Mucinous appendiceal neoplasms: Report of a case and brief literature review.

Introduction: Appendiceal tumors are rare neoplasms detected in about 2 % of appendicectomies. The clinical presentation is often unspecific, varying from unspecific abdominal pain or presenting as an acute appendicitis or being asymptomatic.

Case Presentation: We present a case of a patient presenting as an acute appendicitis with a mucocele, and then classified as HAMN.

Pilonidal sinus disease. A single center retrospective series analysis.

The surgical approach to chronic pilonidal disease has been significantly changed by minimally invasive and targeted procedures, with the aim to minimize costs and favoring less dressings, faster recovery, and prompt return to work or to school activity. Less invasive procedures are gaining wide acceptance as first approach. We present a single-center experience with the Gips technique, also called Israeli technique or trephine technique, and a brief review of the literature, focusing on minimally invasive procedures.

A rare case of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis with bowel perforation and secondary sepsis.

Materials And Methods: We present here the case of an 83 y.o. male with intestinal perforation from pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis and consequent sepsis.

The “Watch and wait” approach following chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer: a case series and review of literature.

Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) combined with total mesorectal excision (TME) is currently the gold standard for locally advanced low-lying rectal cancer (LACR). Around 20-30% of patients after NCRT can achieve clinical complete response (cCR); 5-44% of the patients who underwent TME achieve pathological complete response (pCR) on postoperative histopathologic studies. In the present study we perform a review of current Literature and retrospectively analyze our personal experience on “watch and wait” approach after cCR.