Publications by authors named "Teresa Hermida Romero"
Article Synopsis
- Whole-body autopsies of 70 COVID-19 patients were conducted to explore the disease's pathophysiology and the impact of superinfections.
- The average age of the subjects was 70, with most having pre-existing health issues; 65.71% experienced infectious complications during their hospitalization, and invasive mechanical ventilation was common.
- Key autopsy findings included severe lung damage, heart conditions, and liver issues, highlighting the significant roles of comorbidities and superinfections in COVID-19 pathology.
After transplantation, the main concerns involve immunosuppression, the prevention and treatment of infections and graft rejection, and tumor prevention. Sometimes the complications that may appear in the arteriovenous fistula are neglected following kidney transplantation. This is the reason why we are presenting the case of an angiosarcoma developing in an arteriovenous fistula after kidney transplantation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe herein report a patient who came to the hospital because of a polyarticular joint pain, fever and cutaneous lesions. She had silicone implants in her buttocks, a surgery performed 3 years before. We made a biopsy of the skin of the buttocks (facticial panniculitis due to silicone) and of the pretibial surface of the inferior extremities (erythema nodosum).
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