Total thyroidectomy for benign thyroid diseases.

Objective: To review the indications for total thyroidectomy as the preferred option in certain benign diseases of the thyroid in order to prevent recurrence or future reoperations.

Methods: A retrospective study of patients with benign thyroid diseases, carried out from January 1997 to December 2009, analyzing the data relating to age, surgical treatment and postoperative evolution.

Results: The mean age was 51.

Pancreatic pseudocyst with splenic involvement. Case report.

The authors present a case report of a pancreatic pseudocyst with an unusual spleen involvement. The aspects of this rare complication are discussed, as well as the probable etiologic factors. The outcome was satisfactory and the surgical treatment consisted of the resection of its thick capsule, since the local anatomic conditions would not permit a splenectomy with distal pancreatectomy, considered to be the ideal surgery.

[Primary hyperaldosteronism. Report of two cases].

The authors present two cases of primary hyperaldosteronism, caused by functioning adenoma of the adrenal's cortex. The two females patients presented classic symptoms of the Conn's disease, especially hypokalemia and hypertension. Both were operated and unilateral adrenalectomy was done, with excellent outcome in one and satisfactory in the other one.