PELVIC ACTINOMYCOSIS MIMICKING A LOCALLY ADVANCED PELVIC MALIGNANCY--CASE REPORT.

We present the case of a former user of an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) for 10 years, diagnosed with a bulky, fixed pelvic tumor involving the internal genital organs and the recto sigmoid, causing luminal narrowing of the rectum, interpreted as locally advanced pelvic malignancy, probably of genital origin. Intraoperatively, a high index of suspicion made us collect a sample from the fibrous wall of the tumor mass, large Actinomyces colonies were thus identified. Surgery consisted in debridement, removal of a small amount of pus and appendectomy, thus avoiding a mutilating and useless surgery.

A RENAISSANCE PROMOTER OF MODERN SURGERY.

The present paper aims, exploring the history of Renaissance medicine, to evoke the figure and work of the priest, surgeon and anatomist, Guido Guidi (Vidus Vidius) (1509-1569). The XVIth century is considered a period marked by artistic and scientific effervescence in the western part of Europe and Guido Guidi was a first order personality, grandson of Domenico Ghirlandaio and friend of Benvenuto Cellini. He was appointed by the King Francis I the first professor of anatomy and surgery at the newly founded College de France.

[Surgery in advanced cervical cancer].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to highlight the importance of surgical treatment in advanced cervical cancer (IIB-IIIB).

Material And Method: Data from 179 patients with cervical cancer, admitted in the Clinic of Emergency Surgery, "Sf. Ioan" Hospital, Iaşi, between January, 1st, 2003 and December, 31st, 2009, were collected.

[Therapeutic approach in kidney trauma. Assessments of 49 patients treated at surgical emergencies clinics].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study is to contribute to efficiency of therapeutical interventions, using an optimal stadialisation followed by a maximum preservation of renal function.

Material And Methods: A number of 49 cases with polytrauma, included urinary lesions, were studied between January, 2002 and December, 2009. Demographical, clinical, paraclinical data were collected, as well as those regarding therapeutical measures.

[Considering risk factors and prevention in uterine cervical cancer].

Unlabelled: Cervical cancer is a disease with important medical and social involvements and a severe evolution in advanced stage. Its high incidence in Romania situated this country on the first place in Europe.

Material And Method: The paper analyzed retrospectively a sample of 51 cases suffering from cervical cancer in advanced stage.