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Heredia C, Guédron S, Point D, Perrot V, Campillo S, Verin C, Espinoza ME, Fernandez P, Duwig C, Achá D. Anthropogenic eutrophication of Lake Titicaca (Bolivia) revealed by carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes fingerprinting. Sci Total Environ 2022; 845:157286. [PMID: 35835190 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Cultural eutrophication is the leading cause of water quality degradation worldwide. The traditional monitoring of eutrophication is time-consuming and not integrative in space and time. Here, we examined the use of carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopic composition to track the degree of eutrophication in a bay of Lake Titicaca impacted by anthropogenic (urban, industrial and agricultural wastewater) discharges. Our results show increasing δ13C and decreasing δ15N signatures in macrophytes and suspended particulate matter with distance to the wastewater source. In contrast to δ15N and δ13C signatures, in-between aquatic plants distributed along the slope were not only affected by anthropogenic discharges but also by the pathway of carbon uptake, i.e., atmospheric (emerged) vs aquatic (submerged). A binary mixing model elaborated from pristine and anthropogenic isotope end-members allowed the assessment of anthropogenically derived C and N incorporation in macrophytes with distance to the source. Higher anthropogenic contribution was observed during the wet season, attributed to enhanced wastewater discharges and leaching of agricultural areas. For both seasons, eutrophication was however found naturally attenuated within 6 to 8 km from the wastewater source. Here, we confirm that carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes are simple, integrative and time-saving tools to evaluate the degree of eutrophication (seasonally or annually) in anthropogenically impacted aquatic ecosystems.
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- C Heredia
- Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTAR, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France.; Instituto de Ecología, Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Carrera de Biología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia..
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTAR, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France.; Laboratorio de Hidroquímica - Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas - Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota-Cota, casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Instituto de Ecología, Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Carrera de Biología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia.; Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET) - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), CNRS, Université de Toulouse, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTAR, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTAR, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTAR, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Instituto de Ecología, Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Carrera de Biología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Instituto de Ecología, Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Carrera de Biología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Laboratorio de Hidroquímica - Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas - Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota-Cota, casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia.; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Instituto de Ecología, Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Carrera de Biología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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Guédron S, Audry S, Acha D, Bouchet S, Point D, Condom T, Heredia C, Campillo S, Baya PA, Groleau A, Amice E, Amouroux D. Diagenetic production, accumulation and sediment-water exchanges of methylmercury in contrasted sediment facies of Lake Titicaca (Bolivia). Sci Total Environ 2020; 723:138088. [PMID: 32392692 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Monomethylmercury (MMHg) concentrations in aquatic biota from Lake Titicaca are elevated although the mercury (Hg) contamination level of the lake is low. The contribution of sediments to the lake MMHg pool remained however unclear. In this work, seven cores representative of the contrasted sediments and aquatic ecotopes of Lake Titicaca were sliced and analyzed for Hg and redox-sensitive elements (Mn, Fe, N and S) speciation in pore-water (PW) and sediment to document early diagenetic processes responsible for MMHg production and accumulation in PW during organic matter (OM) oxidation. The highest MMHg concentrations (up to 12.2 ng L-1 and 90% of THg) were found in subsurface PWs of the carbonate-rich sediments which cover 75% of the small basin and 20% of the large one. In other sediment facies, the larger content of OM restricted MMHg production and accumulation in PW by sequestering Hg in the solid phase and potentially also by decreasing its bioavailability in the PW. Diagenetically reduced S and Fe played a dual role either favoring or restricting the availability of Hg for biomethylation. The calculation of theoretical diffusive fluxes suggests that Lake Titicaca bottom sediments are a net source of MMHg, accounting for more than one third of the daily MMHg accumulated in the water column of the Lago Menor. We suggest that in the context of rising anthropogenic pressure, the enhancement of eutrophication in high altitude Altiplano lakes may increase these MMHg effluxes into the water column and favor its accumulation in water and biota.
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- S Guédron
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France; Laboratorio de Hidroquímica, Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia.
