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Carron M, Andreatta G, Pesenti E, De Cassai A, Feltracco P, Linassi F, Sergi M, Di Bella C, Di Bello M, Neri F, Silvestre C, Furian L, Navalesi P. Impact on grafted kidney function of rocuronium-sugammadex vs cisatracurium-neostigmine strategy for neuromuscular block management. An Italian single-center, 2014-2017 retrospective cohort case-control study. Perioper Med (Lond) 2022; 11:3. [PMID: 35022076 PMCID: PMC8756660 DOI: 10.1186/s13741-021-00231-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background The impact of sugammadex in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing kidney transplantation is still far from being defined. The aim of the study is to compare sugammadex to neostigmine for reversal of rocuronium- and cisatracurium-induced neuromuscular block (NMB), respectively, in patients undergoing kidney transplantation. Methods A single-center, 2014-2017 retrospective cohort case-control study was performed. A total of 350 patients undergoing kidney transplantation, equally divided between a sugammadex group (175 patients) and a neostigmine group (175 patients), were considered. Postoperative kidney function, evaluated by monitoring of serum creatinine and urea and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), was the endpoint. Other endpoints were anesthetic and surgical times, post-anesthesia care unit length of stay, postoperative intensive care unit admission, and recurrent NMB or complications. Results No significant differences in patient or, with the exception of drugs involved in NMB management, anesthetic, and surgical characteristics, were observed between the two groups. Serum creatinine (median [interquartile range]: 596.0 [478.0-749.0] vs 639.0 [527.7-870.0] μmol/L, p = 0.0128) and serum urea (14.9 [10.8-21.6] vs 17.1 [13.1-22.0] mmol/L, p = 0.0486) were lower, while eGFR (8.0 [6.0-11.0] vs 8.0 [6.0-10.0], p = 0.0473) was higher in the sugammadex group than in the neostigmine group after surgery. The sugammadex group showed significantly lower incidence of postoperative severe hypoxemia (0.6% vs 6.3%, p = 0.006), shorter PACU stay (70 [60-90] min vs 90 [60-105] min, p < 0.001), and reduced ICU admissions (0.6% vs 8.0%, p = 0.001). Conclusions Compared to cisatracurium-neostigmine, the rocuronium-sugammadex strategy for reversal of NMB showed a better recovery profile in patients undergoing kidney transplantation.
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- M Carron
- Department of Medicine, DIMED, Section of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Padova, Via V. Gallucci, 13, 35121, Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Medicine, DIMED, Section of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Padova, Via V. Gallucci, 13, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, DIMED, Section of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Padova, Via V. Gallucci, 13, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Institute of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedale Università Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, DIMED, Section of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Padova, Via V. Gallucci, 13, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Ca' Foncello Treviso Regional Hospital, Piazzale Ospedale 1, 31100, Treviso, Italy
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- Institute of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedale Università Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Unit, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Unit, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Unit, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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- Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Unit, Azienda Ospedale Università Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Unit, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, DIMED, Section of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Padova, Via V. Gallucci, 13, 35121, Padova, Italy
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Stabile M, Lacitignola L, Piemontese MR, Di Bella C, Acquafredda C, Grasso S, Crovace AM, Gomez de Segura IA, Staffieri F. Comparison of CPAP and oxygen therapy for treatment of postoperative hypoxaemia in dogs. J Small Anim Pract 2021; 62:351-358. [PMID: 33586789 DOI: 10.1111/jsap.13295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare 5 cmH2 O of continuous positive airway pressure with oxygen therapy in dogs recovering from general anaesthesia with low SpO2 values. continuous positive airway pressure is more effective than oxygen therapy in restoring normoxaemia (SpO2 ≥95%). MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospectively, dogs recovering from anaesthesia, with SpO2 <95% after extubation (T0), were randomised and treated with continuous positive airway pressure (FiO2 0.21) or oxygen (O2 ; FiO2 0.35-0.40) therapy. Dogs were monitored with SpO2 every 15 minutes for 1 hour (T15, T30, T45, T60). Data from normoxaemic dogs (SpO2 >95%) were used as control (CTR). RESULTS Of the 42 dogs enrolled, 34 completed the study. Eleven dogs were treated with O2 , 10 with continuous positive airway pressure and 13 were CTR. The SpO2 values at T0 were similar in the continuous positive airway pressure and O2 groups and were lower than in the CTR group. At T15, T30, T45 and T60, the SpO2 values in the continuous positive airway pressure group were higher than at T0; these were similar to those of the CTR group at the same time-points. In the O2 group, SpO2 values were significantly higher at T45 and T60 than at T0; 45.5% of dogs became normoxaemic at T45 and the remaining dogs became normoxaemic at T60. The average time to reach normoxaemia in the O2 group (53.1±7.3 minutes) was longer than in the continuous positive airway pressure group (15.0±0.0 minutes). CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE In dogs recovering from general anaesthesia with pulmonary gas exchange impairment, normoxaemia is restored more effectively and rapidly by using continuous positive airway pressure than by oxygen therapy.
