PubMed Health⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

J Cervantes

Publications and source records attributed to J Cervantes.

29 records · Page 2Linked to original sources

Acute thrombosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm. An uncommon entity.

Acute thrombosis of an abdominal aneurysm is a catastrophic complication which is little known. It presents as a sudden event, characteristically with lower abdominal pain, signs of profound lower extremity ischemia and pronounced bilateral lower extremity neuromuscular dysfunction. While the mechanism of thrombosis is not understood and is unpredictable, it is certain that the condition is rapidly fatal if uncorrected. The mortality of acute thrombosis is very high, similar to rupture, which is the most common complication of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Diagnosis is not difficult, and must be followed by prompt surgical restoration of circulation of the lower half of the body, if death is to be prevented. This can be accomplished by aneurysm resection and graft replacement. Retrograde transfemoral thromboembolectomy should not be done. This report describes two successfully operated cases which dramatize the symptomatology of the condition and show the gratifying results of immediate surgical intervention. Only 30 cases (15 fatal) have been reported in the literature.

Acute Disease↗

[Fat embolism].

Explore the source record for details and available documents.

Adolescent↗

[Ischemic colitis].

Explore the source record for details and available documents.

Aged↗

[Immunohistochemistry: another criterion for typing oncocytomas of the salivary gland. A case report].

Oncocytoma of the salivary gland is uncommon and its histogenesis and pattern of evolution are debated. The criteria for malignancy are not well established. We report a morphologically benign oncocytoma of the parotid gland that was studied using various cell proliferation and tumor markers. These markers may have prognostic value and correlate with the aggressiveness of the tumor.

Adenoma, Oxyphilic↗