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From a 31 year old man, resident in Monfalcone (Venezia Giulia) a nodule in the right temporal region was surgically removed in January 1992 containing a filiform living nematode. On the basis of the morphological characters, the nematode proved to be Dirofilaria sp. subgenus Nochtiella but the exact species was not possible to define. The medical history indicated that the patient had spent the last summer in Florida.
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The authors present two cases of pseudomyxoma peritonei caused by a ruptured mucocele of the appendix and by ruptured mucinous cystadenoma of the ovary observed during the period from 1974 to 1981. It is demonstrated that the development of a generalized pseudomyxoma depends upon the rupture of mucocele or of mucinous cystadenoma or cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary with graft of the muciparous cells floating in the "jelly" on the peritoneum of neighbouring organs. Cause of recurrences which require repeated operations for intestinal obstruction, the prognosis is poor although other treatment is carried on post-operatively.