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- M Stabile
- Section of Veterinary Clinics and Animal Production, Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.,PhD Course in Organs and Tissues Transplantation and Cellular Therapies, Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Section of Veterinary Clinics and Animal Production, Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Section of Veterinary Clinics and Animal Production, Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Section of Veterinary Clinics and Animal Production, Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Section of Veterinary Clinics and Animal Production, Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.,PhD Course in Organs and Tissues Transplantation and Cellular Therapies, Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Section of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Section of Veterinary Clinics and Animal Production, Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Anaesthesiology Service, Veterinary Clinical Hospital, Veterinary Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Section of Veterinary Clinics and Animal Production, Department of Emergency and Organs Transplantation, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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Brown A, Spazzoli B, Mah E, May D, Chu J, Spelman T, Choong P, Di Bella C. Planned combined onco-plastic (COP) surgical approach improves oncologic outcomes in soft tissue sarcomas. Eur J Surg Oncol 2020; 47:443-449. [PMID: 32660707 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2020.06.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Combined modality of radiotherapy and surgery is the standard of treatment of soft tissue sarcomas (STS). The goal of this study was to assess whether a Combined Onco-Plastic (COP) surgical approach in the setting of neo-adjuvant radiotherapy can improve the oncologic outcomes of STS and reduce the rate of wound complications. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of all patients with STS treated at a single sarcoma centre (St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne) between 2007 and 2018. Patients were stratified into two groups based on whether they have received the COP approach or were closed primarily by the orthopaedic surgeon. We analysed oncological outcomes and rate of wound complications. RESULTS A total of 546 patients with comparable demographics and tumor characteristics were included. The COP approach was performed in 75.6% of the patients. Wide margins were obtained in 97.4% of the cases, and this was significantly higher in the COP group (p < 0.001). The cumulative rate of local recurrence was 4.9%, with a 52% risk reduction in the COP approach, although this reduction was not significant (HR = 0.48; 95% CI 0.21-1.06; p = 0.070). The COP approach had better disease free survival (DFS) (aHR 1.86, 95% CI 1.45-2.37; p < 0.001) and Overall survival (risk of death aHR 0.49; 95% CI 0.30-0.79; p = 0.004). The overall wound complication rate was 18.6% with no difference between the two groups. CONCLUSION A planned collaboration between the orthopaedic oncologist and the plastic surgeon is beneficial in the treatment of STS after neo-adjuvant radiotherapy, allowing remarkably good oncological outcomes and a low rate of wound complications.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Sarcoma Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Sarcoma Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Sarcoma Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Sarcoma Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Sarcoma Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
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Spaggiari M, Mashbari H, Di Bella C, Benedetti E, Tzvetanov I. Portojejunostomy in Split Liver Transplantation as a Rescue Technique for Challenging Biliary Reconstruction: A Case Report. Transplant Proc 2019; 51:575-578. [PMID: 30879593 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2018] [Revised: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cadaveric split liver transplantation (SLT) is a valid option to increase the pool of cadaveric organs, obtaining 2 functioning grafts from a single donor. Typically, SLT is performed for 1 adult and 1 pediatric recipient. However, on the heels of great results achieved in living donor liver transplantation, splitting cadaveric liver into full right graft and full left graft for 2 adults has become a feasible idea. The rate of biliary complications remains the "Achilles heel" in partial graft liver transplantation, either from cadaveric or living donors. In cases of biliary complications, interventional radiology and/or endoscopic procedures are the cornerstone of management. Surgical revision is left as the last option. When surgical revision fails, retransplantation becomes the only rescue option. Herein we describe the case of a cadaveric SLT, complicated by biliary leakage in the presence of multiple bile ducts. A duct-to-duct anastomosis was not feasible. Therefore, a hepaticojejunostomy was performed and resulted in a high-output biliary leak from different sources. Given the anatomy of the biliary tree, radiologic interventional measures were not feasible to address the leak. The idea of performing a portoenterostomy to restore bilioenteric continuity proved to be successful. Portoenterostomy should not be performed in lieu of other alternatives, but rather as the last option to avoid retransplantation in cases of complicated biliary reconstruction after partial graft liver transplant.
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- M Spaggiari
- Division of Transplantation, General Surgery Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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- Division of Transplantation, General Surgery Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, General Surgery Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, General Surgery Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, General Surgery Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Gheza F, Di Bella C, Tulla K, Spaggiari M, Tzvetanov I, Benedetti E. Small bowel transplantation in identical twins - a video vignette. Colorectal Dis 2018; 20:934. [PMID: 30039551 DOI: 10.1111/codi.14346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- F Gheza
- Division of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Transplant, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Transplant, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Transplant, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Transplant, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Transplant, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Zerbi S, Crippa S, Di Bella C, Nobili P, Bonforte G, Scanziani R. Splenic Rupture following Colonoscopy in a Hemodialysis Patient. Int J Artif Organs 2018; 29:335-6. [PMID: 16685678 DOI: 10.1177/039139880602900312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Casella G, Di Bella C, Salemme M, Villanacci V, Antonelli E, Baldini V, Bassotti G. Celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity and inflammatory bowel disease. MINERVA GASTROENTERO 2015; 61:267-271. [PMID: 26006779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Celiac disease (CD) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as Crohn's disease (CrD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), are chronic inflammatory condition of the gastro-intestinal tract. The prevalence of IBD in celiac patients has been reported as 5-10 times higher than in the general population. The possibility of the presence of CD in IBD should be considered in IBD patients with long-term iron deficiency anemia (IDA) not responsive to iron supplementation. Non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) is characterized by intestinal and extra intestinal symptoms due to the ingestion of gluten-containing food in subject without CD and/or wheat allergy. Patients with Crohn's disease and SR-NCGS were more significantly affected by joint pains compared to UC patients (50% versus 11.1%). In Crohn's patients, a higher percentage of fatigue (50% versus 38.9%) and headache (27.3% versus 22.2%) was evident. For the association between NCGS and IBD new studies are warranted and, at this moment, a gluten free diet (GFD) may be useful more in CrD than in UC.
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Medical Department, Desio Hospital, Desio, Monza e Brianza, Italy -
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Lombardo F, Salzano G, Di Bella C, Aversa T, Pugliatti F, Cara S, Valenzise M, De Luca F, Rigoli L. Phenotypical and genotypical expression of Wolfram syndrome in 12 patients from a Sicilian district where this syndrome might not be so infrequent as generally expected. J Endocrinol Invest 2014; 37:195-202. [PMID: 24497219 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-013-0039-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Since the original description, there have been only few epidemiological studies of Wolfram syndrome (WS). AIM Aims of the present paper are to ascertain WS prevalence and expression in a district of North-eastern Sicily, i.e. a geographic area where consanguineous unions are not very unusual. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prevalence rates of WS in the Messina district were calculated by taking into consideration both the total population (653,737) and the populations included within the 0-30 year age range (202,681). We estimated the relative prevalence of WS among patients with youth-onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DM) who are currently aged under 30 years (256). RESULTS Global WS prevalence in our district is 1:54,478, whereas prevalence among individuals under 30 is 1:16,890 and relative prevalence among patients with juvenile-onset insulin-dependent DM is 1:22.3. When compared with the patients with insulin-dependent DM of Messina district, WS patients did not exhibit significant differences in terms of biochemical features at DM onset, whereas age at DM diagnosis was significantly earlier in WS group. CONCLUSIONS (a) WS prevalence is not so infrequent as generally expected; (b) in our series, DM presented before 10 years in 11/12 patients and ten cases have already developed all the four peculiar manifestations of WS by 26 years; (c) 9/12 patients exhibited a homozygous frameshift/truncation mutation (Y454_L459del_fsX454), which is the one most frequently found also in patients from other Italian regions; (d) age at DM diagnosis was significantly earlier in WS group than in the patients with insulin-dependent DM of Messina district.
