[EUS results of malignant rectal giant condyloma acuminatum (Buschke-Loewenstein tumor)].

Giant condyloma acuminatum is a large, exophytic, cauliflower-like lesion that usually affects the anogenital region. Localisation in the rectum is uncommon and has a high rate of malignant transformation but does not lead to develop distant metastases. For the time, we report the endosonographic appearance of a malignant intrarectal giant condyloma acuminatum.

[Idiopathic segmental infarct of the omentum. Differential diagnosis in an obese patient].

Objective: Infarction of the greater omentum is a rare etiology of acute abdominal pain. The differential diagnosis, especially with appendicitis, is difficult to establish.

Case Report: A 29 years-old male presented with acute abdominal pain.

[What are abdominal painful syndromes of unexplained origin? Prospective study: 99 patients followed for three years].

99 patients, 67 of whom were female, with a mean age of 25.5 years, were admitted as emergencies between 1991 and 1992 for acute abdominal pain of unknown aetiology. The follow-up, carried out prospectively, was 100% at 1 month, 98% at 6 months, 95% at 1 year, 84% at 2 years.

[Does laparoscopic treatment of abdominal infections generate bacteremias? Prospective study: 75 cases].

Laparoscopy is increasingly used in conditions complicated by peritonitis. A theoretical concern is that carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum may increase bacteraemia. In a prospective study 90 patients were treated by laparoscopic appendicectomy.