Biomedical subjects

A Arruza Echebarria

Publications and source records attributed to A Arruza Echebarria.

4 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1993

[Fournier's gangrene. Presentation of 11 cases and review of the literature].

Fournier's gangrene is an infectious necrotizing cellulitis of the penis and/or perineoscrotal region, which rapidly progresses and carries a high mortality. Eleven cases of Fournier's gangrene that had undergone an emergency procedure from 1985 to 1992 are described. Excellent results were achieved, with a survival rate of 91%. In our view, treatment of this disease entity is fundamentally based on early diagnosis, wide radical debridement of the affected area, frequent local treatment, debridement at the least sign of recurrence and early antibiotic therapy with three agents.

Adult↗

PubMed1992

[Primary retroperitoneal hydatidosis].

The case of a primary retroperitoneal hydatidosis in a 62 year-old patient found accidentally during an haematuria study is presented. Both the possible extraperitonization mechanisms and efficacy of ultrasound scanning and percutaneous puncture in the etiological diagnosis in cases of retroperitoneal mass are evaluated.

Echinococcosis↗

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[Bilateral renal adenocarcinoma: relationship with phakomatosis].

Von Hippel-Lindau disease is a very uncommon finding in our environment. A case of an incidental finding of that entity expressed through retinal angioma, bilateral renal cysts and bilateral renal carcinoma is described. A surgical course was followed performing a radical left nephrectomy, given the large size of the tumour, and right lower partial nephrectomy, as well as a review of the renal cysts considering the big tendency they have to degenerate in the disease.

Carcinoma, Renal Cell↗

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[Cytology positive for malignant cells in hydrocele secondary to testicular seminoma].

Finding tumor cells in the fluid of hydrocele secondary to testicular tumor is rare and may be due to the fact that hydrocele fluid cytology has not been studied systematically. The presence of malignant cells in the hydrocele fluid may be ascribed to two mechanisms: retrograde lymphatic flow from the infiltrated retroperitoneal lymph nodes or from tumor directly invading the tunica albuginea and vaginalis testis, with cells passing into the cavity of the vaginalis. Only two cases of hydrocele secondary to testicular seminoma with vaginalis fluid cytology positive for malignant seminomatous cells have been previously reported in the literature. To our knowledge, the case reported herein is the third. These three cases are briefly discussed.

Adult↗