Correction to: Abstracts : 31st European Congress of Pathology.

The name of the co-author of E-PS-07-008 (page S294) was presented as 'S. Despina' instead of 'D. Sgouridi' in the authorship group The name has been corrected in the authorship group shown above.

A short course of preoperative radiotherapy improves prognosis of operable rectal carcinoma: a case control study.

Background/aims: Randomized Swedish studies demonstrate the efficacy of a 5-fraction course of preoperative radiotherapy for rectal carcinoma. The present study evaluates the results in a single Greek institution over a 10-year period, with a similar regimen.

Methodology: During the period of 1995-2000, 150 consecutive patients with Dukes' B or C rectal cancer were matched to receive preoperative radiotherapy (Group I) or not (Group II).

Spontaneous adrenal haemorrhage as a manifestation of isolated relapse of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Retroperitoneal haemorrhage due to metastatic disease is a rare event not previously reported in lymphomas. We describe a 36-year-old woman diagnosed with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of bone marrow, liver and spleen presenting in the leukaemic phase. The patient attained complete remission after 'ALL-like' chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, vincristine, adriamycin, dexamethasone); 22 months later, she developed an isolated central nervous system (CNS) relapse which was successfully managed with a combination of chemotherapy and CNS irradiation.