Diagnostic and therapeutic management of diabetic mastopathy: a case report.

Sclerosing lymphocytic lobulitis (SLL) is a benign breast lesion, better known as diabetic mastopathy (DMP), since it tipically occurs in diabetic patients. This very uncommon condition is strongly associated with type I diabetes mellitus. We report a case of a 61-year-old woman, with type II insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, who presented mammography and ultrasonography images suspicious for breast carcinoma.

Breast core biopsy of a rare case of unknown primary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma metastatic to the breast.

Metastases to the breast from extramammary neoplasms are very rare. Correct diagnosis of breast malignancy is important for establishing appropriate management. Here we report a 57-year old male patient with breast metastasis from large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) which was diagnosed with ultrasonography-guided-core-biopsy.

[Spontaneous hemoperitoneum caused by gallbladder rupture: description of a case and review of the literature].

The Authors report a case of spontaneous haemoperitoneum following the rupture of the gallbladder. After a review of the literature, clinical, pathogenetic, diagnostic and therapeutic problems are discussed. It is stressed that, although this condition is rare, its incidence is increasing due to the widespread use of anticoagulant therapy.

[Presacrococcygeal congenital cyst in the adult].

Two cases of congenital cyst of the presacral space in the adult are presented. The unusualness of the lesion is stressed, and reference is made to the usefulness of a classification covering all retrorectal neoformations, including congenital forms. Attention is given to the manner of diagnosis.