[Spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma in adrenal metastasis].

History And Clinical Findings: A 58-year-old man was hospitalized because of acute dull upper abdominal pain, radiating into the right flank and lower abdomen. The past history was unremarkable expect for thyroidectomy, performed 30 years previously for thyroid carcinoma. There was painful resistance on palpation of the right upper abdomen.

[Preliminary results of a prospective randomized study vascular replacement above the knee].

In case of insufficient or missing greater saphenal vein or if the saphenal vein might be of important use for future bypass grafts, the question arises which alternative bypass material is the more appropriate choice. A literature review to that topic produced only unsatisfactory results. In a prospective randomized controlled clinical study (n = 250 patients) we compare the patency rates of either PTFE or Dacron as bypass material for femoropopliteal P-I-Bypass in chronic arterial occlusive disease.

[Aortocolic fistula as a rare complication of aorto-iliac aneurysms].

Primary aortocolic fistula is a rare complication of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. Many case reports have been published along with small series but the incidence of primary aortocolic fistulae remains unknown. In contrast, the incidence of secondary aortocolic fistulae increases approximately up to 1.