Cancer is rare during pregnancy, but breast cancer is the second most common cancer in pregnant women. Pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) is defined as breast cancer that occurs during pregnancy or within one year of delivery. Five cases of PABC occurring during the second and third trimester of pregnancy managed at the University Hospital of Vienna during the year 2005/2006 are reported...

A 76-year-old woman presented with a 3-year history of intermittent and worsening right upper quadrant abdominal pain. The abdominal pain was not associated with nausea or vomiting, and did not get worse with food intake. Laboratory results were normal. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed a 2.3 x 1.9-cm fluid-filled lesion of the biliary system consistent with a type II choledochal cyst, ...

A 58-year-old male received treatment for right ureteral stone, including non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs for pain relief. Owing to persistent abdominal pain he underwent computed tomography that revealed right hydronephrosis and abdominal abscess, managed by right ureteral stent placement. However, his symptoms did not resolve and an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) was performed which rev...

Background The sternum (breastbone) is a long, flattened bone, laying vertically and constituting the middle part of the anterior wall of the thorax. It is clinically important for us, because median sternotomy is the most common surgical approach used in cardiac surgery. It has three parts named from above to downward; manubrium, corpus and xiphoid. Its average length in the adult is about 17 ...