Reconstructive surgery in anal giant condyloma: Report of two cases.

Introduction: Giant anal condyloma also called Buschke-Löwenstein tumor is a rare sexually transmitted disease involving anogenital region with potential malignant degeneration into invasive squamous carcinoma. Complete surgical excision is the treatment of choice and often wide wounds are necessary to reach clear margins and prevent recurrence.

Presentation Of Case: The authors present two cases treated with an S-plasty rotating and a bilateral house advancement flap respectively with good functional result.

Lumbar hernia misdiagnosed as a subcutaneous lipoma: a case report.

Introduction: Lumbar hernia is a rare abdominal wall defect and clinical suspicion is necessary for diagnosis.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 40-year-old Caucasian woman with a superior lumbar hernia (Grynfeltt hernia) initially misdiagnosed as a recurrent lipoma. The correct diagnosis was made intra-operatively and the hernia was repaired using synthetic mesh.

[The sentinel lymph node biopsy. Evolution and convalidation of the technique].

Background: Sentinel node biopsy is a minimally invasive technique alternative to routine axillary dissection in breast cancer staging. This technique selects women with positive nodes who may benefit from axillary dissection, avoiding unnecessary operations in negative node biopsies.

Aims: In this article we report a 5 year multi disciplinary experience in sentinel node biopsy involving the General Surgery Unit of Imola Hospital in collaboration with Radiologist, Pathologists and Specialists in Nuclear Medicine.

Gastric GISTs. Personal experience.

Background: With term GIST is now defined a group of mesenchimal tumours of the gastrointestinal tract expressing immunopositivity for kit protein kinase (CD117). Surgical therapy remains the gold standard for these rare tumours. Imatinib Mesylate (STI-571) is a potent inhibitor of Kit Kinase activity and different reports demonstrated its efficacy in unresectable or metastatic Gists.