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- F Lombardo
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125, Messina, Italy
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Verre L, Rossi R, Gaggelli I, Di Bella C, Tirone A, Piccolomini A. PPH versus THD: a comparison of two techniques for III and IV degree haemorrhoids. Personal experience. MINERVA CHIR 2013; 68:543-550. [PMID: 24193286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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AIM The aim of our study was to evaluate, through prospective randomized study, the outcome and the immediate and late complications of the two types of surgery most widely used for degree III-IV haemorrhoids. METHODS A total of 122 patients with degree III and IV hemorrhoids were elected for surgical intervention and, randomly, underwent surgery for PPH or THD. We assessed the most common immediate postoperative complications. The patients have been followed for three months with a mean follow-up at 1 month and 3 months after surgery. Parameters taken into consideration were: bleeding, pain at rest and after evacuation, soiling, constipation and tenesmus. RESULTS Five patients in PPH group (7.9%) had a major postoperative bleeding, whereas no such episode occurred in THD group (P=ns). In percentage terms, VAS score was lower in THD group than in PPH group, although the difference was not statistically significant. Finally parameters values observed, during the follow-up, proved to be lower for THD group compared to PPH group. CONCLUSION PPH and THD are two surgical treatments for degree III and IV haemorrhoids with low perioperative complications and good results in the short term. However, our experience shows that better results in terms of pain and fewer postoperative complications are obtained after THD surgery, such surgery is less invasive and more adaptable to the needs of day surgery.
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- Unit of General Surgery 2, Policlinico Le Scotte, Siena, Italy -
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Pagni F, Prada M, Goffredo P, Isimbaldi G, Crippa S, Di Bella C, Leone BE. 'Indeterminate for malignancy' (Tir3/Thy3 in the Italian and British systems for classification) thyroid fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology reporting: morphological criteria and clinical impact. Cytopathology 2013; 25:170-6. [PMID: 23937572 DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND The British system (Thy1-5), the Bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology (BSRTC) and the Italian Society of Anatomic Pathology and Cytology (SIAPEC) classification represent the most important international classifications for thyroid cytopathology. Irrespective of the system used, the 'indeterminate' categories are still debated among cytopathologists, particularly with regard to diagnostic criteria, clinical impact of subclassification and role of molecular techniques. AIM We aimed to find answers to the following questions: Are there shared criteria in cytological preparations that allow the division of indeterminate follicular lesions into subcategories? What is the true clinical impact of this possible subclassification? METHODS Among 1150 consecutive thyroid fine needle aspiration (FNA) specimens, 80 patients had nodules with a final cytological report of Tir3 (SIAPEC)/Thy3. These 80 cases were re-evaluated and subclassified according to morphological criteria into three groups: pure follicular proliferations, Hürthle cell follicular lesions and atypical proliferations. RESULTS Sixteen (20%) cases were categorized as pure follicular proliferations, 40 (50%) as Hürthle cell follicular lesions and 24 (30%) as atypical proliferations. Surgery was performed in 57 cases (71%). Cyto-histological correlation showed that follicular adenoma was the most frequent final diagnosis in the cases treated by surgery (24/57, 42%). The overall malignancy rate in the Tir3 category was 28% (16/57). Atypical proliferations were more often malignant than either of the follicular groups (53% versus 19%, P = 0.019). CONCLUSIONS A five-tiered classification, subdividing the 'indeterminate for malignancy' class into 'follicular proliferations' and 'atypical lesions' could be adopted. As a result of their higher risk of malignancy, surgical management of the atypical lesions would be justified. In future, the introduction of a genetic panel might contribute to their stratification, to the determination of a more accurate risk of malignancy of the atypical lesions and to the verification of follicular proliferations that are benign.
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- F Pagni
- Department of Pathology, San Gerardo Hospital, University Milan Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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Gorla S, Di Bella C, Leone B, Pagni F. Cytological and histological findings of thyroid florid papillary hyperplasia. Cytopathology 2012; 23:417-9. [DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Purpari G, Savini G, Monaco F, Calistri P, Di Gennaro A, Cannella V, Vitale F, Mira F, Di Bella C, Guercio A, Lelli R. Importance of dogs as sentinels of West Nile Virus activity in urban and suburban areas. Int J Infect Dis 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Pagni F, Ronchi S, Di Bella C, Serra G, Costantini M, Leone BE. Signet-ring cell differentiation in FNA cytology of a primitive thyroid carcinoma. Cytopathology 2012; 24:274-5. [PMID: 22409226 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2012.00965.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Salpietro C, Rigoli L, Miraglia Del Giudice M, Cuppari C, Di Bella C, Salpietro A, Maiello N, La Rosa M, Marseglia GL, Leonardi S, Briuglia S, Ciprandi G. TLR2 and TLR4 gene polymorphisms and atopic dermatitis in Italian children: a multicenter study. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2011; 24:33-40. [PMID: 22032785 DOI: 10.1177/03946320110240s408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Genetic factors have an important role in atopic dermatitis (AD) predisposition. Toll like receptor (TLR) are important mediators between environment and immune system. There are incosnsitent studies about TLSR polymorphisms in AD. OBJECTIVE This study examined whether single nucleotide polimorphisms (SNPs) in the genes for TLR2 and TLR4 could be associated with the AD phenotypes and with its clinical severity in a large group of Italian children. METHODS 187 children with Ad and 150 healthy children were recruited. AD severity was assessed by SCORAD. TLR2 (A-16934T and R753Q polymorphisms) and TLR4 (D299G and T399I SNPs) were genotyped by PCR-RFLP. RESULTS The frequency of the R753Q was significantly higher in AD children (16.0 percent) compared with controls (6.0 percent, P =0.004; OR2.99, 95 percent CI 1.39-6.41; RR 1.46, 95 percent CI 1.14-1.69). AD patients a significantly different frequency of the D299G SNP (14.9 percent) in comparison with the controls (6.6 percent, P = 0.01; OR 2.46, 95 percent CI 1.175.17; RR 2.24; 95 percent CI 1.15-4.45). CONCLUSION Children with AD may have a distinct genotype and the TLR-2 R753Q SNP was prevalent in a subset of patients with AD characterized by a more severe clinical picture.
