Autoimmune pancreatitis: a case of difficult diagnosis.

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is an insidious disease of non-specific symptomatology. To make correct diagnosis three different findings must correlate: radiological imaging, serological markers, and histology. This is not easy, and furthermore an incorrect diagnosis can lead to incorrect management and even patient death.

Upper gastrointestinal massive bleeding successfully treated intra-operatively with a collagen and thrombin-based high-viscosity gel for haemostasis. Case report.

A 57-year-old male patient was admitted in our Department for a non-variceal upper gastrointestinal massive bleeding. In accordance with the clinical guidelines, the patient underwent an early endoscopy (within 24 hours from admission), which showed the source of bleeding in the second portion of the duodenum. An endoscopic haemostatic injection with dilute adrenalin (epinephrine, 1:10.

Gastric adenocarcinoma cutaneous metastasis arising at a previous surgical drain site: a case report.

Introduction: Skin metastasis from internal carcinoma rarely occurs. It has an incidence of 0.7 to 9% and it may be the first sign of an unknown malignancy.

Laparoscopic anterior gastropexy for chronic recurrent gastric volvulus: a case report.

Introduction: Gastric volvulus is an uncommon clinical entity, first described by Berti in 1866. It is a rotation of all or part of the stomach through more than 180 degrees . This rotation can occur on the longitudinal (organo-axial) or transverse (mesentero-axial) axis.

Helicobacter pylori eradication as a surrogate marker for the reduction of duodenal ulcer recurrence.

Objectives: An abundance of data exists documenting the association of H. pylori eradication with the reduction in duodenal ulcer recurrence.

Aim: To evaluate the validity of using H.