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, UMR5563, IRD UR 154, Université Paul Sabatier, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IPREM, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-chimie pour l'Environnement et les matériaux, Pau, France
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, UMR5563, IRD UR 154, Université Paul Sabatier, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), UMR 5001, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France; Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, UMR5563, IRD UR 154, Université Paul Sabatier, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), 1, rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- LEMAR- Laboratoire des sciences de l'environnement marin, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer - Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia; Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IPREM, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-chimie pour l'Environnement et les matériaux, Pau, France
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Guédron S, Point D, Acha D, Bouchet S, Baya PA, Tessier E, Monperrus M, Molina CI, Groleau A, Chauvaud L, Thebault J, Amice E, Alanoca L, Duwig C, Uzu G, Lazzaro X, Bertrand A, Bertrand S, Barbraud C, Delord K, Gibon FM, Ibanez C, Flores M, Fernandez Saavedra P, Ezpinoza ME, Heredia C, Rocha F, Zepita C, Amouroux D. Mercury contamination level and speciation inventory in Lakes Titicaca & Uru-Uru (Bolivia): Current status and future trends. Environ Pollut 2017; 231:262-270. [PMID: 28806691 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Aquatic ecosystems of the Bolivian Altiplano (∼3800 m a.s.l.) are characterized by extreme hydro-climatic constrains (e.g., high UV-radiations and low oxygen) and are under the pressure of increasing anthropogenic activities, unregulated mining, agricultural and urban development. We report here a complete inventory of mercury (Hg) levels and speciation in the water column, atmosphere, sediment and key sentinel organisms (i.e., plankton, fish and birds) of two endorheic Lakes of the same watershed differing with respect to their size, eutrophication and contamination levels. Total Hg (THg) and monomethylmercury (MMHg) concentrations in filtered water and sediment of Lake Titicaca are in the lowest range of reported levels in other large lakes worldwide. Downstream, Hg levels are 3-10 times higher in the shallow eutrophic Lake Uru-Uru than in Lake Titicaca due to high Hg inputs from the surrounding mining region. High percentages of MMHg were found in the filtered and unfiltered water rising up from <1 to ∼50% THg from the oligo/hetero-trophic Lake Titicaca to the eutrophic Lake Uru-Uru. Such high %MMHg is explained by a high in situ MMHg production in relation to the sulfate rich substrate, the low oxygen levels of the water column, and the stabilization of MMHg due to abundant ligands present in these alkaline waters. Differences in MMHg concentrations in water and sediments compartments between Lake Titicaca and Uru-Uru were found to mirror the offset in MMHg levels that also exist in their respective food webs. This suggests that in situ MMHg baseline production is likely the main factor controlling MMHg levels in fish species consumed by the local population. Finally, the increase of anthropogenic pressure in Lake Titicaca may probably enhance eutrophication processes which favor MMHg production and thus accumulation in water and biota.
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- S Guédron
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France; Laboratorio de Hidroquímica, Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota-Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia.
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, UMR5563 - IRD UR 234, Université Paul Sabatier, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin 31400 Toulouse, France; Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia.
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- Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia.
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- CNRS, Univ. Pau & Pays Adour, Institut des sciences analytiques et de Physico-chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux, MIRA, UMR5254, 64000 PAU, France
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- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, UMR5563 - IRD UR 234, Université Paul Sabatier, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin 31400 Toulouse, France
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- CNRS, Univ. Pau & Pays Adour, Institut des sciences analytiques et de Physico-chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux, MIRA, UMR5254, 64000 PAU, France
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- CNRS, Univ. Pau & Pays Adour, Institut des sciences analytiques et de Physico-chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux, MIRA, UMR5254, 64000 PAU, France
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- Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), 1, rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539, IUEM Technopôle Brest-Iroise, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539, IUEM Technopôle Brest-Iroise, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539, IUEM Technopôle Brest-Iroise, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Laboratorio de Hidroquímica, Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota-Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia; Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 7208, Paris, France
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- MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Univ. Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, bât 24, CC093 34 095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Univ. Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, bât 24, CC093 34 095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Laboratoire du Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372, CNRS, Université de La Rochelle 405 Route de La Canauderie, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Laboratoire du Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372, CNRS, Université de La Rochelle 405 Route de La Canauderie, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 7208, Paris, France
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- UPA, Universidad Pública de El Alto, Ecología y Recursos Naturales, El Alto, Bolivia
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- Laboratorio de Hidroquímica, Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota-Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia; Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Unidad de Calidad Ambiental (UCA), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Casilla 3161, La Paz, Bolivia; CNRS, Univ. Pau & Pays Adour, Institut des sciences analytiques et de Physico-chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux, MIRA, UMR5254, 64000 PAU, France.
