Publications by authors named "Evaggelos Felekouras"

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  • Cholecystoduodenal fistula (CDF) is a rare condition where the gallbladder and the part of the intestine called the duodenum are connected, often caused by gallstones.
  • A 94-year-old woman had serious internal bleeding due to this condition, but doctors used a special method to treat her without major surgery.
  • This case shows that doctors need to think about CDF when patients have unusual stomach issues, especially if they have had gallbladder problems before.
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This case study reports a rare case of a non-functioning metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET) transforming into a functioning pNET. A 59-year-old male, previously treated with distal pancreatectomy, splenectomy, lymph node dissection, liver metastasectomy, and pharmacotherapy, presented with weakness, hypoglycemia, and daily episodes of watery diarrhea. A functioning neuroendocrine liver metastasis expressing insulin and gastrin was identified.

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Hepatic small vessel neoplasm (HSVN) is a recently described vascular neoplasm of the liver. It demonstrates an infiltrative growth pattern and lacks cytologic atypia and mitotic activity. So far, no cases of metastasis or disease recurrence after excision have been reported in the literature.

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Introduction: Mucinous adenocarcinoma is a rare neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract and one of the three major histological subtypes of the primary appendiceal adenocarcinoma. The most common type of presentation is that of acute appendicitis and the diagnosis is usually occurred after appendectomy. The accurate preoperative diagnosis and management of the above condition represents a real challenge when uncommon anatomic anomalies such intestinal malrotation and situs inversus take place.

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