[Granuloma of the cecum].

The clinical problems facing the medical practitioner in the presence of an aspecific granuloma of the caecum were studied. Clinical and aetiopathogenic aspects are analysed as are the indications for surgery. The difficulty of diagnosis and the importance of histopathological assessment for accurate diagnosis are emphasised.

[Clinico-epidemiologic study on the significance of various echographic signs in the diagnosis of thyroid diseases].

Randomised data on the epidemiology of thyroid cancer and the behaviour of a certain number of patients are presented. The survey also incorporated an assessment of thyroid echographic scans that reveal certain more frequent signs that might serve as preoperative diagnostic indicators of neoplasia.

[Metachronous tumors of the large intestine. The anatomicoclinical considerations].

The paper analyses the results of a large number of patients operated for large intestine carcinoma who then underwent a postoperative endoscopic follow-up to assess the number of metachronous tumours. The anatomicoclinical characteristics of the latter are discussed.