AbstractBACKGROUND:Hyperhidrosis or excessive sweat production occurs at 2.9-9% of the population.OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence and disorders due to primary hyperhidrosis (HP) in medicine students in the state of Sergipe.METHODS:Cross-sectional study using individual interviews.RESULTS:Hyperhidrosis was found in 14.76% of subjects, the most affected regions were palmar, plantar and axillary, causing prejudice in daily activities. Family history occurred in 45% and 22.72% was diagnosed by a physician.CONCLUSION:The prevalence of hyperhidrosis in medicine students of Sergipe was high, with strong family and a small portion of diagnoses made by medical professionals.

Abscesso de ligamento falciforme é raro. É relatado um caso de um homem de 65 anos que apresentou dor no quadrante superior direito do abdome, plenitude pós-prandial e febre. A tomografia computadorizada revelou uma massa cilíndrica no abdome anterior que causou suspeita de abscesso hepático. Na cirurgia laparoscópica, um abscesso de ligamento falciforme foi encontrado e drenado. Dois meses depois, o paciente desenvolveu recidiva do abscesso secundário a colecistite aguda calculosa. Drenagem do abscesso e colecistectomia foram realizados. A presença de dor no quadrante superior direito, febre, leucocitose e abaulamento no abdome ântero-superior deve causar suspeita dessa patologia. Seu tratamento consiste de drenagem do abscesso.

Falciform ligament abscess is rare. We report a case of a 65-year-old man who presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain, postprandial fullness, and fever. Computed tomography disclosed a cylindrical mass in the anterior abdomen that aroused suspicion of a hepatic abscess. At laparoscopic surgery, an abscess of the falciform ligament was found and drained. Two months later, the patient developed recurrence of the abscess secondary to acute calculous cholecystitis. Abscess drainage and cholecystectomy were performed. The presence of right uppper quadrant abdominal pain, epigastric tenderness, fever, leukocytosis, and a mass in the anterior abdomen should arouse suspicion of falciform ligament abscess. Its treatment consists of abscess drainage.