The incidence of cancer in children and adults with Down's syndrome has a clearly differentiated presentation pattern with a higher frequency of lymphomas and leukaemias and a lower frequency of solid tumours. The incidence of breast cancer has especially decreased. In our setting, COVID-19 mortality in cancer patients has greatly increased. We present the case of a patient with Down's syndrome, breast cancer and COVID-19.
SARS-CoV-2 has caused millions of infections and deaths worldwide and case numbers continue to rise. Besides the effect of the virus on key organs – leading to respiratory illness, anosmia, diarrhea, and fever and other […]
La enfermedad por coronavirus de 2019 (COVID-19) es una situación sanitaria emergente causada por el «síndrome respiratorio agudo severo por coronavirus 2» (SARS-CoV-2). La pandemia por COVID-19 en curso, que surgió de la ciudad china […]
Background COVID-19 is a health crisis that triggered the need to find a rapid and sensitive tool to screen populations with a high risk of complications. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is an enzyme found in almost […]