Background A 31-year-old man underwent a radical orchiectomy for a stage I mixed germ-cell tumor with angiolymphatic invasion. A subsequent laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy was complicated ...

Peritoneal cancer is a rare cancer. It develops in a thin layer of tissue that lines the abdomen. It also covers the uterus, bladder, and rectum. Made of epithelial cells, this structure is called the ...

A 34-year-old woman was referred for a four-year history of episodic hypertension, palpitations, flushing and diaphoresis. The patient presented four years ago with headache, dizziness and ...

The underlying hypothesis behind both reports is that a surgical approach designed to achieve wide macroscopically negative surgical margins may lead to lower rates of microscopically positive ...

Chylous ascites is the accumulation of chyle (lymphatic fluid) in the peritoneal cavity. It can be the result of congenital defects of the lymphatic system, inflammatory processes, malignancy, and ...