INTRODUCTION Pelvic actinomycosis constitutes 3% of all human actinomycosis infections. It is usually insidious, and is often mistaken for other conditions such as diverticulitis, abscesses, inflammatory bowel disease and malignant tumors, presenting a diagnostic challenge pre-operatively; it is identified post-operatively in most cases. Here we present a case that presented as pelvic malignanc...

Radiol Bras. 2014 Mai/Jun;47(3):V–VI Malignant colon neoplasm is the third cause of death for cancer in the United States of America. Many of such deaths could be avoided with the introduction of an effective screening schedule. The ideal screening test is the one that allows for an early diagnosis and, consequently the management of the disease at its early stages. The effectiveness of a scree...

Purpose: To evaluate patients with carcinoma of cervical stump (CCS) and analyse different clinico-pathologic factors affect prognosis. Patients and Methods: This study was carried out through review of clinical records of patients. Recorded data included information on age, tumor stage, presenting symptoms, size of tumor, histopathology, grade, type, cause of subtotal hysterectomy (STH), treat...

A male, 20-year-old patient with hematochezia and enteror-rhagia associated with weight loss. Colonoscopy demonstrated nonspecific rectitis, and histopathological analysis was compatible with Crohn's disease. The treatment was initiated and remission was observed. After five months, the medication was interrupted without medical advice, and recurrence of the same initial symptoms was observed a...

UNLABELLED The rate of treatment failure in acute exacerbation of ulcerative colitis (UC) still reaches 20%-30%. Early identification of nonresponders to therapy is important, since intensified or other medical treatment or, ultimately, colectomy should be considered to reduce morbidity. Because 99mTc-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (99mTc-HMPAO) white blood cell (WBC) scintigraphy is accurate i...

Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D is the less severe form of mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD) caused by recessive inherited mutation in the mevalonate kinase gene. Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D is characterized by febrile attacks, often associated with transient digestive manifestations, such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting. Here we report for the first time 2 patients with MKD revealed by seve...

Background: Sigmoid volvulus is a rare complication in pregnancy. The clinical presentation is similar to that of non-pregnant volvulus, although the symptoms can be masked by the enlarged uterus and physiological changes during pregnancy and it can be challenged and delayed in diagnosis and treatment. Delay in diagnosis can also lead to ischemia, necrosis and perforation of the intestine, whic...

W retrospectively studied 40 patients who were admitted to our department with anorectal trauma during 1996-2004. There were 36 male and 4 female patients with a mean age of 24 + 5.35 (range 20-36 years). We analyzed the injury severity score (ISS) and abbreviated injury scale (AIS) recorded for each patient at the time of admission. The mean ISS was 13.2 + 7.1 (range 4-38). Mean age was 24 + 5...

copy (ESGE) and the European Society of Digestive Oncology (ESDO) joined forces for this second symposium in the Quality in Endoscopy series and invited leaders in the field of colonoscopy and colonic neoplasms, alongside young rising stars. Sixty-seven abstracts were submitted and 30 were finally accepted. Over 200 endoscopists attended the symposium. The meeting took place in a modern and ver...