Hidatidosis of the spleen.

Unlabelled: Hydatidosis of the spleen (SH) is an extremally rare condition. The aim of the study was to present our experience and discuss diagnostic methods and therapeutical options in cases of spleen hydatidosis.

Material And Methods: Between 1993 and 2008, 8 patients were diagnosed with SH, 6 of whom were operated on (4 males and 2 females).

[Ménétrier's disease and gastric cancer].

Ménétrier's disease is an infrequent hypertrophic disease of the stomach associated with hypoproteinemia of unknown etiology. This disease is considered to be premalignant since 10-15% of affected individuals develop gastric cancer. We present a 66-year-old patient who had received a diagnosis of Ménétrier's disease 13 years previously and who was found to have advanced antral gastric cancer during follow-up.

[Primary small bowel lymphoma].

We present four patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the small bowel. Three of the patients were men. Two patients presented with acute abdomen due to tumoral perforation and the remaining 2 presented with abdominal pain and other effects of the mass.