[Mesenteric Castleman's disease and inflammatory fibroid polyp of the stomach: a case report and review of the literature].

Castleman's disease is a very rare disease that causes many problems both in diagnosis and therapy. It is often associated with other diseases and can develop in any part of the body. Castleman's disease can be classified as uni-centric or multicentric based on clinical and radiological findings, as hyaline-vascular or plasma-cell based on the histological aspect, and as HIV-related or non-HIV-related, based on the HIV status of the patient.

[Central segmental pancreatectomy in benign and borderline neoplasms of the pancreatic isthmus and body].

We report our experience with middle segment pancreatectomy for benign, cystic and borderline tumours of the neck and body of the pancreas. The guidelines for management of these tumours are unclear. Formerly they were usually resected with a pancreatico-duodenectomy or distal pancreatectomy including the spleen.