Role of nuclear medicine imaging in differential diagnosis of accessory spleens in patients after splenectomy.

Background: More than 10% of healthy population has one or more accessory spleens. The most common location is the hilum of the spleen or area near the tail of the pancreas. The radiological appearance of accessory spleens in oncologic patients who underwent splenectomy can be misinterpreted as a recurrence, especially in the case of compensatory growth of an accessory spleen in successive radiological examinations.

[Results of a 2-year study of multiple drug induction chemotherapy in patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma FIGO grade III].

The results of induction chemotherapy were analysed in cases of advanced ovarian carcinoma grade III (FIGO) during second-look operation. In 108 cases after the first operation with varying degree of radical removal of the tumour chemotherapy was given by the PAC schedule (cisplatin, adriablastin, cyclophosphamide) achieving in 90 cases 9 treatment courses. The results were evaluated using WHO clinical criteria.