Wandering spleen: Diagnosis and treatment.

Whether congenital or acquired, wandering spleen is a rare entity. In most cases, surgical treatment necessitates splenectomy, or even more rarely, particularly in children, splenopexy.

Comparison between signet-ring cell carcinoma and non-signet-ring cell carcinoma of the stomach: clinicopathological parameters, epidemiological data, outcome, and prognosis-a cohort study of 123 patients from a non-endemic country.

Background: Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the stomach (SRCC) is a particular gastric cancer entity. Its incidence is increasing. Its diagnosis is pathological; it corresponds to adenocarcinoma with a majority of signet-ring cells component (> 50%).