Metastatic pancreatic cancer in late pregnancy: a case report and review of the literature.

The occurrence of pancreatic carcinoma in a young patient is rare and even more so in pregnancy. In this case report, we discuss the presentation and management of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, with lung and liver metastases, diagnosed in a woman in her third trimester of pregnancy (28 weeks). Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging scans were carried out and pancreatic mass biopsy during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was performed.

[Conservative approach to IV grade renal trauma].

A case of grade IV renal trauma is reported and the literature reviewed. A 29-year-old man was admitted in an emergency setting for a grade IV renal and splenic trauma as a result of a motorcycle accident. Since the patient was haemodynamically stable and the retroperitoneal haematoma was neither expanding nor pulsating, a conservative approach was adopted and the renal trauma was managed with interventional radiology.