The Overweight Paradox: Impact of Body Mass Index on Patients Undergoing VATS Lobectomy or Segmentectomy.

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of BMI on perioperative outcomes in patients undergoing VATS lobectomy or segmentectomy. Data from 5088 patients undergoing VATS lobectomy or segmentectomy, included in the VATS Group Italian Registry, were collected. BMI (kg/m) was categorized according to the WHO classes: underweight, normal, overweight, obese.

Extralobar pulmonary sequestration showing high CA 19-19 levels.

We report a case of 40 year-old woman with left thoracic pain who was diagnosed as having a cystic mass located posteriorly at the basis of the left pleural cavity. The preoperative serum CA 19-9 level was increased (2 900 IU/mL). Further investigations did not find neoplastic lesions in the gastrointestinal tract.

[Female urinary incontinence: a review].

Female urinary incontinence is a frequent problem. The diagnosis is quite easy, but a precise interview and often an urodynamic exam have to be performed to assess the aetiology. Multiple pathologies cause incontinence.

Treatments patterns of vulvar cancer in the elderly.

Objective: To evaluate treatment patterns of vulvar cancer in patients over 80 years.

Material And Methods: Between 1979 and 1999, the Geneva Tumor Registry identified 230 women with vulvar cancer. Treatment of patients over 80 years and younger were compared.

[Littoral hemangioma of the spleen].

The authors report a rare case of littoral hemangioma of the spleen (LHS) accompanied by a revision of the literature on the argument. A male 65-year-old patient was referred to their attention with suspected ultrasonographic diagnosis of lymphoma with a splenic localisation. The complete CT diagnosis led to suspected splenic angioma.