[Deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity].

After a description of this disease, the authors report on a clinical case they observed, and the evolution of this case over a period of time. In analysing this case and comparing the data reported in the literature, we want to underline the high degree of virulence in this disease over a period of time, due to the frequency of the development of chronic cases. We would like to point out that surgeons should rely on surgical procedures and a new decompression technique rather than relying on pharmacological therapy, as the best way of definitively resolving a chronic stasis.

[Intestinal occlusion due to metastases of malignant melanoma (a clinical case)].

Metastases of the gastrointestinal tract from malignant melanoma are fairly frequent, though their detection during the patient's lifetime is rare. An antemortem diagnosis, however, may not necessarily be an indication for surgery, unless in the presence of an acute complication (intestinal occlusion, perforation, or severe haemorrhage), owing to the patient's degenerated general condition, the presence of secondaries in other sites and, above all, the rare occurrence of major gastrointestinal disorders. The authors describe their experience with a patient presenting acute intestinal occlusion and operated on three years previously for malignant melanoma of the scalp.