Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to R L Gomes.
The author makes an actuarial evaluation study of her clinical work over 309 patients about the effect of anticonvulsivant drugs used in many kinds of electroencephalographic changes. The follow-up had been done for 10 years and percent of changes remission was about 70%.
The manifestations of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are common in the head and neck and include opportunistic infections, malignancies and diffuse reactive adenopathy. This article reviews the usual and unusual manifestation of AIDS affections of the parotid gland, sinonasal and oral cavity, nasopharynx, temporal bone and neck as analysed by different methods of imaging, particularly by computed tomography.
The authors emphasize the importance of knowing, understanding and identifying the radiation-induced changes in various body organs by radiologists in order to distinguish them from residual or recurrent malignancies. Computed tomography enables the evaluation of the effects and complications of the radiation therapy, besides other image modalities, and its findings are outlined. The clinical correlation, mainly with the time elapsed between the treatment and the examination is very important to establish the diagnosis.