Brunner's gland hamartoma: a case report and review of literature.

Background: Brunner's hamartoma is a quite rare neoformation whose origin is not completely clear.

Methods: A case of a 69-year-old man with recurrent epigastric pain and an endoscopic finding of a duodenal mass is reported.

Results: The complete removal of hamartoma can give a complete remission of symptoms.

[The ultrasound microbubble contrast in the diagnosis and the decisional iter of the treatment of the traumatic spleen lesions].

Aim Of The Study: To estimate our 3-year experience on the diagnosis and monitoring of the spleen traumatic lesions with the employment of ultrasound microbubbles contrast.

Method: From the 174 patients who were joints to our department in regimen of urgency for abdominal traumatic lesions, we have estimated 24 patiens including our criteria. The selected patients have been subordinate to the echographic examination with microbubbles contrast and to TC multi-detector (MDCT) with contrast with multiphasic technique.

Resected squamous cell carcinoma of the lung infiltrating thoracic aorta: the endoprosthetic option--case report.

The introduction of endo-aortic prosthesis as protection of the vascular wall from selective adjuvant radiotherapy on microscopically aortic residual disease following left upper lobectomy for squamous carcinoma of the lung is suggested by the authors.

[Extended total gastrectomy: indications in the 3rd millennium].

Background: Total extended gastrectomy (TEG) is indicated in the treatment of gastric cancer for necessity or to achieve an oncologic radicality. By this surgical treatment the stomach and other organs or a part of them involved by primitive tumor are removed.

Methods: The authors report a study about 15 patients, out of 116 cases of gastric cancer, operated by TEG between 1990-1998.