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- Abdominal tuberculosis: an old disease surprising young doctors.Publication . Sousa, M; Batista, J; Pacheco, P; Nunes, VTuberculosis remains a worldwide public health concern. Atypical extrapulmonary presentations may delay the diagnosis and treatment. We present the case of an adult woman admitted to the emergency department with bowel obstruction. The putative intraoperative diagnostic hypothesis was ovarian cancer with peritoneal dissemination. Histopathological analysis showed a chronic granulomatous inflammatory disease with acid-fast bacilli. The patient was started on an alternative parenteral antituberculosis drug combination until oral feeding was available. Currently, 5 months after surgery, she is asymptomatic. Abdominal tuberculosis is the most frequent extrapulmonary site with a wide range of clinical presentations. Emergency laparotomy may be necessary in patients who present with acute abdomen. Bowel obstruction due to adhesions and strictures is not infrequent. However, tuberculous abdominal cocoon presentation as in our patient is rare. Treatment with parenteral alternative drug regimens for tuberculosis is mandatory until the oral route is available.
- Doença por legionellaPublication . Trigo, D; Batista, J; Pacheco, P
- Surto 2019 nCoVPublication . Jesus, R; Batista, J; Pacheco, P
- TINU syndrome: two clinical cases of tubulo-interstitial nephritis and uveitisPublication . Bento, V; Castro, I; Batista, J; Mesquita, JTINU (Tubulo-Interstitial Nephritis and Uveitis) syndrome is a rare disease of unknown aetiology characterised by the association between interstitial nephritis and uveitis. The authors present the cases of two young children whose symptoms began with anorexia and weight loss, associated with renal failure and proteinuria of tubular origin. One child also presented anaemia, glycosuria without hyperglycaemia and microhaematuria. A few months later both developed uveitis. In both cases the renal biopsy showed changes compatible with interstitial nephritis. As interstitial nephritis and uveitis aetiologies were not identified, TINU syndrome was suggested as a possible diagnosis. In both children there was a complete resolution, with one needing systemic steroids and immunosuppressive treatment. TINU syndrome should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with renal and ophthalmologic changes.
- Vacinação antipneumocócicaPublication . Batista, J; Duque, L