ISSN-1807-5932
CLINICS
CONTENTS
Clinics 2012 67(8):859–985
EDITORIAL
Pediatrics in Clinics: Highlights
Mauricio Rocha e Silva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859
CLINICAL SCIENCES
Carotid stenosis: what is the high-risk population?
Jong Hun Park, Alvaro Razuk, Paulo Fernandes Saad, Gustavo José Politzer Telles, Walter Khegan Karakhanian,
Alexandre Fioranelli, Alessandra Caivano Rodrigues, Giuliano Giova Volpiani, Pollyanna Campos, Roberto
Massayoshi Yamada, Valter Castelli Jr., Roberto Augusto Caffaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865
Sexual function after anterior vaginal wall prolapse surgery
Paulo Cezar Feldner Jr., Carlos Antonio Delroy, Sérgio Brasileiro Martins, Rodrigo Aquino Castro, Marair Gracio
Ferreira Sartori, Manoel João Batista Castello Girão . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871
The effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on peritoneal protein loss and solute
transport in peritoneal dialysis patients
Taner Basturk, Abdulkadir Unsal, Yener Koc, Eren Nezaket, Elbis Ahbap, Tamer Sakaci, Mustafa Sevinc . . . . . . . . 877
Skeletal muscle major histocompatibility complex class I and II expression differences in adult and
juvenile dermatomyositis
Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo, Adriana Maluf Elias Sallum, Clovis Artur Silva, Suely Kazue Nagahashi Marie . . . . . . . . 885
Predicting dysthyroid optic neuropathy using computed tomography volumetric analyses of orbital
structures
Allan C. Pieroni Gonçalves, Lucas Nunes Silva, Eloı́sa M. M. S. Gebrim, Suzana Matayoshi, Mário Luiz
Ribeiro Monteiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891
Effects of arterial oxygen tension and cardiac output on venous saturation: a mathematical modeling
approach
Fernando Godinho Zampieri, Marcelo Park, Luciano César Pontes Azevedo, Marcelo Britto Passos Amato, Eduardo Leite
Vieira Costa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897
M2-polarized macrophages promote metastatic behavior of Lewis lung carcinoma cells by inducing
vascular endothelial growth factor-C expression
Bicheng Zhang, Yafei Zhang, Guoqing Yao, Juan Gao, Bo Yang, Yong Zhao, Zhiguo Rao, Jianfei Gao . . . . . . . . . 901
Laparoscopic nephrectomy for xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis – Are there predictive factors for
success?
Marcelo Lima, Ricardo Miyaoka, Juliano Moro, Carlos D’Ancona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907
Serum testosterone, sex hormone-binding globulin and total calcium levels predict the calcaneal speed
of sound in men
Kok-Yong Chin, Ima-Nirwana Soelaiman, Isa Naina Mohamed, Wan Zurinah Wan Ngah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911
A clinical follow-up of 35 Brazilian patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome
Caio Robledo D’Angioli Costa Quaio, Tatiana Ferreira de Almeida, Lilian Maria José Albano, Israel Gomy, Debora
Romeo Bertola, Monica Castro Varela, Celia P. Koiffmann, Chong Ae Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917
BASIC RESEARCHES
Preconditioning of the response to ischemia/reperfusion-induced plasma leakage in hamster cheek
pouch microcirculation
Fabiana Gomes da Conceição, Cristiane Maria Simonato Conde, Erik Svensjö, Daniel Alexandre Bottino,
Eliete Bouskela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923
Vitreous pharmacokinetics and electroretinographic findings after intravitreal injection of acyclovir in
rabbits
Francisco Max Damico, Mariana Ramos Scolari, Gabriela Lourençon Ioshimoto, Beatriz Sayuri Takahashi, Armando da
Silva Cunha Jr., Sı́lvia Ligório Fialho, Daniela Maria Bonci, Fabio Gasparin, Dora Fix Ventura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931
Upregulation of matrix synthesis in chondrocyteseeded agarose following sustained bi-axial cyclic
loading
Belinda Pingguan-Murphy, Illida Nawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939
REVIEWS
Thyroid nodule management: clinical, ultrasound and cytopathological parameters for predicting
malignancy
Frederico F. R. Maia, Denise Engelbrecht Zantut-Wittmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945
Auditory stimulation and cardiac autonomic regulation
Vitor E. Valenti, Heraldo L. Guida, Ana C. F. Frizzo, Ana C. V. Cardoso, Luiz Carlos M. Vanderlei, Luiz Carlos de
Abreu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Correlation of disability and pain with postural balance among women with chronic low back pain
Guilherme Carlos Brech, Silvia Ferreira Andrusaitis, Gabriela Faller Vitale, Júlia Maria D’Andréa Greve . . . . . . . . . 959
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: clinicopathological aspects, expression of p53 and survival
Karin S. G. Cunha, Anabela C. Caruso, Paulo A. S. de Faria, Licı́nio E. da Silva, Andréa R. C. Pires, Mauro Geller,
Vânia S. Lopes, Rodrigo S. de Moura-Neto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963
The long-term impact of a program to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in a
surgical intensive care unit
Adriana P. Paula, Priscila R. Oliveira, Erique P. Miranda, Cassia S. Felix, Clara B. Lorigados, Arlete M. Giovani, Ana
Lucia L. Lima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 969
TECHNICAL NOTE
An innovative model of autologous anorectal transplantation with pudendal nerve reconstruction
Flavio Henrique Ferreira Galvao, Victor Edmund Seid, Daniel Reis Waisberg, Ruy Jorge Cruz-Jr, Hugo Hirano,
Sergio Catanozi, Eleazar Chaib, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 971
CASE REPORTS
Diagnosis of an ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormonesecreting bronchial carcinoid by somatostatin
receptor scintigraphy
İnan Anaforoğlu, Kerem Ersoy, Mehmet Aşık, Savaş Karyağar, Ekrem Algün . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973
A possible case of Churg-Strauss syndrome in a 9-year-old child
Jinling Liu, Yingchun Xu, Zhimin Chen, Xuefeng Xu, Meiping Lu, Yingshuo Wang, Yunlian Zhou, Weizhong Gu . . . . 977
MSX2 copy number increase and craniosynostosis: copy number variation detected by array
comparative genomic hybridization
Karla de Oliveira Pelegrino, Sofia Sugayama, Karina Lezirovitz, Ana Lúcia Catelani, Fernando Kok, Maria de Lourdes
Chauffaille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981