Acute abdominal perforation as a clinical presentation of coeliac disease.

Intestinal perforation is described in coeliac disease in the setting of refractoriness or Enteropathy-Associated T-cell Lymphoma (EATL). We report the case of a man with untreated coeliac disease who presented intestinal perforation and was diagnosed with EATL over one year later.

Adult Still's disease associated with ovarian cancer: case report.

We report a case of adult-onset Still's disease in a female patient with fever, myalgia, vanishing rash and bilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy, diagnosed after extensive workup to exclude other rheumatic, infectious and neoplastic diseases. The patient initially responded to corticosteroid therapy, but progressed to increased lymph nodes size that when biopsied, revealed serous ovarian adenocarcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the first report of ovarian neoplasm associated with adult-onset Still's disease.

Ichthyosis associated with widespread tinea corporis: report of three cases.

Ichthyoses are a common group of keratinization disorders. A non-inflammatory generalized persistent skin desquamation is observed. It is characterized by increased cell turnover, thickening of the stratum corneum and functional changes of sebaceous and sweat glands.

Microsatellite instability--MSI markers (BAT26, BAT25, D2S123, D5S346, D17S250) in rectal cancer.

Background: Colorectal cancer has an important genetic component. Microsatellites are considered phenotypic markers of prognosis, therapeutic response and identify patients with mutations in DNA repair genes.

Aim: To evaluate the molecular profile of tumors underwent to transanal endoscopic microsurgery-TEM in surgical treatment of rectal cancer.