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G Camoni

Publications and source records attributed to G Camoni.

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PubMed1998

Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder in childhood.

Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder (ADMG) is defined as an acquired disease characterized by localized or diffuse hyperplastic extensions of the mucosa into, and often beyond, the thickened gallbladder muscular layer (Rokitansky-Aschoff's sinuses). In recent years, attention has been drawn to its malignant potential. The occurrence of ADMG has never been reported in children. The authors report the case of a 5-year-old boy with symptomatic ADMG, who was successfully treated by laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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PubMed1996

[Solitary splenic metastasis of bladder carcinoma. Report of a clinical case].

Several authors assumed that spleen was resistant to neoplastic dissemination because of spleen metastasis are rare in relation to the incidence of metastasis in other parenchymatous organs. We report a clinical case of a symptomatic solitary spleen metastasis in cystic-looking bladder cancer; afterwards we'll examine real incidence of secondary splenic injury. In autopsy studies, the incidence of splenic metastatic spread is in contrast with the rarity of clinical manifestations of solitary metastasis. The case reported is really uncommon: a voluminous single metastasis, cystic-looking, with splenomegaly, abdominal pain and rapid onset. In the presence of a high malignancy primitive tumor, the evaluation of the effective utility of the surgical treatment carried out is premature, because of the relatively short follow-up. On the other hand, the painful symptomatology, the risk of disruption in peritoneal cavity, the impossibility to make inquiries about the nature of the cystic mass, imposed, in our opinion, a surgical treatment.

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Hyperthyroidism and concurrent thyroid cancer.

AIMS AND BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to analyze the frequency of coexisting hyperthyroidism and thyroid malignancy in endemic goiter areas and review the current literature on the subject. METHODS: During the period January 1984 to June 1998, 1853 patients were examined for hyperthyroidism at the Spedali Civili Hospital of Brescia, Italy; 512 (27.6%) subjects underwent surgery. Of these patients 108 (21%) had Graves' disease, 251 (49%) multinodular toxic goiter (MTG) and 153 (30%) uninodular toxic goiter (UTG). RESULTS: Malignancy was found in 24 (4.7%) patients: 19 females and 5 males with a mean age of 52.2 years (range, 21-76 years). The frequency of cancer in Graves' disease was 6.4%, 5 females and 2 males; in MTG 3.9%, 2 females and 8 males, and in UTG 4.4%, 7 females and 1 male. CONCLUSIONS: Our data confirm previous reports on the frequency of thyroid cancer in hyperthyroidism. This association is more relevant than previously suspected. The frequent coexistence of hyperthyroidism and neoplasia, demonstrated by our study and the most recent literature, underlines the importance of studying and excluding the possibility of neoplastic degeneration by means of a systematic approach.

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