[Newly diagnosed melanoma diagnosed on the basis of cutaneous side effects from COVID-19 vaccine].

While the Danish Health Authority has withdrawn the vaxzevria vaccine from the Danish vaccination programme due to reports of rare cases of severe side effects, this case report presents a potential beneficial side effect of this vaccine. A patient presented, three days after her first jab, with localized itching and bleeding from a pigmented tumour on her lower leg, which was therefore excised, and, unexpectedly, diagnosed as a melanoma. We speculate if the vaccine-induced immune reaction resulted in increased immune activity within the tumour environment, and thus facilitated the early diagnosis of melanoma.

Complications and Their Association with Mortality Following Emergency Gastrointestinal Surgery-an Observational Study.

Purpose: Emergency gastrointestinal surgery is followed by a high risk of major complications and death. This study aimed to investigate which complications showed the strongest association with death following emergency surgery for gastrointestinal obstruction or perforation.

Methods: We retrospectively included adults who had undergone emergency gastrointestinal surgery for radiologically verified obstruction or perforation at three Danish hospitals between 2014 and 2015.

Challenges in diagnosing an extraosseous Ewing sarcoma: A case report.

Introduction: Ewing sarcoma is a highly malignant and rare tumour of bones and soft tissue. It may occur at any age, but it is more common in children and teenagers.

Case Report: We report a case of a 56-year-old woman with EES involving the right iliac fossa.

[Immunosuppressive therapy and post-operative wound healing].

Patients in immunosuppressive treatment may have increased risk of post-operative infections and wound-healing complications. Perioperative management of immunosuppressive treatment is challenging due to the variety of medications and differences in surgical procedures across surgical specialities. This review examines the literature regarding the effect of immunosuppressive treatment on post-operative infections and wound-healing complications.

No transmission of blood-borne viruses among hospital staff despite frequent blood exposure.

Introduction: Exposure to blood and body fluids (BBF) is a major concern for health-care workers (HCWs) and implies a risk of infection with blood-borne pathogens. However, in Denmark, no exposure incidence studies among HCWs have been reported for the past ten years. The aims of this study were to provide an updated evaluation of the annual frequency of registered exposures during the 2003-2012 period, the prevalence and incidence of transmission of HIV, HBV and HCV among HCWs, the prevalence of HIV, HBV and HCV among source patients, the follow-up by HBV vaccination and blood sampling in exposed HCWs and, finally, reporting habits.