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realizar trasplantes en algunos países. Para revertir esto, se ha propuesto ampliar el conocimiento urbano sobre cómo y quién puede ser donante y sobre los aspectos clave de la muerte cerebral. 5 Asimismo, los programas de detección de muertes encefálicas llevados a cabo por profesionales especialmente entrenados permitirían rían disminuir las listas de espera de personas para trasplantes.

We present the case of a 50-year-old man who comes to the emergency department of Dos de Mayo Hospital, Lima, Peru, with fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea and jaundice. An intestinal infection arises as initial diagnosis. He is referred to the area of Internal Medicine where various laboratory tests and imaging studies were conducted, including an abdominal computerized tomography scan. The scan confirmed the diagnosis of pylephlebitis; treatment with antibiotics and anticoagulant therapy was immediately established. Response and evolution were favorable.