Rare mass of the anterior mediastinum: Thymolipomas.

Thymolipoma is a rare benign neoplasm of the thymus containing both mature adipose tissue and thymic tissue. We report a case of a 34-year-οld man, presenting a mass of the anterior mediastinum, the radiology investigation and operatory piece diagnosed a thymolipoma. This study highlights the clinical diagnostic and therapeutic features as well as the evolutionary characteristics of this entity.

[Embolization of a false arterial aneurysm in a patient living with one kidney: about a rare complication of percutaneous nephrolithotomy].

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is a potentially invasive technique associated with a risk of complications, in particular bleeding. We report the case of a 70-year old female patient who had only left kidney and with a history of renal calculi treated with percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Persistent, average abundant haematuria had occurred two and a half months before, requiring computerized tomography (CT) scan.

[Detection of complete common mesentery on CT scan for perforation in acute appendicitis].

Complete common mesentery is a rare abnormality in midgut rotation. Its detection is exceptional during adulthood because, during this period, is very often asymptomatic and therefore not diagnosed. Complete common mesentery may be discovered incidentally in patients with ectopic appendicular syndrome, as in our case study.