The nuck's cyst: A disease easily confused for inguinal hernia. A case report

Nuck's canal cyst is a blind end adult residual of the fetal peritoneum. These rare cyst formations are usually found in the inguinal canal and can easily be mistaken for hernia, or enlarged limph nodes. Clinically, a Nuck's canal cyst appears as a painless or moderately painful swelling in inguinal area. We report the case of a 40 years-old woman with a painless swelling in her left inguinal region, believed a groin hernia but diagnosed as a Nuck's canal cyst only after intervention. Intraoperatively, the cyst was opened and sebsequently excised, closing the abdominal wall without the use of any sort of syntetic prostetic material.

ITTERO OSTRUTTIVO COME SINTOMO DI ESORDIO IN SOGGETTO CON LEUCEMIA MONOCITICA ACUTA. CASO CLINICO

Un paziente di 24 anni si è presentato alla nostra osservazione con una sintomatologia caratterizzata da dolore addominale, febbre e ittero. L'esame ecografico dell'addome mostrava una colecisti litiasica con dilatazione della via biliare principale senza immagini da riferire a calcoli nel suo interno. La colangio-RM mostrava una stenosi del terzo distale del coledoco con dilatazione del tratto a monte. Lo stesso quadro veniva mostrato da una colangiopancreatografia endoscopica retrograda. Il paziente veniva, quindi, sottoposto a laparotomia esplorativa. La colecisti non conteneva calcoli, ma nella zona infundibolare era palpabile un nodulo duro, rotondeggiante, apparentemente indovato nell…

congenital true cystic mass of the pancreas in a Young woman: which treatment?

Aim. We report a case of congenital true pancreatic cyst with high level of enzymatic activity, rarely seen in young and children which, to the best of our knowledge, rarely has previously been reported. A young girl was admitted to our clinic with a history of abdominal swelling and pain during exercise for many months. A mobile, smooth, non-tender mass was palpated on the left side of the abdomen during physical examination. Ultrasonography and computed tomography imaging revealed a not subdivide cystic mass sized 11.51x8.2 cm. Methods. Surgical treatment was considered, but given the young age of the patient, we declined for fear of complications. Therefore, US-guided percutaneous draina…

Identità e caratteristiche dei minori abusanti.

I luoghi della nascita: una ricerca-intervento sui fattori di rischio nelle madri migranti

Pregnancy involves physical changes but also relational and affective ones. During the nine months’ period and in the months following the birth, women develop a series of expectations and fantasies about themselves and their child. The way women live their motherhood expresses, in addition, the cultural values, the myths, the rules society has transmitted to them. Then, birth can be considered as a cultural event with distinctive features. Moving from these considerations, we wondered how immigrant women live their experience of motherhood in a foreign country. We examined the way women reconstruct the history of their pregnancy in relation to their own maternal identity, the identity of t…

Qualità della vita, benessere e adattamento in studenti stranieri. Un'indagine esplorativa

Il presente contributo riporta le prime rilevazioni di una ricerca esplorativa sulla qualità delle relazioni umane di 15 studenti stranienri iscritti ai corsi di laurea dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo. Di particolare interesse sono state la comprendione delle motivazioni e dei vissuti emotivi legati al trasferimento, l’adattamento ai nuovi ambienti di vita e il confronto con la differenza culturale. Nello specifico sono stati indagati i livelli di soddisfazione e benessere percepito, il legame affettivo verso i luoghi e la rappresentazione di sé e del vissuto emozionale.

Gallbladder carcinoma late metastases and incisional hernia at umbilical port site after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

A potentially serious complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the inadvertent dissemination of unsuspected gallbladder carcinoma. There are increasing reports of seeding of tumor at the trocar sites following laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with unexpected or inapparent gallbladder carcinoma. Although the mechanism of the abdominal wall recurrence is still unclear, laparoscopic handling of the tumor, perforation of the gallbladder, and extraction of the specimen without an endobag may be risk factors for the spreading of malignant cells. The Authors report the case of late development of umbilical metastasis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy; the presence of an incisional …

Whose Turn Is It? Problems of Reconciling Family and Work in Dual-Career Couples.

The work-family life conflict affects various aspects of dual-career families. Parenthood and the work-family life balance lead to an overload of responsibility and disparity at the expense of women, on a private as well as on a social level. In our research, we examined WIF (work to family) and FIW (family to work) conflicts in a sample of 483 dual-career couples. The main results underline an increase in familiar duties concerning child birth and childcare, as associated with the traditional work-family life balance strategy. The data seems to reflect differences in traditional roles between public-male- breadwinner and private-female-homemaker.

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR AND IMPLICATIONS OF NEO-ADJUVANT TREATMENT

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor is not frequently type of sarouma found in the digestive system, often arise in the wall of the stomach or stromal cells of the intestinal wall.

DILATION TREATMENT OF BENIGN STRICTURED OF COLOCOLONIC ANASTOMOSES

SCOPO DI QUESTO ARTICOLO E' DI METTERE IN LUCE LA COMPLIANCE, I BENEFICI ED IL MIGLIORAMENTO DELLA QUALITA' DELLA VITA, NEI SOGGETTI AFFETTI DA STENOSI BENIGNA POST-ANASTOMOTICA COLO-COLICA E COLO-RETTALE E TRATTATI CON DILATAZIONE ENDOSCOPICA DEL TRATTO STENOTICO. LA DILATAZION PER VIA ENDOSCOPICA RISULTA ESSERE SICURA E DI SEMPLICE ESECUZIONE E PERMETTE DI OTTENERE RISULTATI SODDISFACENTI ANCHE PER PERIODI PROLUNGATI. I CRITERI STANDARD PER UNA EFFICACE DILATAZIONE VARIANO TRA 1 10 E 13 MM.