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- C Salpietro
- Department of Pediatrics, Unit of Pediatric Genetics and Immunology, University of Messina, Italy
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Wolfram syndrome (WS) (MIM 222300) is a rare multisystem neurodegenerative disorder of autosomal recessive inheritance, also known as DIDMOAD (diabetes insipidus, insulin-deficient diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy and deafness). A Wolfram gene (WFS1) has been mapped to chromosome 4p16.1 which encodes an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane-embedded protein. ER localization suggests that WFS1 protein has physiological functions in membrane trafficking, secretion, processing and/or regulation of ER calcium omeostasis. Disturbances or overloading of these functions induce ER stress responses, including apoptosis. Most WS patients carry mutations in this gene, but some studies provided evidence for genetic heterogeneity, and the genotype-phenotype relationships are not clear. Here we review the data regarding the mechanisms and the mutations of WFS1 gene that relate to WS.
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- L Rigoli
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Messina, Italy.
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Rigoli L, Munafò C, Di Bella C, Salpietro A, Procopio V, Salpietro C. Molecular analysis of the CART gene in overweight and obese Italian children using family-based association methods. Acta Paediatr 2010; 99:722-726. [PMID: 20151954 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01709.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM In our study, we evaluated if CART gene A1475G and DeltaA1457 polymorphisms could be associated with obesity. PATIENTS AND METHODS We recruited 133 Italian trios from among 103 (50 males and 53 females) overweight children (mean age 10.5 years, range 6-14 years; mean BMI 26.1 +/- 3.2 kg/m(2)), and 30 (16 males and 14 females) obese children (mean age 9.0 years, range 6-11 years; mean BMI 32.3 +/- 2.0 kg/m(2)). We also selected 187 non-obese unrelated controls. RESULTS The allele frequencies of the A1475G single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) were significantly higher in overweight children (0.07) than in control children (0.02) (p = 0.03) and control adults (0.02) (p = 0.02). Moreover, the allele frequencies were significantly different between obese children (0.08) and control children (0.02) (p = 0.03), and between obese children (0.08) and control adults (0.02) (p = 0.02). The DeltaA1457 SNP showed no significant association with overweight/obesity. TDT statistic revealed a preferential transmission of the 1475G allele from heterozygous parents to overweight children (p < 0.01) and to obese children (p < 0.05). No statistically significant excess transmission of the DeltaA1457 allele was found. CONCLUSION Our results supported the hypothesis that inherited variations of the CART gene could influence the development of obesity also in Italian children.
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- L Rigoli
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Messina, Italy
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Guercio A, Di Marco P, Manno C, Di Bella C, Purpari G, Torina A. Ovine Catarrhal Fever (Bluetongue): Analysis of Culicoides Species in Seropositive Farms. Transbound Emerg Dis 2010; 57:15-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2010.01122.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rigoli L, Di Bella C, Fedele F, Procopio V, Amorini M, Lo Giudice G, Romeo P, Pugliatti F, Finocchiaro G, Lucianò R, Caruso RA. TLR4 and NOD2/CARD15 genetic polymorphisms and their possible role in gastric carcinogenesis. Anticancer Res 2010; 30:513-517. [PMID: 20332463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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UNLABELLED The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of TLR4 and NOD2/CARD15 genes in gastric carcinogenesis. PATIENTS AND METHODS We investigated the allelic frequencies of TLR4 (D299G and T399I) and NOD2/CARD15 (R702W, G908R, and L1007finsC) SNPs in 87 asymptomatic serologically H. pylori-positive individuals (Group I), in 63 patients with antrum-predominant gastritis (Group II) and in 60 patients with corpus-predominant gastritis or pangastritis (Group III). RESULTS There was significant difference in allelic frequencies of TLR4 D299G SNP in Group II (p=0.02; OR 2.97) as well as in Group III (p=0.001; OR 4.80). Significant difference of T399I SNP allele frequency was only found in Group III (p=0.009; OR 3.73). The allele frequencies of NOD2/CARD15 G908R and of L1007insC SNP were higher in Group III (p=0.003, OR 5.18; p=0.03; OR 3.66, respectively). CONCLUSION TLR4 and NOD2/CARD15 genes are associated with high risk Group III patients and, therefore, they appear to play a role in gastric carcinogenesis.
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- L Rigoli
- Department of Pediatrics, Messina University, Italy
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As long as bone repair and regeneration is considered as a complex clinical condition, the administration of more than one factor involved in fracture healing might be necessary. The effectiveness or not of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) in association with other growth factors and with mesenchymal stem cells in bone regeneration for fracture healing and bone allograft integration is of great interest to the scientific community. In this study we point out possible future developments in BMPs, concerning research and clinical applications.
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- G M Calori
- Orthopaedic Institute Gaetano Pini, University of Milan, Italy.
