Parathyroid involvement in thyroid cancer: an unforeseen event.

Background: Parathyroid metastatic disease from thyroid cancer has not been studied extensively, mainly due to the need for parathyroid preservation during thyroid surgery.

Methods: We reviewed files from 1,770 patients with thyroid cancer followed up in our department and 10 patients with parathyroid metastases (0.5%) were identified.

Neuromesenchymal hamartoma of small bowel--an extremely rare entity: a case report.

Neuromuscular and vascular hamartoma (NMVH) is a very rare stricturing condition of the small intestine, occurring focally and causing recurrent obstructive symptoms or occult chronic gastrointestinal bleeding. Salas et al. (Neuromesenchymal hamartoma of the small bowel.

Ulcerative gingival granuloma: a condition for bone biopsy.

Osteomyelitis as a medical term defining a specific type of infection may be classified in acute and chronic form. In our case an acute mandibular osteomyelitis is reported with evaluation of the clinical and histological examination. The biological course of the disease determined on that basis.

Management of large rectal wall defects with open pedicle grafts of small intestine. An experimental study.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible repair of large rectal wall defects using an open pedicle ileal graft as a mucosal patch. This experiment was carried out in 14 adult mongrel dogs. By excision of a portion of the antimesenteric wall comprising 50-70% of the circumference and measuring 5-6 cm in length, a suitable full thickness defect was created in the lower part of the rectum.

[Mixed tumors of the nasal cavity. Report of 2 cases].

Two cases of pleomorphic adenomas of the interior of the nose (minor salivary glands) are described. In one case a cylindroma was found. The rareness of this tumour in the interior of the nose and its treatment by lateral rhinotomy are discussed.