[Intraductal breast papillomas in patients with Costello syndrome].

Costello syndrome is a multisystemic congenital disorder with a very low prevalence. The pathogenesis remains unclear and predisposes to the development of tumors of ectodermal origin. Diagnosis is clinical, based on findings of mental and growth retardation and a characteristic phenotype.

Simultaneous presentation of oesophageal and renal cancer.

Oesophageal cancer has been documented to be often associated with other primary tumours. However, concurrent oesophageal and renal cell carcinoma is extremely uncommon. We report a case of synchronous oesophageal and kidney cancer that was successfully treated at our hospital by a one-stage surgical procedure.

Influence of donor cardiopulmonary arrest in human liver transplantation: possible role of ischemic preconditioning.

Hepatic allografts from donors who have suffered a brief cardiopulmonary arrest may sustain ischemic damage before organ procurement. However, there is no reported correlation between donor cardiopulmonary arrest and hepatic allograft dysfunction. On the other hand, brief ischemia-reperfusion injury has been shown experimentally to result in protection in several organ models.

Influence of high donor serum sodium levels on early postoperative graft function in human liver transplantation: effect of correction of donor hypernatremia.

Donor hypernatremia was reported to cause postoperative graft dysfunction in human orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). However, the effects of the correction of donor hypernatremia before organ procurement have not been confirmed. The aim of this study is to determine whether donor hypernatremia is associated with early graft dysfunction after OLT and to determine the effect of the correction of donor hypernatremia.