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Pagni F, Galbiati E, Bono F, Di Bella C. Renal hilus paraganglioma: a case report and brief review. Pathologica 2009; 101:89-92. [PMID: 19886555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Paraganglioma is a rare tumour that originates from any paraganglia. Among extra-adrenal paraganglioma, renal hilus is a rare location. The authors report a case of a 43-year-old female who was admitted for evaluation of a renal mass detected incidentally by ultrasound imaging. Suspecting malignancy, the patient underwent radical nephrectomy. Upon macroscopic examination, the lesion was located into the renal hilus. Histological study revealed a neoplasm constituted of nests of monomorphic cuboidal cells with basophilic granular cytoplasm and round to oval nuclei. Necrosis was absent. The proliferative index (Mib-1) was very low (< 5%). Immunohistochemical examination revealed reactivity for neuron specific enolase (NSE), chromogranin A and synaptophysin. The final diagnosis was renal hilus paraganglioma. The paper shows the difficulty in diagnostic approaches to paraganglioma in this atypical site.
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- F Pagni
- University Milan Bicocca, Desio Hospital, Italy.
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Casella G, Villanacci V, Fisogni S, Cambareri AR, Di Bella C, Corazzi N, Gorla S, Baldini V, Bassotti G. Colonic left-side increase of eosinophils: a clue to drug-related colitis in adults. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2009; 29:535-41. [PMID: 19077107 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03913.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND The colon shows frequent eosinophilic infiltration in allergic proctocolitis of infants, whereas in adults, eosinophilic infiltration of the colon is less defined and may be found in different conditions including drug-induced colitis, even though the pathological findings are often inconsistent. AIM To quantify eosinophils in the mucosa of normal controls and to compare them with those of patients with abdominal symptoms related to 'drug colitis'. METHODS Mucosal biopsies were obtained during colonoscopy in 15 controls and in 27 patients with abdominal symptoms, a history of probable 'drug-related colitis' and without obvious causes of eosinophilia. RESULTS The drugs related to the patient symptoms were nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (70%), antiplatelet agents (19%) and oestroprogestinic agents (11%). Colonoscopy was normal in 30% of patients and abnormal in 70%. Histology showed low content of inflammatory cells and normal crypt architecture in-patients with endoscopy similar to inflammatory bowel diseases. The eosinophil score was significantly higher in the left side of the colon in the patient group compared with controls. CONCLUSIONS The finding of an increased eosinophil count limited to the left (descending and sigmoid) colon is an important clue towards a diagnosis of drug-related colitis.
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- G Casella
- Division of Internal Medicine, Desio General Hospital, Desio, Italy
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Rigoli L, Caminiti L, Di Bella C, Procopio V, Cuppari C, Vita D, Barberio G, Salpietro C, Pajno GB. Investigation of the eotaxin gene -426C-->T, -384A-->G and 67G-->a single-nucleotide polymorphisms and atopic dermatitis in Italian children using family-based association methods. Clin Exp Dermatol 2008; 33:316-21. [PMID: 18312459 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02672.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Eotaxin plays an important role in atopic dermatitis (AD) as a potent chemoattractant and activator of eosinophils and T-helper 2 lymphocytes. AIM To investigate whether single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the eotaxin gene are associated with AD, we investigated the genotype and allelic frequencies of -426C-->T, -384A-->G, and 67G-->A SNPs in 130 Italian families. METHODS In total, 130 children with either the extrinsic allergic or intrinsic nonallergic forms of AD (EAD and IAD) were recruited from 130 families. Genotyping was performed using PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. RESULTS A significant difference was observed in the genotype frequency of the -426C-->T SNP between children with EAD and those with IAD (P = 0.01), and between children with EAD and controls (P = 0.01). The allele frequencies of the -426C-->T SNP were significantly different between children with EAD and those with IAD (P < 0.01), and between children with EAD and controls (P < 0.01). For children with EAD, the genotype frequency of the -426C-->T SNP was no different between the groups with mild, moderate and severe SCORAD (P = NS). No significant association was observed between the -384A-->G and 67G-->A SNPs and the two groups of children with EAD and IAD compared with the control group. In 32 trios selected from 68 EAD families, the transmission disequilibrium test showed a preferential transmission of the -426T allele from the parents to affected offspring (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that in our group of children with AD, the eotaxin gene may play a crucial role in the development of extrinsic AD, probably with other genetic factors.
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- L Rigoli
- Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Messina, Italy
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Pagni F, Bono F, Di Bella C, Galbiati E, Faravelli A. [Myeloid sarcoma in uterine leiomyoma]. Pathologica 2008; 100:21-24. [PMID: 18686522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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In this case report we present a 44-year-old woman with a 2-weekhistory of vaginal bleeding. Gynaecological examination revealed the presence of a polypoid neoformation in the endometrial cavity with a maximum diameter of 4 cm. Histological analysis showed a classic leiomyoma infiltrated by a second monomorphic, highly undifferentiated neoplasia. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed a negative reaction for cytokeratin, CD10, inhibin, CD99, CD20, CD3, TdT and CD34, and positivity for CD45, MPO, CD68 and CD117. A diagnosis of myeloid sarcoma in myometrial leiomyoma was made. The following days the patient showed the onset of an acute myeloid leukaemia M5a. Forty days after diagnosis the patient died for complications related to immunodeficiency caused by therapy. Especially when a common antibody panel reveals negativity for epithelial, mesenchymal and lymphoid markers, this case underlines the importance of considering myeloid sarcoma in differential diagnosis of undifferentiated tumours arising in an extramedullary site in order to avoid errors and permit optimal therapeutic management.
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- F Pagni
- Ospedale Civile Vimercate, Presidio di Desio-Università Milano-Bicocca, Desio Italia.
