Pine processionary caterpillar should be included in the differential diagnosis of acute ocular lesions, especially if keratitis with corneal cellular infiltrate and anterior uveitis are present, in dogs from endemic areas during the months of spring and summer. In the majority of cases, irrigation and removal of the hairs together with medical treatment leads to a good outcome.
Irarrázaval, Sebastián, Pablo Besa, Emmanuel Cauchy, Prativa Pandey, and Jorge Vergara. Case report of frostbite with delay in evacuation: field use of iloprost might have improved the outcome. High Alt Med Biol 00:000-000, 2018. -Frostbite is a common injury in high altitude medicine. Intravenous vasodilators have a proven efficacy and, recently, have been proposed as a safe outpatient treatment. Nevertheless, the lack of availability and consequently delayed application of this treatment option can result in poor clinical outcomes for patients. We present the case of a 60-year-old Chilean man with severe frostbite injuries suffered while climbing Mount Everest. The patient was initially given field treatment to the extent permitted by conditions and consensus guidelines. Unfortunately, advanced management was delayed, with iloprost administered 75 hours after the initial injury. The patient also underwent 5 days of hyperbaric and analgesic/antibiotic therapies. An early bone scan predicted a poor clinical outcome, and five of the patient's fingers, between both hands, were incompletely amputated. We present this case to exemplify the importance of advanced in-field management of frostbite injuries.
Dupuytren disease (DD) is a connective tissue disorder that consists in fibromatosis of the palmar and digital fascia (in form of nodules or flanges) that leads to theL a enfermedad de Dupuytren (ED) es una condición benigna del tejido conectivo, caracterizado por un desorden fibroproliferativo (fibromatosis benigna) que afecta fundamentalmente a la aponeurosis palmar y digital, provocando contracturas y deformidad progresiva en flexión en la región palmar de mano y dedos, cuya causa y mecanismo fisiopatológico aún permanecen parcialmente comprendidos.El primer caso de esta condición fue descrito por el médico suizo Félix Plater en 1614 (quien le atribuyó una causa traumática), siendo luego descrito por otros autores como H Cline, en 1777 y por Ashley Cooper, en 1822; sin embargo, el nombre del médico francés Guillaume Dupuytren predominó para esta condición, quien en 1831 describe en detalle la fibromatosis localizada en la aponeurosis palmar, realizando la primera cirugía de fasciotomía abierta.Esta enfermedad se caracteriza por el desarrollo de contracturas en flexión, de la palma y de las articulaciones digitales, secundaria a la formación de nódulos y bandas fibrosas o bridas [1][2][3][4][5] . Afecta principalmente la región palmar distal en relación a los dedos anular y meñique, produciendo la flexión progresiva e irreversible de las articulaciones metacarpo-falángicas (MTCF) e interfalángicas proximales (IFP). EpidemiologíaEn relación a la prevalencia de esta enfermedad, destaca que es un cuadro que sucede en toda la población, pero en diferente proporción y frecuencia dependiendo de la carga genética y de las comorbilidades del paciente. La incidencia de esta patología aparece mayor en los países del norte de Europa y emigrantes provenientes de esas zonas; mientras que es rara en países africanos y Asia oriental. La prevalencia reportada en otros países es de 1,7 a 2% en varones adultos mayores de 50 años en la población general, siendo de 3-6% en adultos caucásicos. En Escocia, Noruega e Islandia se ha reportado una incidencia de hasta 40% en ciertas comunidades, mientras que su presencia en poblaciones de raza negra y de Asia oriental es de escasa ocurrencia. Es siete a diez veces más frecuente en hombres que en mujeres. Para esto aún no hay explicación, sin embargo los miofibroblastos en la ED tienen una mayor expresión de
Purpose:To evaluate the safety and performance of the Treovance stent-graft.Methods:The global, multicenter RATIONALE registry (ClinicalTrials.gov; identifier NCT03449875) prospectively enrolled 202 patients (mean age 73.0±7.8 years; 187 men) with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) suitable for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) using the Treovance. The composite primary safety endpoint was site-reported all-cause mortality and major morbidity. The primary efficacy outcome was clinical success. Further outcomes evaluated included technical success; stent-graft migration, patency, and integrity; endoleak; and aneurysm size changes.Results:Technical success was 96% (194/202); 8 patients had unresolved type I endoleaks at the end of the procedure. There was no 30-day mortality and 1% major morbidity (1 myocardial infarction and 1 bowel ischemia). Clinical success at 1 year was confirmed in 194 (96%) patients; 6 of 8 patients had new/persistent endoleaks and 2 had aneurysm expansion without identified endoleak. A total of 8 (4%) reinterventions were required during the mean 13.7±3.1 months of follow-up (median 12.8). At 1 year, the Kaplan-Meier estimate for freedom from reintervention was 95.6% (95% CI 91.4% to 97.8%). Other estimates were 95.5% (95% CI 91.7% to 97.6%) for freedom from endoleak type I/III and 97.4% (95% CI 94.2% to 98.9%) for freedom from aneurysm expansion. Thirteen (6.4%) patients died; no death was aneurysm related.Conclusion:The RATIONALE registry showed favorable safety and clinical performance of the Treovance stent-graft for the treatment of infrarenal AAAs in a real-world setting.
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