[Adrenal pseudocyst. Report of a new case and review of the literature].

Adrenal pseudocyst is the commonest type of benign lesions of adrenal gland althought is a very rare entity. Most of them are found as "incidentalomas" during imaging studies. A case of a patient with a left non-functioning and asymptomatic adrenal pseudocyst is reported.

[Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis and renal carcinoma].

The association between leukocytoclastic vasculitis and solid tumors like renal carcinoma has been infrequently described. We present the case of a 76-year-old woman who began with skin lesions on the legs that were clinically and histologically diagnosed as leukocytoclastic vasculitis. During analysis of the symptoms, she was diagnosed with renal carcinoma.

Life-threatening adverse drug reaction to paclitaxel. Postmarketing surveillance.

The mechanism of action of hypersensitivity reactions from paclitaxel has not been fully understood. It has not even been defined if they are secondary to paclitaxel, its vehicle or the premedication. Postmarketing pharmacovigilance is predominantly based on spontaneous reporting.

[Basal cell carcinoma overlying a dermatofibroma].

The epidermis over a dermatofibroma may show changes that range from simple hyperplasia to the proliferation of basaloid cells, which can become morphologically indistinguishable from basal cell carcinoma. The existence of a true basal cell carcinoma overlying a dermatofibroma is infrequent. These basaloid proliferations have usually been considered to be the result of the inductive effect of the fibrohistiocytic proliferation of the dermatofibroma on the epithelial cells of the hair follicle; therefore, it would be a reactive phenomenon and not truly neoplastic.

[Study of the retinal nerve fiber layer in childhood strabismus].

Objective: To assess possible differences in the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness between children with strabismus and controls. This study also compared esotropia with exotropia cases, and dominant eyes with non-dominant eyes.

Method: 31 children with esotropia, 17 children with exotropia and 32 controls were studied.

[Peripheral homonymous hemianopia. A case report].

Case Report: A 63-year-old male with a history of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and chronic smoking, presented with a loss of the temporal visual field of right eye (RE). A restriction of the temporal field of RE and also of the nasal field of left eye was clinically suspected when the patient was tested by confrontation. A kinetic perimetry confirmed the existence of a right homonymous hemianopia that was very eccentric in both eyes (beyond the central 50 degrees).

[Lower lip burn due to a fire during a blepharoplasty procedure].

Case Report: A 63-year-old woman underwent bilateral blepharoplasty under local anesthesia and sedation. During surgery a fire started due to an electrocautery spark. The fire resulted in cosmetic sequelae.

[Coronary revascularization: clinical features and indications].

Coronary artery revascularization is an established therapeutic intervention and is therefore included in all treatment guidelines for patients with coronary artery disease. Although the procedure has been available for more than 40 years, constant technical progress in surgical and percutaneous revascularization continues to bring the benefits of revascularization therapy to new groups of patients. Therefore the indications and limitations of this approach need to be reviewed and updated periodically.

Desmin expression in spindle cell lipomas: a potential diagnostic pitfall.

The immunohistochemical analysis of the spindle cell lipomas has been for the most part limited to the study of S-100 protein, CD34, and Bcl-2 reactivity. To evaluate the immunoexpression of desmin and actins in spindle cell lipomas of different histological subtypes a retrospective immunohistochemical study of 25 spindle cell lipomas using archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue was performed. Strong positivity of the spindle cell component for desmin was found in 4 of 25 cases (16%).