Mediastinal papillary thyroid carcinoma treated by video-assisted thoracic surgery - Case report.

Introduction And Importance: The mediastinal ectopic thyroid gland is rare and usually asymptomatic. Ectopic thyroid tissue has malignant potential, but ectopic thyroid cancers are extremely rare, particularly mediastinal thyroid cancer, with only five cases reported in the literature.

Case Presentation: A 73 years-old male patient diagnosed with multinodular goitre with two FLUS cytology was summited to an uneventful total thyroidectomy.

Extragastrointestinal stromal tumour (EGIST) presented as a mesenteric and retroperitoneal mass.

Extragastrointestinal stromal tumour (EGIST) occurs outside the gastrointestinal tract and has histopathological and molecular characteristics similar to gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST). This tumour is rare and aggressive. A male patient was admitted with anaemia and lower limb oedema.

Laparoscopic repair of a Morgagni hernia with extra-abdominal transfascial sutures.

Morgagni hernia is a congenital diaphragmatic hernia. It is rare, usually asymptomatic, and most of the times incidentally discovered during adulthood. A 77-year-old female patient was incidentally diagnosed with Morgagni hernia.

Rare case of symmetrical peripheral gangrene due to septic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and inotropic use.

Introduction: Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a rare syndrome defined by the peripheral ischemic lesion of two or more extremities in the absence of major vascular obstructive disease.

Presentation Of Case: A 45yo woman, admitted in intensive care unit due to urinary septic shock, in need of high doses of amines, developed cold extremities with acrocyanosis that rapidly progressed to gangrene. Laboratory analysis revealed increased inflammatory parameters, liver shock, thrombocytopenia, prolonged coagulation times, increased D-Dimers and isolation of in urine culture.

Rare case of hepatic haematoma following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a commonly used diagnostic and therapeutic technique but it is not free of complications. Subcapsular hepatic haematoma is a rare but potentially fatal complication. A 71-years-old male patient resorted to the emergency department 36 hours after an uneventful ERCP presenting with severe abdominal pain and haemoglobin drop.