[Pulmonary metastasis of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. Review of the literature and a case report].

The authors describe the clinical case of a 54 year old patient, affected by malignant peritoneal mesothelioma treated by chemotherapy, who subsequently developed a lung lesion, treated by surgical wedge resection. The histologic examination of the surgical specimen, which led to the diagnosis of an intraparenchymal necrotic focus, confirms the favourable result of the adjuvant therapy. A review of the literature showing the rarity of lung metastases from malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is presented.

[Cancer of the anus. Analysis of our surgical experience].

Background: The different histological varieties of anal cancer due to the presence of different histogenesis tissue can be anatomically distinguished from anal canal tumours by their growth in a periorificial or marginal site. The first appearance of symptoms are common to usual non-tumoral pathologies, but can be ascertained at an early stage using biopsy. Anal cancer can be treated with surgery, conservative or radical treatment, radiotherapy alone and radiochemotherapy with possible surgery.

[The surgery of non-small-cell bronchogenic carcinoma in stage IIIA. An analysis of 150 treated cases].

Background And Aim: The authors report the findings of a retrospective study made of 150 cases of bronchogenic non-small-cell carcinoma at stage IIIA.

Methods: Of the 150 patients treated 130 were male and 20 female. The mean age of the population examined was 55, with a minimum of 28 and maximum of 76.

[Surgical treatment of pulmonary metastases of osteosarcoma. Apropos of 206 operated cases].

Two hundred and six patients were operated for lung metastases from osteosarcoma over a period of 7 years. The operative mortality was 0.3%.

Clinical and surgical relevance of the progressive phases of intrathoracic migration of the gastroesophageal junction in gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Objective: The pathophysiologic influence of progressive intrathoracic migration of the gastroesophageal junction axial to the esophagus on gastroesophageal reflux disease was investigated.

Methods: A radiologic-manometric study was performed on hiatal insufficiency, concentric hiatus hernia, and short esophagus, the three radiologic steps of intrathoracic gastroesophageal junction migration, and on healthy volunteers. The distances between inferior and superior margins of the lower esophageal sphincter and the diaphragm were measured.