Laparoscopy treatment of liver abscess secondary to an unusual foreign body (rosemary twig).

A hepatic abscess caused by a swallowed foreign body is a rare and challenging diagnosis. Most patients have nonspecific symptoms, and more than 90% of patients do not remember having swallowed it, which occurred accidentally. In this setting, fish bones, chicken bones, and toothpicks are the most found foreign bodies.

ACR TI-RADS and ATA US scores are helpful for the management of thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology.

Background: Cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules currently present a challenge for clinical decision-making. The main aim of our study was to determine whether the classifications, American College of Radiology (ACR) TI-RADS and 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines, in association with The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC), could be used to stratify the malignancy risk of indeterminate thyroid nodules and guide their clinical management.

Methods: The institutional review board approved this retrospective study of a cohort of 140 thyroid nodules in 139 patients who were referred to ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from January 2012 to June 2016 with indeterminate cytological results (44 Bethesda III, 52 Bethesda IV and 44 Bethesda V) and in whom pre-FNAC thyroid US images and histological results after surgery were available.

Open Versus Laparoscopic Splenectomies in Children: A Comparative Study Performed at a Public Hospital in Brazil.

In pediatric population, the two most common indications for splenectomy include traumatic rupture and hematological diseases such as hereditary spherocytosis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, sickle cell disease, and autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Traditionally, splenectomy has been an open procedure; however, since the first laparoscopic splenectomy was reported in 1991, the minimally invasive laparoscopic approach has become increasingly popular. In most public hospitals in Brazil, where vessel sealing devices are not available, most surgeons seem to prefer open splenectomy to guarantee intraoperative safety and improved outcomes.

Popliteal vein aneurysm: report of two cases.

Venous aneurysms are rare and often diagnosed incidentally. Popliteal vein aneurysms are the most common type of venous aneurysms and have a strong association with the occurrence of deep vein thrombosis and recurrent pulmonary embolism. This article reports two cases of popliteal vein aneurysms associated with deep vein thrombosis.

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Pseudoaneurysms of the superficial temporal artery are rare events. They primarily occur in young men as a consequence of blunt head traumas. The majority of cases are asymptomatic, although there are sometimes vague symptoms.