Publications by authors named "Gnavi M"

The clinical problems facing the medical practitioner in the presence of an aspecific granuloma of the caecum were studied. Clinical and aetiopathogenic aspects are analysed as are the indications for surgery. The difficulty of diagnosis and the importance of histopathological assessment for accurate diagnosis are emphasised.

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Randomised data on the epidemiology of thyroid cancer and the behaviour of a certain number of patients are presented. The survey also incorporated an assessment of thyroid echographic scans that reveal certain more frequent signs that might serve as preoperative diagnostic indicators of neoplasia.

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The paper analyses the results of a large number of patients operated for large intestine carcinoma who then underwent a postoperative endoscopic follow-up to assess the number of metachronous tumours. The anatomicoclinical characteristics of the latter are discussed.

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Mucopolysaccharidic substances have been sought in the bile of normal gall-bladders, lithiasic gallbladders and choledocic bile. The quantity of glycosaminoglycanes is much higher in lithogenous than in normal bile, but these substances are but scantily represented in coledochic bile. The significance of glycosaminoglycanes in the lithogenous process is discussed.

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