[Celiac artery compression syndrome--stepchild of abdominal angina?].

Background: Celiac trunk compression in few percentages of the cases can cause chronic abdominal pain that shows no connection with eating.

Case Report: Detailed preoperative examinations showed significant, segmental stenosis of the celiac trunk, caused by outer compression of a tendonous arc of diaphragm, in the background of abdominal pain and mesenteric ischemia of a 58-year-old woman. After preparation we have executed the surgery by removing a tight ring, located at around 8-10 mm from the origin of trifurcation, and a part of the celiac ganglion.

[Late metastases of abdominal cutaneous malignant melanoma in the small and large bowels].

The authors reported the case of a 56 years old man, who was operated with abdominal cutaneous malignant melanoma 5 years ago. He had chemo-immunotherapy. His complaints were epigastric pain, melena, hematochezia, anorexia, lack of appetite, fatigue.

[Late metastases of cutaneous malignant melanoma on the abdominal wall to the small and large bowel].

We describe the case of a 56 years old man, who was operated on with abdominal wall skin malignant melanoma 5 years ago. He received postoperative DTIC + Intron A treatment. Five years later he presented with complaints of epigastric pain, melena, hematochezia, anorexia and fatigue.

[Dilemmas arising from surgical treatment of epiphrenic diverticulum].

Introduction: Epiphrenic diverticulum cannot be considered a primary anatomical alteration, there is a manometrically verifiable motility disturbance in the background.

Objectives: To determine the place, type and time of surgical solution in the treatment.

Patients: Between 1999 and 2004 seven patients were treated for epiphrenic diverticulum causing complaints.