SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is present in both endothelial and eccrine cells of a chilblain-like skin lesion.

Data on SARS‐CoV‐2 detection in lesional skin is controversial. We report a PCR‐proven COVID‐19 patient with a chilblain‐like SARS‐CoV‐2 positive skin lesion. An 80‐year‐old woman presented to the emergency department at the End of March 2020.

Tuberculosis Mimicking Disseminated Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of a Sigmoid Carcinoma.

Background: A 76-year-old Moroccan patient with a medical history of sigmoid carcinoma suffered from weight loss of 15 kg and abdominal pain. Laparoscopy showed disseminated miliary peritoneal lesions, prima vista suspicious for disseminated peritoneal cancer spread.

Methods: Patient's medical history was reprocessed and compared to recent literature via PubMed.

Sonographic assessment of spleen size in Turkish migrants with Familial Mediterranean fever in Germany.

Objectives: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) can be associated with splenomegaly. Prospective quantitative data are lacking. We performed a sonographic assessment of spleen size in patients with FMF and healthy control participants to assess its diagnostic value.

Bacteribilia after preoperative bile duct stenting: a prospective study.

Study Design: A prospective analysis of intraoperative bile duct cultures in patients undergoing surgery for both, malignant or benign periampullary diseases at the Department of Surgery, St Josef Hospital, Bochum, Germany, during a period of 18 months, between January 2004 and June 2005.

Goals: The goals of the presented study were to investigate the effects of preoperative bile duct stenting on intraoperative bile duct cultures and postoperative outcome in patients undergoing pancreatic surgery.

Background: In pancreatic surgery, bile duct stenting is often aimed at improving postoperative outcome.