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Bardella MT, Velio P, Cesana BM, Prampolini L, Casella G, Di Bella C, Lanzini A, Gambarotti M, Bassotti G, Villanacci V. Coeliac disease: a histological follow-up study. Histopathology 2007; 50:465-71. [PMID: 17448022 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02621.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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AIMS To assess the histological response to a gluten-free diet (GFD) in a series of coeliac patients in clinical remission, of different ages and with varying degrees of mucosal damage at diagnosis. METHODS AND RESULTS Biopsy samples from 249 coeliac patients (F 165, M 84) were analysed basally and after clinical and biochemical remission following a GFD. All patients showed an improvement in mucosal findings after starting a GFD, but complete histological normalization was observed in 74.1% of paediatric cases (diagnosed before 14 years of age) and in only 17.5% of adults. Statistical analysis showed that sex, the clinical picture at diagnosis and the length of time between biopsy at the time of diagnosis and on a GFD were not related to histological normalization. In contrast, the age at diagnosis was statistically significantly related to it (P < 0.0001). In addition, the presence/absence of Helicobacter pylori was independent of the normalization of the duodenal mucosa. CONCLUSIONS In clinical practice the criteria for diagnosis of coeliac disease are sufficiently standardized, whereas for follow-up they are less well defined. We suggest that in order to compare the results from different studies, it should be stated whether remission after treatment is based on clinical or histological criteria or both.
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- M T Bardella
- Department of Gastroenterology and Endocrine Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangialli and Regina Elena, Milano, Italy.
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We describe a primary skin neoplasm located in the left chest wall that closely resembled adenomatoid tumor of male and female genital tract. It occurred in a 52-year-old woman who had undergone a left quadrantectomy with regional lymphadenectomy for invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast 7 years previously. The tumor involved the dermis and subcutaneous tissue and measured 0.7 cm in greatest diameter. Immunohistochemical evaluation showed strong positivity for cytokeratin pool and negativity for CD31, calretinin, WT-180, and for estrogen and progesterone receptors. We are unaware of a previous description of this morphologic pattern in a primary skin tumor, which we have interpreted as of skin adnexal and specifically of eccrine sweat gland origin.
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- S Crippa
- Department of Pathology, Desio General Hospital, Desio, Italy
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Di Bella C, Geraci F. The ecology of the parasite population in micro-mammals in the Italian peninsula and islands. Parassitologia 2006; 48:41-2. [PMID: 16881393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The importance of micro mammals from many points of view, mainly with an ecological approach was stressed. The study of the spatial-temporal distribution of parasites in their hosts may be carried out in several ways. Tests done in collaboration with the Parasitology Laboratory in the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Barcelona, the NRCS and the Department of Ecological Studies in Cosenza, have contributed to an understanding of the Helminth communities as relating to several intrinsic variables of microteriofauna as well as extrinsic ones, particularly those concerning environment, climate and season. These comparisons were made using statistical means which compared the categorical and dichotomic variables which would highlight risk differences and their effects on the system. Quantitative dependent variables were also considered in relation to the aforementioned qualitative variables. One of the models studied is that of logistic regression, which estimates the function of regression, connecting the probability of the presence of Helminth as a dependent variable, with biological and ecological parameters (independent variables) such as: gender, age, season of capture, bioclimate, biotope and trapping section.
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- C Di Bella
- Area Sorveglianza Epidemiologica, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia "A. Mirri," Via G. Marinuzzi 3, 90129 Palermo, Italy
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We reviewed 124 patients with a conventional pelvic chondrosarcoma who had been treated over a period of 20 years. We recorded the type of tumour (central or peripheral), type of operation (limb salvage surgery or hemipelvectomy), the grade of tumour, local recurrence and/or metastases, in order to identify the factors which might influence survival. More satisfactory surgical margins were achieved for central tumours or in those patients treated by hemipelvectomy. However, grade 1 tumours, whatever the course, did not develop metastases or cause death, while grade 3 tumours had the worst outcome and prognosis. Central, high-grade tumours require aggressive surgical treatment in order to achieve adequate surgical margins, particularly in those lesions located close to the sacroiliac joint. By contrast, grade 1 peripheral chondrosarcomas may be treated with contaminated margins in order to reduce operative morbidity, but without reducing survival.
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- D Donati
- Orthopaedic Division, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via Pupilli 1, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Busani L, Cigliano A, Taioli E, Caligiuri V, Chiavacci L, Di Bella C, Battisti A, Duranti A, Gianfranceschi M, Nardella MC, Ricci A, Rolesu S, Tamba M, Marabelli R, Caprioli A. Prevalence of Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes contamination in foods of animal origin in Italy. J Food Prot 2005; 68:1729-33. [PMID: 21132987 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-68.8.1729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The present survey collected and analyzed the results of routine testing for Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes on foods of animal origin submitted for official controls in Italy during 2001 to 2002. Salmonella was detected in 2.2% of 71,643 food samples examined, and the isolation rates ranged from 9.9% for raw poultry meat to less than 0.1% for dairy products. Isolation rates were also high in raw pork (4.9%) and processed meats (5.3%), which often involved pork. Low rates were observed in seafood (0.5%) and in ready-to-eat foods, such as grocery products (0.7%) and ice creams (0.1%). Serotyping showed that approximately 50% of the isolates belonged to the serotypes most commonly isolated from humans in Italy, thus confirming that most cases of human salmonellosis have a foodborne origin. Levels of L. monocytogenes were higher than what is accepted by the current regulation in 2.4% of 42,300 food samples. The positivity rates ranged from 10.3% in raw pork to none in eggs and egg products. Contamination rates were higher in other meat products (between 2 and 5%) and fish (6.5%) than in cheeses (1.1%) and other dairy products (0.6%). Routine control activities on the microbial contamination of foods can generate data with statistical and epidemiological value. Such data can be used as a basis for estimating the exposure of consumers to foodborne pathogens, following the trends of contamination over time, and evaluating the effects of control measures on the contamination of food.
