The Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors - Experience of First Surgical Clinic Iasi.

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) are rare and characterized by widely variable clinical presentation and often challenging surgical management. Retrospective study conducted during the last 15 years at the First Surgical Clinic of the Iasi St Spiridon University Hospital, and which included all the patients diagnosed with pancreatic endocrine tumors by immunohistochemistry. There were 26 cases diagnosed with PNET.

Prospective Observational Study on acute Appendicitis Worldwide (POSAW).

Background: Acute appendicitis (AA) is the most common surgical disease, and appendectomy is the treatment of choice in the majority of cases. A correct diagnosis is key for decreasing the negative appendectomy rate. The management can become difficult in case of complicated appendicitis.

Laparoscopic Treatment of Intraabdominal Cystic Lymphangioma.

Unlabelled: The abdominal cystic lymphangioma (CL) in adults is a rare benign tumor of the lymphatic system.

Methods: We report a retrospective study from January 2002 to Decemberr 2014 concerning 18 patients who underwent surgical removal of a CL, 9 patients with laparoscopic approach included. The localization, size, and number, diagnostic, treatment and results have been reported for patients approached laparoscopically.

Appendicular Mucocele: Possibilities and Limits of Laparoscopy. Brief Series and Review of the Literature.

Introduction: Appendicular mucocele, a cystic dilatation of the appendix, is a rare disease, but unfortunately about 1/10 of cases evolves into pseudomyxoma peritonei.

Methods: We performed a prospective study between 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2014 in order to track the incidence, symptoms, and circumstances of diagnosis, treatment and evolution of these rare tumors.

Results: A total of seven patients underwent curative surgery for a mucocele of the appendix: one woman and six men with an average age of 59.