[Video laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a case of biliary lithiasis associated with gallbladder tuberculosis. Considerations and review of the literature].

The authors report a case of gallbladder stones with tuberculosis of gallbladder, operated for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. From the review of the literature two basic data stand out: the exceptionality of gallbladder's tuberculosis with stones at the same time and the opportunity to make the diagnosis of tuberculosis of the gallbladder only by the histological examination after cholecystectomy.

[Qualitative and quantitative parameters for prognosis in renal carcinoma in early and advanced stages].

Aim Of The Study: A minority of stage I renal cell cancers have a bad prognosis, a minority of those in stage II-IV may behave favorably. Are there parameters which characterize such cases? In this study, a number of qualitative and quantitative parameters are used to detect differences between cases with at least 9 years of survival and those with a survival of less than 9 years.

Material And Methods: 133 cases of renal cell cancer were subdivided into stage subgroups: Robson's I; Robson's II-IV.

Incidence rates of leukemias, lymphomas and myelomas in Italy: geographic distribution and NHL histotypes.

The annual incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas is increasing by 3 to 4% in different parts of the developed world, while rates for Hodgkin's disease, myelomas and leukemias are more stable. In the case of this group of malignancies, hypothesis generation on risk factors has been limited by the use of the ICD classification in mortality and incidence statistics. We have computed incidence rates in different Italian areas after careful re-classification of diagnoses, and considering specific histotypes (Working Formulation for NHL, Rye's classification for HD).

[Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis. A case report].

We describe a patient with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) who saw a Rheumatologist because of joint and muscle pain in the lower limbs. Clinical examination did not reveal any classic joint disease; however, tendon lesions and clumsy gait were noted. The patient presented with a swollen Achilles tendon bilaterally and a parapareto-spastic gait; Babinski sign was positive on the right side, and hyperreflexia of both lower limbs could be demonstrated.

Primary branchiogenic carcinoma - immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features - a case-report and review of the literature.

A case with histological evidence of malignancy developed in a branchial cleft cyst (BCC), which conforms with the criteria for primary branchiogenic carcinoma (PBC) was analyzed by electron microscopy and immunchistochemistry; our findings reveal peculiar analogies between PBC and BBC, further supporting the primitive nature of the lesion.