[Primary colonic intussusception protruding from the anus in adults. Two cases]. / Invagination colique primitive de l'adulte, procidente à l'anus. Deux observations.

The authors report two cases of colonic intussusception in the adult protruding from the anus--or colo-anal intussusception--, not due to a tumor. The first case was a chronic ileo-caeco-colique intussusception, the second case was an acute colo-rectal intussusception. Colo-anal intussusceptions are very rare: less than twenty cases have been described since 1925 in adults. The absence of a tumor origin in our cases represents a special feature, as only three other similar cases have been described. The surgical treatment in both cases was primary colonic resection without colostomy. The surgical treatment of the first case was subtotal colectomy with ileo-rectal anastomosis. The second case was primarily reduced by barium enema which allowed optimal secondary surgical resection of a prepared colon.

[Mesenteric cystic lymphangioma associated with necrosis of the Bauhin's valvula in children]. / Lymphangiome kystique mésentérique associé à une nécrose de la valvule de Bauhin chez l'enfant.

Mesenteric Cystic Lymphangiomas is a rare benign tumor. The first case was described after an autopsy in 1507 by Benivieni, an anatomist from Florence. In 1880 by Tillaux. Since then many cases have been described. None of these cases is associated with a non specific necrosis due to Bauhins' valvula compression; in the following lines we are going to describe this exceptional case.

[Treatment of an inguinal hernia by the midline preperitoneal approach using a dacron patch]. / La cure de la hernie de l'aine par voie médiane prépéritonéale avec une plaque de Dacron.

The authors report a series of 128 inguinal hernias operated by a mid line extra peritoneal incision with using Dacron Tulle material, and with a 3 years minimal follow up. The spetical risk in this series is about 0.78 percent. Not any prothesis had be removed. Relapse level was about 3.9 percent at 3 years. More of them, occur during the first year at our experience starting period. We can improve this number into less than 1 percent with experimented surgeons. The mid line way in the case of multirelapsing hernias allows an easier cleaving of the subparietal spaces, and putting in place prothesis largely over-stepping weakness zone.

[Primary colonic intussusception protruding from the anus in adults. Two cases]. / Invagination colique primitive de l'adulte, procidente à l'anus. Deux observations.

The authors report two cases of colonic intussusception in the adult protruding from the anus--or colon-anal intussusception--, not due to a tumor. The first case was a chronic ileo-caeco-colique intussusception, the second case was an acute colo-rectal intussusception. Colo-anal intussusceptions are very rare: less than twenty cases have been described since 1925 in adults. The absence of a tumor origin in our cases represents a special feature, as only three other similar cases have been described. The surgical treatment in both cases was primary colonic resection without colostomy. The surgical treatment of the first case was subtotal colectomy with ileo-rectal anastomosis. The second case was primarily reduced by barium enema which allowed optimal secondary surgical resection of a prepared colon.