[Pancreatic and colonic simultaneous or successive resections of tumors in both organs, duodenum infiltrating colon carcinoma and pancreas tail carcinoma invading left colon. Report 10 cases].

Two patients with cancer of the right colon fistulized in duodenum underwent simultaneous right hemicolectomies and cephalic duodenopancreatectomies. There were no important post-operative complications and they are both alive eleven and ten years after surgery. In another case a piece of duodenum adherent to colon was resected and the duodenum was transversally sutured, segments IV and V of the liver were also resected because of a infiltration.

[Analysis of patients with acute pancreatitis (AP), (1984-1994) decade. Comparison with a past series].

Between 1984-1994 records of 190 patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) were reviewed. Diagnosis was confirmed by surgery in 141, by necropsy 1 (75%), and for the remaining patients, by CT and clinical evaluation. Female 122 were female (64%), male 68 (36%), mean age 41 years (range 7-82 years).

[Value of laboratory tests and echography in the diagnosis of biliary disease in the initial phase of acute pancreatitis].

The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of serum bilirubin, aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (APh) and real time ultrasonography (US) in distinguishing between gallstone and non gallstone related acute pancreatitis (A.P.).

The pancreatic enzymes value in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis and acute biliary tract diseases.

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of lipase and isoamylases in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis and to determine if its use permits differential diagnosis between acute pancreatitis and acute biliary tract disease. Three groups of patients were studied. a)

Control: 60 patients without abdominal diseases.

[Acute pancreatitis. Our experience].

Between the years 1975 and 1984, 228 patients with acute pancreatitis (A.P.) have been studied at the "A.