BACKGROUND Peritoneal seeding after abdominal surgery is a well known route of metastasis in intra-abdominal solid tumours. Direct mechanical contamination, local peritoneal trauma and subsequent inflammation, postoperative immunosuppression, and laparoscopic surgery are the proposed predisposing factors for this type of metastasis. These factors probably result in enhanced adhesion or growth o...

the presentation treatment and postoperative progress of two patients with pearly intraspinal eptdermcids is described. in one of the patients the tumour recurred after the first removal. necessitating a second operation. despite serious distur bances of gait both patients improved following surgery. the literature in respect of these tumours. is reviewed

Abstract Introduction Benign cystic mesothelioma is a rare intra-abdominal tumour affects primarily women who are in reproductive. Since this pathology has occurrence, similar presentation, and imaging features, the diagnosis based on histologic findings there no current standard treatment for condition. Presentation of case In report, 40-year-old female patient presented Emergency Department w...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify predictors for longterm survival following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for pancreatic and other periampullary adenocarcinomas. METHODS Clinicopathological factors were compared between short-term (<5 years) and longterm (≥ 5 years) survival groups. Rates of actual 5-year and actuarial 10-year survival were determined. RESULTS There were 109 ...