Emanuel Dias, João Santos‐Antunes, Armando Peixoto, Rui Gaspar, Guilherme Macedo,
Tópico(s): Esophageal and GI Pathology
2020 - Universa Press | Acta gastro-enterologica belgica
Claire J. Creutzfeldt, Robert G. Holloway,
... cerebral hemorrhage: a retrospective cohort study, Acta Neurologica Belgica, 10.1007/s13760-021-01617-1, 122:1, ( ...
Tópico(s): Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
2012 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Stroke
Emanuel Dias, João Santos‐Antunes, A. Nunes, José A. Rodrigues, Jorge Pinheiro, Guilherme Macedo,
A 78-year-old male with previous medical history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, benign prostatic hyperplasia and colectomy for colon adenocarcinoma 16 years earlier presented to emergency department with melena for approximately 2 weeks. He denied hematemesis or hematochezia. He also denied other symptoms including abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, anorexia or weight loss. Usual medications included silodosin, simvastatin, losartan, hydrochlorothiazide, pantoprazole and midazolam. He denied ...
Tópico(s): Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
2021 - | Acta Gastro Enterologica Belgica
Emanuel Carvalho‐Dias, João Santos‐Antunes, E Rodrigues-Pinto, M Marques, R Liberal, R Coelho, Renata Ramalho, R Gaspar, Guilherme Macedo,
Acute esophageal necrosis is a rare syndrome classically characterized by black distal esophagus with a complex pathophysiology that usually involves a combination of esophageal ischemia, gastroesophageal reflux and impaired mucosal reparative mechanisms. We retrospectively analyzed the main risk factors, clinical characteristics and outcome in all patients diagnosed with acute esophageal necrosis between January 2015 and December 2020 at our center. Ten patients were identified in a total of 26854 ...
Tópico(s): Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions
2022 - | Acta Gastro Enterologica Belgica
Emanuel Dias, João Santos‐Antunes, Susana Lopes, Guilherme Macedo,
To the Editor,An 80-year-old female with history of aortic stenosis, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, hypertension and dyslipidemia underwent aortic valve replacement surgery.At 4 th postoperative day (POD), she developed hemodynamic instability, followed by abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea.Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed wall thickening from descending colon to rectum and peri-rectal fat stranding (Figure 1).Sigmoidoscopy demonstrated diffuse dark purple discoloration of rectal mucosa ...
Tópico(s): Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
2021 - | Acta Gastro Enterologica Belgica
Emanuel Carvalho‐Dias, Rosa Coelho, Amadeu C.R. Nunes, Patrícia Andrade, Luís Malheiro, Guilherme Macedo,
A 21-year-old female with ulcerative colitis presented with abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. Laboratory studies revealed markedly elevated C-reactive protein and thrombocytosis. Flexible sigmoidoscopy revealed severe endoscopic activity with ulceration and spontaneous bleeding along rectum and sigmoid colon. Ulcerative colitis had been diagnosed 3 years before, presenting as severe and extensive disease (pancolitis). She had previously failed therapy with infliximab and vedolizumab and had recently ...
Tópico(s): Diverticular Disease and Complications
2021 - | Acta Gastro Enterologica Belgica
João Santos‐Antunes, Emanuel Dias, Rosa Coelho, Margarida Marques, Pedro Amoroso Canão, Jorge Lima de Magalhães, Guilherme Macedo,
Anal intraepithelial neoplasia is a premalignant lesion for anal squamous cell carcinoma. Current treatment options, consisting of topical therapy and local ablative procedures with electrocautery or radiofrequency ablation, are effective although recurrence rates are high. Experience with endoscopic submucosal dissection for anal lesions is limited, with only a few cases of anal intraepithelial neoplasia and early anal squamous cell carcinoma. We present a 65-year-old woman with high-grade anal ...
Tópico(s): Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
2022 - | Acta Gastro Enterologica Belgica