ABSTRACT
The authors report a clinical case of the gallbladder carcinoid tumour treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. After a short analysis of the classification, the malignant potentiality and the symptoms of gallbladder carcinoids, they conclude that it is possible to treat carcinoids with laparoscopic cholecystectomy, but only in some selected cases, that is to say in the absence of factors indicative of local invasion and that in the other cases it is preferable the classic surgical treatment of laparotomic resection.
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Carcinoid Tumor/surgery , Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic/methods , Gallbladder Neoplasms/surgery , Aged , Carcinoid Tumor/diagnosis , Carcinoid Tumor/pathology , Cholelithiasis/diagnosis , Cholelithiasis/pathology , Cholelithiasis/surgery , Female , Gallbladder/pathology , Gallbladder Neoplasms/diagnosis , Gallbladder Neoplasms/pathology , Humans , Video RecordingABSTRACT
A case of primary pure carcinoid tumor of the testis which occurred in a 37 year male is reported. Symptoms suggestive of a carcinoid syndrome were not noted. The patient was treated by radical orchiectomy. The pathological specimen showed the morphological characteristics of carcinoid and no teratomatous components. Histochemically, the argyrophil reaction was positive. The immunohistochemical studies revealed positivity for chromogranin, S-100 and NSE. The patient remains symptom free and in good health conditions after 2 years from surgery.
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Carcinoid Tumor/pathology , Testicular Neoplasms/pathology , Adult , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
We describe a fatal case of outlet strut's fracture of a Björk-Shiley mitral valve prosthesis with displacement of the disc in left ventricular cavity. The acute, catastrophic nature of the symptoms associated with massive transvalvular regurgitation preclude survival except with immediate operation; consequently, we describe the clinical and instrumental elements for a very early diagnosis.