To determine if diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) is a risk factor for surgical site infections (SSI) in patients underwent orthopedic surgeries. Materials and Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted. The medical histories of patients who underwent to open reduction and internal fixation for humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibial or fibula fracture at two centers “Hospital Regional Docente de Trujillo” and “Hospital Belen” between February 2017 and February 2020 were reviewed. Results: A total of 340 medical histories were review, including 73 (21.5%) DM2 patients and 267 (78.5%) non DM2 patients. The relative risk of SSI in diabetics was 3.01 (CI: 95% 1.50-6.07, p< 0.005). The patients who develop SSI were 39 (11.5%), and 7 (17.9%) had DM2. Age, gender, weight, pre-prandial glucose, location of the fracture, preoperative stay, operation duration, ASA and anesthesia type w...

The atypical carcinoid (AC) of thymus is the most aggressive and uncommon neoplasm in the anterior mediastinum, that belongs to the neuroendocrine primary tumors of thymus. Most patients are asymptomatic and according to the disease extension they may present with cough, dyspnea, chest pain, and superior cava vein syndrome. This non-specific clinical presentation reduces the likelihood for making an early diagnosis; and this, together with disease stage and lack of surgical resection reduces the survival rate. The aim of this paper is to describe the clinical presentation in a 39-year old male with thymus carcinoid whose diagnosis was based on histopathological studies (carcinoid morphology, 0-1/2 mitoses/mm2 ), necrosis, Ki67, 12%), and immunophenotypic tumor markers [CD56(+), Pankeratin (+), Synaptophysin (+), and TTF-1 (-)].

The atypical carcinoid (AC) of thymus is the most aggressive and uncommon neoplasm in the anterior mediastinum, that belongs to the neuroendocrine primary tumors of thymus. Most patients are asymptomatic and according to the disease extension they may present with cough, dyspnea, chest pain, and superior cava vein syndrome. This non-specific clinical presentation reduces the likelihood for making an early diagnosis; and this, together with disease stage and lack of surgical resection reduces the survival rate. The aim of this paper is to describe the clinical presentation in a 39-year old male with thymus carcinoid whose diagnosis was based on histopathological studies (carcinoid morphology, 0-1/2 mitoses/mm2 ), necrosis, Ki67, 12%), and immunophenotypic tumor markers [CD56(+), Pankeratin (+), Synaptophysin (+), and TTF-1 (-)].

Objective: To conduct a systematic review of tuberculous lymphadenitis cases in children published until April 2022. Material and methods: Case reports of tuberculous lymphadenitis by M. tuberculosis in children were searched in Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct, Web of Science, LILACs, Ovid MEDLINE, EBSCO, and BMC Case Reports databases. Results: Forty-one reports were selected and a total of 46 patients were included. The majority were males (52,2%) of 8,5 (5-12) years old. The time of disease was 2 (1-5) months. The most frequent clinical manifestations were palpable lymphadenopathy (60,9%), fever (52,2%) and cough (26,1%). Weight loss (17,4%), scrofula (15,2%), respiratory distress (13%), hyporexia (13%), localized pain (13%), skin rash (13%), night sweats (4.3%), abdominal pain (4.3%) and jaundice (2,2%) were also founded. Cervical nodes were most frequently involved (71,4%). Only 17,4...