Mesenteric desmoid tumor in its cystic form: Case report of a very rare variant.

Desmoid tumors, also known as deep fibromatosis or desmoid-type fibromatosis, represent a rare subset of deep fibromatoses. It is a locally aggressive tumor, with no specific symptoms, and no metastatic potential. We report a case of a 38-year-old male patient with an abdominal mass.

Intraperitoneal chronic expanding hematoma mimicking an ovarian tumor: A case report.

Chronic expanding hematoma of soft tissue is a rare lesion and often misdiagnosed as neoplastic mass. It is mostly related to trauma or surgery, leading to blood-filled cysts surrounded by fibrous tissues. Symptoms may include abdominal pain, nausea or bowel obstruction.

Mesenteric inflammatory pseudotumor: A rare case report and review of the literature.

Inflammatory pseudotumor (IP) is a rare type of benign tumor. Although initially identified in the lung, it has now been identified in a number of somatic and visceral sites, but mesenteric presentation is uncommon and has a variable clinical presentation. As inflammatory pseudotumor mimic malignancy both clinically and radiologically, the radiologist should be familiar with this entity.

Feasibility and safety of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for large tumours.

Objective: To verify the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for large tumours, as since it was described, the laparoscopic approach for adrenalectomy has become the 'gold standard' for small tumours and for large and non-malignant adrenal tumours many studies have reported acceptable results.

Patients And Methods: This is a retrospective study from a general surgery department from January 2006 to December 2013 including 45 patients (56 laparoscopic adrenalectomies). We divided patients into two groups according to tumour size: <5 or ⩾5 cm, we compared demographic data and peri- and postoperative outcomes.

Does primary surgical management of liver hydatid cyst influence recurrence?

Background And Aims: Hydatid disease is still a major health problem in sheep-raising areas. Surgery remains the basic treatment for liver hydatid cyst (LHC). However, recurrences can occur after all therapies.

Predictive model of biliocystic communication in liver hydatid cysts using classification and regression tree analysis.

Background: Incidence of liver hydatid cyst (LHC) rupture ranged 15%-40% of all cases and most of them concern the bile duct tree. Patients with biliocystic communication (BCC) had specific clinic and therapeutic aspect. The purpose of this study was to determine witch patients with LHC may develop BCC using classification and regression tree (CART) analysis

Methods: A retrospective study of 672 patients with liver hydatid cyst treated at the surgery department "A" at Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat Morocco.

[Isolated tuberculosis of pancreas and peripancreatic lymph nodes: diagnostic challenge].

Background: Isolated tuberculosis of pancreas and peripancreatic lymph nodes is very rare and difficult to recognise. It may mimic pseudocyst, cystic tumor or carcinoma of pancreas and lead to unuseful and potentially morbid surgery.

Aim: We report 3 cases diagnosed in peropeative and postoperative situations.

[Surgical management of bilateral pheochromocytoma].

Aim: the aim of this retrospective study was to assess our experience in surgical management of bilateral pheochromocytoma (BP) and to report diagnosis methods and therapeutic results of a series of 10 patients treated in "surgical clinique A" department.

Methods: from 1986 to 2005, we studied all cases of histological confirmed BP in their clinical, biochemical and radiological aspects. We analyzed all of therapeutic attitudes suggested and their results.

Predictive factors of deep abdominal complications after operation for hydatid cyst of the liver: 15 years of experience with 672 patients.

Background: Operations are the mainstay of liver hydatid cyst (LHC) treatment. Operations are still associated with high morbidity and mortality because of specific postoperative complications (bile leaks, bilomas, deep bleeding, and deep suppurations) and deep abdominal complications (DAC). The aim of this study was to identify the predictive factors of DAC after LHC operation.

[Hydatid cyst of the psoas muscle].

While hydatid cysts may occur in any area of the body, isolated muscular localizations are rare. Only some thirty-odd such cases have been reported. The authors report the case of a 38-year-old man who consulted for isolated abdominal pain in the left iliac region.

[Intraperitoneal perforation of hepatic hydatid cyst].

The incidence of the rupture of hydatid cyst of the liver is about 15 to 40% of the cases. In 2 to 7% of the cases the cyst can perforate into the peritoneum. The occurrence of a sclerosing peritonitis secondary to the rupture of the hydatid cyst of the liver was described, to our knowledge, only once.

[Digestive actinomycosis: three cases and review].

Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative disease. It is caused by an anaerobic bacterium, generally Actinomyces israelii. Cervical and thoracic localizations are most frequent.

[Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: diagnostic problem and treatment].

The authors report the case of a 42-year-old woman in whom a tumour of the inferior vena cava was discovered intraoperatively. Histological examination of the specimen confirmed the diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma. Malignant tumours of the inferior vena cava are very rare and about 95% of these tumours are leiomyosarcomas.