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- L Busani
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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Donati D, Di Bella C, Gozzi E, Lucarelli E, Beccheroni A, Di Maggio N, Fini M, Giavaresi G, Martini L, Aldini NN, Mercuri M, Giardino R. In vivo study on critical defects using the sheep model. Chir Organi Mov 2005; 90:31-9. [PMID: 16422227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Bone grafting procedures are widely used to repair large defects successfully in humans, but new surgical therapies can be designed to improve allograft integration. The objective of this study was to investigate the best surgical procedure to study bone graft integration in a large animal model. An osteoperiosteal defect of 3 cm in the tibia or in the metatarsal was made in 15 adult crossbreed sheep to investigate osteo-integration of a homologous bone graft in an intercalary critical defect. DCP plates, alone or in association with Scotchcast or external fixator were used as fixation devices. The Scotchcast as was applied after surgery and left for 2 months to avoid torsion stress of the limb during the stand up movement. Metatarsal defect fixed with 7-hole DCP plate and protected with Scotchcast was the best surgical approach to avoid early or late implant failures, and provided good radiographic results after 4 months.
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- D Donati
- Dipartimento di Oncologia Muscolo-scheletrica, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
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Grasso M, Blanco S, Fortuna F, Crippa S, Di Bella C. Spontaneous rupture of renal leiomyosarcoma in a 45-year-old woman. ARCH ESP UROL 2004; 57:870-2. [PMID: 15560282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Leiomyosarcoma is a rare histological subtype of renal sarcomas, accounting for approximately 50-60% of the reported cases. Spontaneous rupture of renal tumor is an uncommon event and the most frequent cause is angiomyolipoma. We report a case of spontaneous rupture of leiomyosarcoma in a 45-year-old woman, presenting with severe left flank pain and perirenal hemorrhage. METHODS A 45-year-old caucasian white woman was transferred to our department from emergency room of a different Hospital for acute left flank pain interpreted as a renal colic not responsive to medical therapy. On clinical examination patient was haemodynamically stable but with rapid decrease in hemoglobin, pale, without haematuria with a persistent left flank and hypochondrium pain as in acute abdomen. CT scan of abdomen showed a retroperitoneal haematoma around the left kidney, and a large heterogeneous mass. RESULTS Laparotomy was urgently performed. There was large retroperitoneal hematoma extending from left kidney to pelvic space. At the upper pole of the kidney a bleeding tumor was found. Radical nephrectomy was performed. The histological diagnosis was of low-grade leiomyosarcoma from renal angiomyolipoma. CONCLUSIONS We attract attention both on kidney cancer (at our knowledge only 3 cases described in literature) and on the need of imaging in the clinical approach of renal colic. We strongly believe that the patients presenting at emergency for renal colic must be scanned by ultrasounds or TC.
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- M Grasso
- Department of Urology, Desio Hospital, Milan, Italy.
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Caracappa S, Bagnato M, Sghembri P, Guercio A, Prato F, Tumino G, Migliazzo A, Geraci F, Vullo S, Agnello S, Di Bella C. Epidemiological surveillance of bluetongue in Sicily. Vet Ital 2004; 40:124-129. [PMID: 20419648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The authors describe the status of bluetongue (BT) since 13 October 2000, when the first outbreak was reported in Sicily. The results of the epidemiological surveillance programme, based on sentinel animals distributed over the entire region, are also given. In Sicily, the incidence of the disease is relatively low compared to some other areas in the Mediterranean Basin. Seventy-five outbreaks of the disease were recorded in the first three epidemics (October 2000 to May 2003). Overall morbidity was 13.25%, mortality 5.36% and the case fatality rate 41.49%. The Province of Catania seems to have been the worst affected; the incidence rate in August 2002 was 0.8%. The monthly incidence rate was calculated for sentinel animals of which the estimated total was 3 654, distributed in 63 areas. It is important to underline that in the period under consideration, a total of 2 382 animals was examined. During the surveillance period, which extended from September 2001 to May 2003, the incidence of BT peaked in September 2002, at 5.91% -/+ 0.979. The cumulative incidence rate from September 2001 to August 2002 and September 2002 to March 2003 was 4.53% -/+ 0.76 and 20.03% -/+ 1.85, respectively. The circulation of BT virus serotypes 2, 4, 9 and 16 is described, as revealed by seroconversion in sentinel animals.
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- S Caracappa
- Direzione Sanitaria, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia A. Mirri, Via G. Marinuzzi 3, Sicily, Italy
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Rigoli L, Di Bella C, Procopio V, Barberio G, Barberi I, Caminiti L, La Grutta S, Briuglia S, Salpietro CD, Pajno GB. Molecular analysis of sequence variants in the Fcepsilon receptor I beta gene and IL-4 gene promoter in Italian atopic families. Allergy 2004; 59:213-8. [PMID: 14763936 DOI: 10.1046/j.1398-9995.2003.00385.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The genetic variants in the Fcepsilon receptor I beta gene (Glu237Gly) and the T allele of the (C590T) polymorphism of interleukin (IL)-4 gene promoter were reported to be associated with atopy. But the data of the studies in different populations are contrasting with one another. METHODS A group of 25 Italian nuclear families were studied. In each family at least two allergic subjects were present. The allergic children were 65 and the allergic relatives were 35. One hundred and three nonallergic unrelated controls included outpatiens with no history of atopy. The (C590T) promoter polymorphism of the IL-4 and the genetic variant Glu237Gly of Fcepsilon RI beta genes were analysed by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method. RESULTS A significant difference was observed in the genotype frequency at codon 237 of the Fcepsilon RI beta gene between allergic children and nonatopic control (P < 0.01) and in the allergic relatives (P < 0.001). In the children, the Glu237Gly polymorphism was also associated with elevated circulating levels of immunoglobulin E. The -590C/T allele of IL-4 promoter gene showed no association with atopy. CONCLUSIONS In our study, the Glu237Gly polymorphism of the Fcepsilon RI beta gene was associated with atopy. Our results have not pointed out an association between the (C590T) promoter polymorphism of the IL-4 gene and atopy. These data suggest the potential role of the Fc RI beta gene in the development of the allergy.
