[Solitary Fibrous Tumor: a Rare Cause of Recurrent Severe Hypoglycemia].

History And Clinical Findings: A 73-year-old woman was admitted to hospital early in the morning by an emergency doctor in initially unclear comatose conditions with a blood glucose of 24 mg/dl. There were no important previous diseases requiring any medication. She was in good physical state.

Combined supra-aortic extra-anatomic revascularization and endovascular hybrid procedure for recurrent hemoptysis caused by a symptomatic aneurysm of the right subclavian artery.

Acute hemoptysis might be caused by aneurysms of the subclavian artery. We report a 75-year-old female patient presenting with recurrent hemoptysis, dyspnea, fever, and episodes of unclear pneumonia. Further examination revealed a large intrathoracic aneurysm of the right subclavian artery.

Successful angioplasty and stent treatment of pulmonary vein stenosis after single-lung transplantation.

In this report we describe a 42-year-old man with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with a progressive course who underwent right single-lung transplantation in November 2007. The post-operative course showed a decline of gas exchange, and chest X-ray revealed pneumonic infiltrates. Computerized tomography (CT) scans showed high-grade stenosis of the right superior pulmonary vein.

Local staging of rectal cancer: assessment with double-contrast multislice computed tomography and transrectal ultrasound.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of multislice computed tomography (MSCT) with double-contrast technique and transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) in staging of rectal carcinoma compared with histopathological confirmation.

Methods: In a prospective study of 92 patients with rectal carcinoma, preoperative MSCT with negative rectal contrast (methylcellulose) and intravenous contrast was performed. Reconstructions in 3 planes were analyzed in a cine mode in picture archiving and communication (PAC) system.

Effect of preoperative radiochemotherapy on lymph node retrieval after resection of rectal cancer.

Hypothesis: Preoperative radiochemotherapy for advanced rectal cancer results in fewer lymph nodes detected in the tumor-bearing specimen.

Design: Nonrandomized control trial with analysis of a prospective perioperative database.

Setting: Department of Surgery of a large-volume university hospital.