The incidence of thyroid carcinoma in the nodules. A retrospective study.

Unlabelled: Fine-needle aspiration (22G) is the diagnostic procedure chosen to study the nature of suspicious thyroid nodules. In 2008 the SIAPEC-IAP work group issued the results of Italian Consensus about the clinical management of patients with thyroid nodular disease, and introduced diagnostic categories aimed to standardize the diagnostic and therapeutic process of patients affected by thyroid nodules. This retrospective study is aimed to assess the incidence of carcinoma at definitive histological examination after total thyroidectomy of nodules with TIR3 cytological diagnosis.

Surgical mistake causing an high recto-vaginal fistula. A case report with combined surgical and endoscopic approach: therapeutic considerations.

Background: Rectovaginal fistulas (RVFs) have multiple causes, size and location on which the surgical treatment depends.

Description: The Authors consider different approaches to RVFs and describe a clinical case of recurrent high RVF.

Conclusions: Most RVFs can be successfully repaired, although many interventions may be necessary.

Decision making in borderline ovarian tumors: report of a rare case of mesosigma psammocarcinoma.

Psammocarcinoma is a rare variant of serous carcinoma arising either from ovary or peritoneum, characterized by massive psammoma body formation, low-grade of cytologic differentiation and invasiveness. Its clinical behavior is similar to the serous borderline tumors, whose prognosis is significantly better compared to invasive forms, with a 5-year survival in stage I greater than 95%. A typical feature of borderline ovary tumors is the presence, in more than 30% of cases, of borderline peritoneal implants similar to primary ovarian cancer or of invasive forms.