[Malignant tumors of the small intestine. Description of a clinical case]. / I tumori maligni dell'intestino tenue. Descrizione di un caso clinico.

Malignant tumours of the small bowel are rare but not exceptional. Unfortunately, they are often recognised only at the operating either as chance findings or as the cause of an acute abdominal syndrome, usually of occlusive type. Surgery is the treatment of choice but this will be curative only when diagnosis has been timely. The description of the present case is a tiny contribution to keeping this pathology in mind in differential diagnosis of the more sinister abdominal pathologies without pathognomonic symptoms.

[A case of volvulus of the gallbladder]. / Un caso di volvolo della colecisti.

A rare case of total volvulus of the gallbladder observed intraoperatively and treated by cleansing and cholecystectomy in a 96-year-old woman undergoing surgery for acute lithiasic cholecystitis is described. More than the clinical and laboratory data (insignificant considering the patient's anergic and debilitated condition) it was the results of hepatobiliary ultrasonography which revealed acute, rapidly progressing inflammation of the gallbladder that supplied the indication for immediate surgery.

[Massive inguinoscrotal hernia of the bladder]. / Ernia vescicale inguinoscrotale massiva.

A rare case of massive inguinoscrotal hernia of the bladder in an obese 73-year-old man is described. The condition was successfully treated by simple repositioning of the bladder followed by abdominal wall repair.