[Angiofibrolipoma of the greater omentum: case report and literature review].

Background: Primary solid tumors of the greater omentum are extremely rare. Lipomas, leiomyomas, fibromas, and neurofibromas have been described as benign tumors of the greater omentum, but angiofibrolipomas have not.

Clinical Case: We present the case of a 39-year-old male with a 3-day evolution of right lower quadrant abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting.

[Surgical reinterventions in neck after elective procedures].

Objective: Our objective was to determine the frequency of surgical reinterventions for recurrence or disease persistence after elective surgical procedures of the neck.

Methods: We used a transversal and comparative study, accomplished during a 6-year period. Emergency initial surgical procedures were excluded.

[Detection of thyroid pathology during surgical exploration of the neck for primary hyperthyroidism].

Objective: Our objective was to determine prevalence of incidental thyroid pathology during surgical treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism and to compare sensitivity and specificity of surgical neck exploration with histologic study of resected thyroid gland to confirm unsuspected pathologies.

Material And Methods: This was prospective cohort study performed at the Specialty Hospital's Department of Endocrine Surgery at the Mexican Institute of Social Security's (IMSS's) Centro Médico de Occidente in Guadalajara, Jalisco State between 1995 and 2003. All were submitted to bilateral neck exploration under general anesthesia.