Laparoscopic resection of the pancreatic tail with preservation of the spleen in a patient with a large pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas.

Laparoscopic resections of the pancreas have gained in popularity in the last few years. Those preserving the integrity of the spleen are performed very rarely and are a challenge for every surgeon. We hereby report a case of laparoscopic resection of the pancreatic tail with preservation of the spleen and the integrity and the blood supply to the spleen in a 26 year-old patient with a large pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas.

A case of pelvic bone hydatidosis--diagnosis and treatment.

Introduction: Echinococcosis is a frequent helminthiasis in Bulgaria. Hydatid cysts commonly affect the liver and the lung. Echinococcosis rarely involves bones (0.

Primary malignant melanoma of oral cavity.

Primary oral malignant melanomas (POMM) are very rare. Definitive identification is usually possible only after they develop metastases. So every new case is instructive.

Diagnostic difficulties in a case of isolated sarcoidosis of the nose and sinuses.

Sarcoidosis still remains a diagnosis of exclusion. It is unusual for the disease to be localised in the nose and sinuses and to manifest its symptoms in this site; the diagnosis in such cases is rather a difficult task. There is no symptom pathognomonic of the disease.