[Primary gastric lymphoma: a case report]. / Linfoma gastrico primitivo: descrizione di un caso clinico.

In this case report the Authors describe a case of primary gastric lymphoma in a 62 years old patient who presented with dyspepsia and weigh loss. Primary gastric lymphoma is a rare neoplasm which of 1-10% of the malignant gastric neoplasms in the gastroenteric tract. The clinic presentation is usually aspecific. The infection by H. pylori is a factor of predisposition for this kind of disease. The diagnostic pathway consists in x-ray examination of the gastrointestinal tract, the endoscopy with biopsies, the computerized tomography and the echo-endoscopy. However obtaining a preoperative diagnosis is often difficult because of the submucosal localization of the lymphoma. There is not a common strategy among the Authors for the treatment of the disease, which can be surgical, radiotherapic or chemotherapic.

[Mirizzi's syndrome type II: a diagnostic and therapeutic problem]. / Sindrome di Mirizzi tipo II: problema diagnostico e terapeutico.

The paper reports a case of cholestatic icterus caused by a large calculus in the infundibulum of the gallbladder with a cholecysto-choledochal fistula and hepato-choledochal block (Mirizzi's type II syndrome). The diagnostic iter complicated the evolution, raising questions regarding the therapeutic strategy.