CONTEXT Resection of adjacent visceral organs is often required in surgery for abdominal mesenchymal tumors. OBJECTIVES To analyze the specific perioperative morbidity and mortality of a left pancreatectomy in multivisceral resections for mesenchymal tumors. PATIENTS This paper considered all patients treated at National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy, from January 1997 to May 2009 for the ...

Esophageal duplication cysts (EDCs) are congenital malformations of the posterior primitive foregut and often within the thoracic esophagus. Here we describe a rare case of intra-abdominal EDC near spleen in a 20-year-old female patient with a complaint of an asymptomatic abdominal mass for 5 years. The diagnosis of intra-abdominal EDC was confirmed by the Ultrasonography (US) and Magnetic reso...

During a period of two years (1984 - 1985), three patients with diagnosis of choledocal cyst have gone under operation in department of pediatric surgery (Taleghani Medical Centre). Choledochal cyst is a congenital malformation of the pancreatobiliary system. Its pathogenesis is not yet completely understood.The famale/male predisposition is 4/1. More than 50% of the patients present during the...

background: regarding the significance of abdominal masses in children, we aimed to identify the pathology of masses according to the age and sex groups. materials and methods: we retrospectively reviewed pathological reports of 461 patients with abdominal mass that underwent resection or biopsy during the study period (25 years). results: one hundred and eighty six cases (40%) were non-neoplas...

INTRODUCTION This report presents a primary Mullerian carcinosarcoma localized in the incisional hernia i.e. anterior abdominal wall.There is no data in the literature about this localization of extragenital Mullerian carcinosarcoma. CASE OUTLINE The patient had previous medical history of right-sided ovarian cystadenocarcinoma managed by hysterectomy, bilateral ovariectomy and chemotherapy. ...

PATIENT Male, >60 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Colonic lipoma Symptoms: Rectal bleeding • abdominal pain • fatique • abdominal distention MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: Laparoscopic resection Specialty: General surgery. OBJECTIVE We aimed to review and discuss the clinical picture and management of 4 patients who underwent laparoscopic colonic resection with a definitive pathology of colonic lipoma. ...

Introduction: Abdominal mesenteric cystic lymphangiomas are congenital lymphatic malformations found most commonly within the small bowel mesentery, omentum, and mesocolon. These lesions may be detected incidentally on imaging studies or may present with bowel obstruction. Treatment of choice is surgical enucleation with possible segmental intestinal resection. Case Description: This report des...