Miguel Almeida

ORCID: 0000-0003-3350-4910
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Research Areas
  • Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions
  • Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Soft tissue tumor case studies
  • Hernia repair and management
  • Cardiac tumors and thrombi
  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Urologic and reproductive health conditions
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
  • Metastasis and carcinoma case studies
  • Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
  • Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments

Hospital de São João
2021-2023

Universidade do Porto
2023

The superior vena cava syndrome refers to a medical emergency resulting from compression, which develops in 2%-4% of non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Primary mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma is an unusual and aggressive that can present with syndrome. We report the case Caucasian 21-year-old female, who presented acute syndrome, having started 2 weeks before. Chest computerized tomography disclosed anterior mass (18 × 14 cm). Thoraco-abdominopelvic magnetic resonance imaging was performed...

10.1016/j.radcr.2021.01.063 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Radiology Case Reports 2021-02-11

Extragastrointestinal stromal tumors (EGISTs) are rare mesenchymal neoplasms, which develop in the retroperitoneum, mesentery, and omentum, lacking continuity to stomach or intestines. Authors hereby present a female patient with large heterogeneous abdominal mass as case of an omental EGIST. A 46-year-old woman was referred our hospital due insidious enlargement colicky pain right iliac fossa. Abdominal palpation revealed voluminous, freely mobile, non-pulsatile mesoabdominal bulge...

10.1080/00015458.2023.2201084 article EN Acta Chirurgica Belgica 2023-04-20

An epidemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbroke in December China, Wuhan, which is becoming a Public Health Emergency International Concern. As this entity has become one the worst infectious outbreaks recent times, with mortality estimates general population ranging from 1.4% to 8%, it crucial better understand prognostic factors can be associated outcome disease. However, as pandemic still unfortunately under progression, there are limited data regard factors. Hence, review...

10.4236/aid.2021.112019 article EN Advances in Infectious Diseases 2021-01-01

Introduction: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors frequently spread via hematogenous route to the liver or through peritoneal seeding in abdominal cavity. Once metastization has occurred neither surgery alone nor systemic therapy can successfully accomplish persistent malignancy control. However, a grouping of both approaches may potentially achieve disease stabilization and significantly improve overall survival.

10.21614/sgo-v.28-a.576 article EN Surgery Gastroenterology and Oncology 2023-01-01
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