[Cystic mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas]. / Neoplasie cistiche mucinose del pancreas.

The Authors report on three cases of Mucinous Cystic Neoplasms of the pancreas. These tumours are rare and the diagnosis is based on echography and CT scanning. After a radical excision the prognosis is good although these tumours are "all" potentially malignant.

[Mixed tumor of an ectopic salivary gland. Presentation of a case]. / Tumore misto a carico di ghiandola salivare ectopica. Presentazione di un caso.

A case of mixed tumour in an island of ectopic salivary glandular tissue at the right nostril and surrounding labial skin is reported. An anatomopathological classification of salivary neoplasias is provided and the histological picture of mixed tumours described. Stress is laid on the rarity of the finding. An extensive tissue area was removed because the neoplasia was a recurrence of a previous intervention (done by others) not followed up by histological examination.

[Surgical treatment, by simple suturing, in perforated gastric or duodenal ulcer. Clinico-statistical evaluation of 5 years' experience]. / La terapia chirurgica, mediante rafia, dell'ulcera gastrica o duodenale perforata. Valutazione clinico-statistica dell'esperienza di un quinquennio.

A series of 30 patients operated over a period of 5 yr is presented. Stress is laid on the different approaches required in relation to the progress of peritonitis, and reasons are offered for preferring suture, rather than gastroresection, vagotomy, and conservative management.

[2 cases of biliary ileus]. / Due osservazioni di ileo biliare.

Two cases of gallstone ileus are reported. Treatment of the occlusion and the underlying bilio-digestive fistula should be carried out in one surgery session. Careful preoperative preparation of these patients from the hydric, electrolytic and metabolic viewpoints is the indispensable premise for single session treatment.

[Bezoar of the stomach. Clinical case report]. / A proposito del bezoario dello stomaco. Contributo clinico.

A clinical case of bezoar of the stomach accompanied by peptic and gastric ulcer is presented. The different types of bezoar and the reasons for their formation are described, and the clinical, laparotomic and anatomopathological picture is illustrated.

[A case of massive hemoperitoneum caused by spontaneous detachment of epiploic appendices]. / Su un caso di imponente emoperitoneo da distacco spontaneo di appendice epiploica.

An unusual case of spontaneous detachment of the sigmoid epiploic appendix is described. The most frequently reported pathologies of these formations are reviewed. The discussion stresses the unusual clinical picture which determined the diagnostic error. Some hypotheses are also formulated on the aetiopathogenesis of ischaemia of epiploic appendices.

[Treatment of acute cholecystitis. Clinico-statistical findings]. / Trattamento delle colecistiti acute. Rilievi clinico-statistici.

A series of 354 patients suffering from gall bladder and/or bile way conditions and who had undergone operation in the acute phase has been reviewed. The usefulness of early operation over more wait-and-see tactics is confirmed. Shortening of mean hospitalization is particularly significant. The difference in hospital mortality is insignificant. The only complication reported is the higher frequency of suppurative accidents in the surgical wound.

[Non-appendicular primary pathology of the large intestine as a cause of emergency surgery. Clinico-statistical evaluation of its incidence in a provincial hospital]. / La patologia primitiva del grosso intestino, non appendicolare, quale causa di intervento in emergenza. Valutazione clinico statistica dell'incidenza in un ospedale provinciale.

Reference is made to the relevant literature in a description of cases of non-appendicular primary diseases of the large intestine necessitating emergency surgery at the Tradate District Hospital over the last five years. Emphasis is placed on the wide aetiological variety of these cases, their different clinical pictures, the types of operation performed, the possible complications, and the causes of death prior to discharge.