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- L Rigoli
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Messina, School of Medicine, Italy
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Donati D, Giacomini S, Gozzi E, Di Bella C, Mercuri M. The results of the surgical treatment of bone tumors using massive homoplastic grafts. Chir Organi Mov 2003; 88:115-22. [PMID: 14735818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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We reviewed our experience as concerns 588 patients treated by resection for bone tumor and reconstructed by massive bank bone implant. The period taken into consideration goes from 1984 to 2001. The mean age of the patients was 24 years with a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 77 years: in 186 cases (31.6%) age was lower by 14 years. Most of the patients were referred for a diagnosis of malignancy (85%), and of these, 70% had undergone antiblastic therapy postoperatively according to the modalities of the protocols. Of the cases that were not treated by chemotherapy there are 16 that had a homoplastic graft after failure of a previous one. In a high number of cases (189) surgery included reconstruction of an intercalar segment of a long bone. Of these, 106 were in the femur, 69 in the tibia, and 14 in the humerus. One joint reconstruction was carried out in 128 cases of which 52 in the knee, 49 in the shoulder, 10 in the elbow, 11 in the wrist, 3 in the ankle, and 3 in the metatarsals. Fusion, which was one of the most frequent indications in the eighties, is used less today; overall it was carried out in 91 cases of which 65 in the knee, 14 in the hip, 9 in the ankle and 3 in the wrist. This type of implant may also be used in the pelves, and this took place in 56 cases using different procedures of reconstruction. The most current method of reconstruction for a joint is composite prosthesis, and this was used in 124 cases of which 67 around a knee, 53 in the hip, 4 in the shoulder. Finally, in 78 cases a vascularized fibula transplant was associated with an intercalar graft, fusion, or osteoarticular graft to increase the mechanical capacity of the implant together with a more rapid integration of the implant, particularly at the osteotomic lines. Despite the excellent results demonstrated in the first 3 years of follow-up, infection, resorption, delay in consolidation and fracture led to 18% failures of the implant. Massive homoplastic graft is still a good means of reconstruction that allows for excellent functional results, but despite this intense research activity is required to improve its mechanical hold in time together with better and complete integration.
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- D Donati
- 1a Clinica Ortopedica dell'Università degli Studi di Bologna V Divisione Ortopedica, Dipartimento di Oncologia Muscoloscheletrica Istituco Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna
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- M Grasso
- Department of Urology, Desio Hospital, Milan, Italy
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Romeo C, Cruccetti A, Turiaco A, Impellizzeri P, Turiaco N, Di Bella C, Merlino MV, Cifalà S, Basile M, Gentile C, Salpietro DC. Monocyte and neutrophil activity after minor surgical stress. J Pediatr Surg 2002; 37:741-4. [PMID: 11987091 DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.32268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Surgical stress produces changes in the immune status of patients. In adults, major surgery causes immunosuppression, whereas minor operations stimulate immune responses. In children, the immunologic response to surgery has not been elucidated completely. The authors investigated the effects of minor surgery on immune response by analyzing neutrophil and monocyte phagocytosis and oxidative burst activity. METHODS Sixteen children undergoing elective minor surgery were enrolled. Blood samples were collected before the operation (at time of induction of anesthesia), at the end of operation, and 72 hours after surgery. Neutrophil and monocyte phagocytosis and oxidative burst activity were studied using a flow cytometric method. RESULTS Phagocytosis and oxidative burst increased significantly at the end of the operation, both in neutrophils (7.4% and 14.3%, respectively) and monocytes (11.6% and 27%, respectively). The increase was only significant for monocytes (17.5%) 72 hours after surgery. White cell count did not show any significant changes. There was no significant correlation between phagocytosis, oxidative burst activity, and white cell count or neutrophil and monocyte count. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that minor surgery in children induces immune activation by increasing neutrophil and monocyte phagocytosis and oxidative burst activity. Further studies are required to understand the molecular basis of these findings.
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Di Bella C, Declich P, Assi A, Cenacchi G, Sironi M, Cozzi L, Griner A. Melanotic schwannoma of the sympathetic ganglia: a histologic, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study. J Neurooncol 1997; 35:149-52. [PMID: 9266452 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005883313651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We describe the case of a 46-year-old male patient who presented with pain in the left thigh, often accompanied by lumbar pain. These symptoms were sustained by a neoplasm, which was located in the sympathetic ganglia, at the level of the 3rd left lumbar spinal root and which was completely excised. Immunohistochemical positivity for S100, HMB45, and NSE antibodies suggested that the lesion was a melanotic schwannoma (MS), with both schwannian and melanocytic differentiations, the latter containing melanosomes at ultrastructural examination. Non-recurrence after 16 months of follow-up further supports our diagnosis of MS.
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- C Di Bella
- Department of Pathology, Legnano General Hospital, Italy
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Declich P, Vessecchia G, Di Bella C, Lecce S, Assi A. What type of chromogranin does PHE5 monoclonal antibody react with? Virchows Arch 1997; 430:509-10. [PMID: 9230917 DOI: pmid/9230917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We present the case of a woman in whom intraoperatory examination of a laterocervical mass in the right carotid triangle (thought to be a glomus tumor) disclosed thyroid tissue. Although the overwhelming majority of cases of "thyroid parenchyma in the laterocervical region" represent a lymph node metastasis from a primary occult thyroid carcinoma, the rare occurrence of a parasitic nodule, as in our case, must be considered.
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- A Assi
- Department of Pathology, Legnano General Hospital, Italy
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- M Sironi
- Department of Pathology, Legnano General Hospital, Italy
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Sironi M, Assi A, Di Bella C, Pasquinelli GA, Lazzati L, Bacchioni AM. Cytological, histological and ultrastructural findings of a pure benign Sertoli cell tumor. Arch Ital Urol Androl 1995; 67:265-7. [PMID: 7581529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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A pure Sertoli cell tumor of the testis in a 26-year-old man is reported, with cytologic, histologic and ultrastructural findings. The preoperative cytological diagnosis allowed a conservative surgical approach.
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- M Sironi
- Department of Pathology, General Hospital of Legnano, Milan, Italy
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Ghidoni P, Di Bella C, Masini T, Paone G, Matturri L. Central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis after orthotopic liver transplantation. Transplant Proc 1994; 26:3602-3. [PMID: 7998287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- P Ghidoni
- Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Università degli Studi, Milano, Italy
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