Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair and Tracheal Stenting for Respiratory Failure due to a Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report.

An 82-year-old male was referred to the emergency department for severe respiratory distress. Computed tomography angiography showed tracheal compression due to a large ruptured saccular aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta. Emergency Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (TEVAR) was performed.

The dangers of pets and horses, animal related injuries in the Emergency department.

Introduction: Every year patients present to the emergency department due to bites, scratches and falls caused by animals. Although bite and scratch injuries have been described in literature, the exact number of patients that visit the emergency department due to all animal related injuries has never been described before.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of all emergency department visits throughout a 1-year period was performed from April 2015 until March 2016.

Peritoneal Metastases from Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Incidence, Risk Factors and Prognosis.

Background: Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) are rare neoplasms and data on peritoneal metastases (PM) from these tumors are scarce.

Objective: The aim of this study was to present population-based data on the incidence, risk factors, and survival of synchronous PM in GEP-NETs.

Methods: Data from all patients diagnosed with a GEP-NET during 2007-2013 were collected from the Netherlands Cancer Registry.

Pain Experience and Perception in the Obese Subject Systematic Review (Revised Version).

Pain is an integral part of life and has an important protective function. Pain perception has been shown to differ between subjects and changes with gender, race, and culture. In addition, it has been suggested that obesity influences pain perception and that obesity can be a risk factor for increased pain thresholds.

A Collective Review on Mesh-Based Repair of Umbilical and Epigastric Hernias.

In accordance with the tension-free principles for other hernias, umbilical and epigastric hernia repair should probably be mesh-based. The number of randomized studies is increasing, most of them showing significantly less recurrences with the use of a mesh. Different devices are available and are applicable by several approaches.

Small bowel perforation caused by advanced melanoma.

The incidence of melanoma has been increasing over the years and it remains, despite the heterogeneous survival for different stages, a disease with high mortality. Dissemination occurs primarily by the lymphatic route, followed by the hematogenous route. Gastrointestinal metastases do occur, but they are mainly intraluminal mucosal melanomas.

Incidence, prognosis, and treatment options for patients with synchronous peritoneal carcinomatosis and liver metastases from colorectal origin.

Background: Peritoneal carcinomatosis and liver metastases are common metastatic sites in patients who have colorectal cancer. Quite frequently, patients present with both synchronous liver and peritoneal metastases, which may result in a dilemma regarding the optimal treatment.

Objective: In the absence of reliable data, the aim of the current study was to provide population-based data on such patients and to review the literature for possible treatment options.

Population-based incidence, treatment and survival of patients with peritoneal metastases of unknown origin.

Aim: Until recently, peritoneal metastases (PM) were regarded as an untreatable condition, regardless of the organ of origin. Currently, promising treatment options are available for selected patients with PM from colorectal, appendiceal, ovarian or gastric carcinoma. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence, treatment and survival of patients presenting with PM in whom the origin of PM remains unknown.

Treatment of temporal artery pseudoaneurysms.

Purpose: To give an overview of the etiology and diagnostic process of superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysms and to evaluate different treatment modalities.

Basic Methods: PubMed was used for searching multiple databases for relevant clinical studies.

Principal Findings: A total of 62 studies were included, harboring 82 patients.

Peritoneal carcinomatosis of gastric origin: a population-based study on incidence, survival and risk factors.

Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with gastric cancer. The aim of the current study was to provide reliable population-based data on the incidence, risk factors and prognosis of PC of gastric origin. All patients diagnosed with gastric cancer in the area of the Eindhoven Cancer Registry between 1995 and 2011 were included.

[A man with a bump on his forehead after a fall].

Unlabelled: An 84-year-old male patient presented with a swelling on his forehead which had developed gradually over a period of three weeks after a fall. Ultrasound examination revealed a complex fluid collection with a yin-yang flow pattern (revealed by colour Doppler imaging), which was suggestive of a pseudoaneurysm of the frontal branch of the superficial temporal artery. This was successfully treated with an injection of thrombin.

Steroid use is associated with clinically irrelevant biopsies in patients with suspected giant cell arteritis.

Temporal artery biopsy (TAB) is the diagnostic gold standard for giant cell arteritis (GCA). GCA is treated by high-dose corticosteroids. In cases of high clinical suspicion, steroids may be administrated despite negative TAB, making TAB clinically irrelevant.

Incidence, prognosis, and possible treatment strategies of peritoneal carcinomatosis of pancreatic origin: a population-based study.

Objectives: Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with pancreatic cancer. In an era where therapeutic options for PC of multiple origins are emerging, our aim was to provide population-based data on incidence, treatment, and prognosis of PC of pancreatic origin.

Methods: All patients with a condition diagnosed as nonendocrine pancreatic cancer between 1995 and 2009 in the area of the Eindhoven Cancer Registry were included.

[13-Year old boy with abdominal pain].

A 13-year old boy presents with pain in the lower right abdomen, showing clinical signs of appendicitis. During McBurney' incision an appendix sana was seen. Histologic examination showed penetrating enterobiasis.