Triple synchronous tumours of the urinary system with different histologies: a case report.

We present the case report of a male patient with a diagnosis of synchronous kidney, bladder and prostate tumours with different histologies: renal oncocytoma, urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, and adenocarcinoma of the prostate. This is the first case report described in the literature in which a complete surgical resection of triple tumours has been performed with surgery in a single session. Recent advances in the field of genetics enable the surgeon to hypothesise new strategies in the early treatment of synchronous tumours, particularly when a number of common tumour markers are positive.

[Appendiceal oxyuriasis: a case report and review of the literature].

The authors describe a case of appendicular oxyuriasis and then go on to review the international literature on this condition. Nothing in the case report provides the surgeon with useful pointers which may help him distinguish between appendicular oxyuriasis and common appendicitis. This is in line with all the existing literature which yields no elements capable of suggesting an accurate preoperative diagnosis.

[Unusual cause of upper digestive hemorrhage: gastric lipoma. Report of a case].

Lipomas are benign tumors that are common in other sites but rare in the stomach. They are usually submucosal and, when symptomatic, are most often accompanied by gastrointestinal bleeding from ulceration of gastric mucosa overlying the mass or by symptoms of obstruction. A 55-year-old male with epigastric abdominal pain and upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to a gastric lipoma is presented; endoscopic and x-ray examinations revealed a submucosal tumor on the posterior wall of the gastric corpus, with ulceration in the mucosa covering it.

[Iatrogenic false aneurysm of the ulnar artery. A clinical case and review of the literature].

Nowadays false aneurysms have become an important part of the workload of a vascular surgeon as a result of the increasing number of iatrogenic arterial trauma occurring during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures requiring puncture or exposure of blood vessels. A case of a false aneurysm in the ulnar artery caused by a simple syringe needle during an intravenous cannulation is reported. The clinical symptoms and details of the diagnostic procedure based upon color-Doppler and angiography are examined.

Concomitant preoperative radiochemotherapy in operable locally advanced rectal cancer.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a combination of preoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy for operable locally advanced rectal cancer (Stages II and III).

Methods: Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are started jointly on day one of the therapy. 5-Fluorouracil is given in a dosage of 1000 mg/m2/day as a continuous 24-hour infusion for 4 days.