A gas-filled abdominal cyst in an elderly woman: A giant colonic diverticulum case report.

Introduction: Giant colonic diverticulum (GCD), a rare complication of the diverticular disease, can present with a wide range of nonspecific symptoms as abdominal pain and bowel obstruction. Its diagnosis represents a challenge that mainly depends on imaging findings.

Presentation Of Case: We report the case of a 79 year-old female patient that came to our emergency department complaining of 5-day history of hypogastric pain and constipation.

Management of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the fifth most common cancer in the world and is the third cause of cancer-related death with varying prevalence according to endemic risk factors. Despite therapeutic advances, there has not been significant improvement in the overall survival of patients who have hepatocellular cancer in the last 2 decades. Treatment selection should be based on tumor characteristics and the underlying liver disease.

[Epidermoid carcinoma of gallbladder: analysis of our casuistic].

Background: The most common type of gallbladder cancer is the adenocarcinoma. The squamous cell carcinoma represents only a 0-12% of all gallbladder tumors.

Methods: 124 cases of malignant neoplasias of the gallbladder were diagnosed during the last 33 years in the Department of Surgery of our hospital.