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Balmana J, Bosch N, Gadea N, Heredia C, Olive T, Valcárcel D, Munill M, Centeno C, Quesada J, Surralles J. Surveillance of Adolescents and Young Adult Patients with Fanconi Anemia (FA): Awareness of Diagnosing Solid Tumors at a Young Age. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)34334-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Roverano S, Cassano G, Paira S, Chiavarini J, Graf C, Rico L, Heredia C. Asymptomatic Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. J Clin Rheumatol 2006; 12:217-20. [PMID: 17023806 DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000242777.71604.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Hearing loss can accompany systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of asymptomatic sensorineural hearing loss (ASNHL) in patients with SLE. METHODS Thirty-one unselected consecutive female patients with SLE (American College of Rheumatology criteria, 1982) were evaluated (in a prospective and descriptive study) for evidence of hearing abnormalities. Twenty-five healthy age-matched women served as controls. All patients and control groups underwent both a normal tympanoscopy and an audiometric testing as a prerequisite to be included in the study. RESULTS Patients with SLE had a mean age of 35 years (range, 19-64 years) and the follow-up time (median) was 48 months (range, 4-180 months). One of 31 patients was excluded because of middle ear infectious disease. Of the remaining 30 patients, 21 (70%) had impaired hearing; 20 (66%) had sensorineural loss at high frequencies in a bilateral and symmetric way, and one had conductive alteration. Ten patients had normal audiometric studies. Four women in the control group had alterations of the audiometric tests: 3 patients had conductive alteration and the other one had bilateral ASNHL. No statistically significant correlation was found among the presence of ASNHL, the detection of antiphospholipid antibodies, and the treatment with hydroxychloroquine. Also, no correlation was observed between impaired hearing and SLE activity. CONCLUSION If it can be established how often this ASNHL progresses to a clinical problem, it can be important that, as part of initial studies, patients with SLE undergo audiometric tests.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Antibodies, Anticardiolipin/blood
- Antibodies, Antiphospholipid/blood
- Antirheumatic Agents/therapeutic use
- Audiometry, Pure-Tone
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Hearing Loss, Bilateral/etiology
- Hearing Loss, Bilateral/physiopathology
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/diagnosis
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/etiology
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/physiopathology
- Humans
- Hydroxychloroquine/therapeutic use
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/complications
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/drug therapy
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/physiopathology
- Middle Aged
- Prevalence
- Prospective Studies
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- Susana Roverano
- Department of Rheumatology, Hospital José María Cullen, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Heredia C, Pedro A, Ribalta T, Mercader JM, Graus F. [Spinal cord metastasis of carcinoma of the lung: evaluation of magnetic resonance and computed tomography in its diagnosis]. Neurologia 1990; 5:133-5. [PMID: 2361052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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A patient with lung adenocarcinoma had progressive myelopathy. Computed tomography of spinal cord with intravenous contrast and magnetic resonance scan were negative. At autopsy, a spinal cord metastasis was found. In patients with cancer and clinical suspicion of spinal cord metastasis, palliative treatment with radiotherapy is indicated in spite of negative radiological investigations, so as to prevent the progression of myelopathy.
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- C Heredia
- Servicios de Neurología, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, Barcelona
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Heredia C, Mercader JM, Graus F, Sanz M, Martos JA, Blesa R, Conde C, Tolosa E. [Hemangioma of the vertebrae: contribution of magnetic resonance to its study]. Neurologia 1989; 4:336-9. [PMID: 2638598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Vertebral hemangioma is a benign vascular tumor predominantly involving the dorsolumbar spine. Although most of these tumors are asymptomatic, they may result in radiculopathy and/or compressive myelopathy. Plain X-ray films and computed tomography (CT) generally permit the diagnosis by showing characteristic images with hypertrophic bone trabeculation in the vertebral body. We report three patients with vertebral hemangioma in which CT was diagnostic. Magnetic resonance (MR) with low intensity field was inferior to CT for the suggestion of the diagnosis of hemangioma, but had a better definition for subarachnoid space obliteration and spinal cord compression.
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Vendrell J, Heredia C, Ribera G, Aragonés J. [Painful ophthalmology secondary to metastatic infiltration of the cavernous sinus]. Neurologia 1987; 2:145-6. [PMID: 3274225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Vendrell J, Heredia C, Pujol M, Vidal J, Blesa R, Graus F. Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with seroconversion for anti-HTLV-III. Neurology 1987; 37:544. [PMID: 3469540 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.37.3.544-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Acosta C, Heredia C. [Chamber biopulpectomy with calcium hydroxide. Preliminary study]. Rev Actual Estomatol Esp 1986; 46:33-6, 39-40. [PMID: 3470843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Ferrá Salazar C, Benavides M, Heredia C, Pérez D. [Differential identification of mycobacteria in pneumopathy cases]. Rev Cubana Med Trop 1985; 37:142-9. [PMID: 3914001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Valdivia Alvarez JA, Jimenez Misas CA, Rodriguez R, Mederos Cuervo L, Echemendia Font M, Valdes L, Suarez R, Gonzalez R, Romero V, Heredia C, Tudela H, Hernandez M, Ruiz Landa A, Alvarez J. [Cooperative study of resistance to antibacilli drugs in M. Tuberculosis strains isolated from Tuberculosis patients. (Preliminary study)]. Rev Cubana Med Trop 1982; 34:119-25. [PMID: 6820701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Gauvin P, Heredia C. [General paralysis and ophthalmoplegia]. Union Med Can 1977; 106:1145-6. [PMID: 906158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Ingratta R, Heredia C, Tettamanti H. [Clinical and cardiocirculatory aspects of patients with bacterial endocarditis]. Rev Fac Cienc Med Cordoba 1966; 24:481-2. [PMID: 5998465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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