[Streptococcus mitis endocarditis. Description of a clinical case]. / Endocardite da Streptococcus mitis. Descrizione di un caso clinico.

The diagnostic iter of a case of Streptococcus mitis endocarditis is reported. Bacterial endocarditis was diagnosed in a 32-year-old patient following ultrasound cardiography and microbiological tests. The paper stresses the importance of ultrasound cardiography in the diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis.

[Hereditary spherocytosis and splenectomy]. / Sferocitosi ereditaria e splenectomia.

The case of a sixteen year old girl with hereditary spherocytosis, submitted to splenectomy, is presented. After operation the patient had four serious infections; for this reason she is now treated by antibiotic prophylaxis.

[Castleman's disease. A clinical case]. / La malattia di Castleman. Un caso clinico.

Castleman's disease is an uncommon lymph node syndrome. It is usually a lymphoid hamartoma, rarely systemic. We report a case of Castleman's multicentric disease observed in our hospital and review the literature. In this work we review prognosis, follow-up and therapy of 46 multicentric disease reported in the literature.