Laparoscopic liver resection for colorectal liver metastases: retrospective analysis of prognostic factors and oncological outcomes in a single-center cohort.

Purpose: Laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) has gained acceptance as an effective treatment for colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) in selected patients, providing similar oncologic outcomes compared to open liver resection (OLR). The aim of this study was to determine prognostic factors for survival outcomes associated with LLR for CRLM.

Methods: A single-center retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database was performed.

Subsynovial epidermal inclusion cyst of the knee.

We report a case of a subsynovial epidermal inclusion cyst in a 47-year-old woman with a painful spontaneous swelling of the right knee and a 2-year history of puncture and arthroscopy. Epidermal inclusion cysts are one of the most common benign subcutaneous tumours. Very rarely, they are located in an articulation and can cause an inflammatory reaction when rupture occurs.

Uveitis as a window to diagnosis of sarcoidosis - case report and review of the literature.

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease of unclear etiology with a variable clinical profile characterized by the presence of non-caseating granuloma in involved organs. The diagnosis is often challenging and based on clinical, radiological and anatomopathological data. Sarcoidosis can be benign and self-limiting, but some cases may follow a chronic, progressive course and result in severe morbidity.

False-Positive Axillary Lymph Nodes Due to Silicone Adenitis on (18)F-FDG PET/CT in an Oncological Setting.

The case of a 49-year-old transgender individual with a history of bilateral silicone breast implants and a right lung mass proven by biopsy to be a non-small cell lung cancer is presented. In addition to the primary malignancy, a positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan showed contralateral hypermetabolic adenopathy in the left axilla that was suggestive of nodal metastatic disease. Additional imaging and histological examination of the lymph nodes indicated silicone breast implant leakage and silicone adenitis as the underlying cause of the hypermetabolic axillary lymph node.

Biomechanical properties of the superior sagittal sinus-bridging vein complex.

Finite element models (FEM) of the head are frequently used to simulate traumatic brain injury, leading to a better understanding of brain injury tolerance. The strength of a FEM of the head is dependent on the use of correct material characteristics, experimentally derived for each intracranial tissue, including parasagittal bridging veins (BV). These veins are prone to rupture in their subdural portion upon head impact, giving rise to an acute subdural hematoma (ASDH).