 14 years old in 20 centers.

[Utility of local anesthesia of the periprostatic plexus in the control of the pain in the ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy].

Objective: Periprostatic plexus anesthesia (PPA) is not current practice during prostate ultrasound-guided biopsy (PB). Many patients must undergo a second or more PB if a prostate carcinoma is suspected. Due to pain, many patients reject the procedure, or it has to be performed with general anesthesia.

[Tracheopatia osteochondroplastica. A case report].

Tracheoplastia osteoplastica is a rare benign disease of the trachea and major bronchi that is characterized by bony and cartilaginous submucosal nodules covered by normal mucosa. Localized lesions rarely produce clinical manifestations and most symptomatic patients have extensive, diffuse lesions. The bronchoscopic findings are typical and the diagnosis is confirmed by biopsy.

Desmoplastic fibroma of the skull. Case report.

Desmoplastic fibroma is a rare benign neoplasm of bone; only three cases have been reported involving the skull. The radiographic and histological aspects of a case of desmoplastic fibroma involving the parietal bone are reported.