Rapidly Progressing Aseptic Abscesses in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis

Aseptic abscesses (AAs) are extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD-associated AAs are rare in Japan. We treated a 45-year-old man with ulcerative colitis (UC)-associated AAs. During remission, multiple progressive abscesses were detected in the spleen; he underwent splenectomy because an infectious disease was suspected. Although his condition improved temporarily after splenectomy, a large liver abscess was noted, and a diagnosis of UC-associated AAs was made. Granulocytapheresis (GCAP) and infliximab (IFX) administration resolved the abscess. This is the first reported case of UC-associated AAs in a Japanese patient treated by splenectomy, GCAP, and IFX.     

超声引导经皮穿刺治疗乳腺脓肿的临床应用

目的评价超声引导下经皮穿刺治疗乳腺脓肿的临床应用价值。方法在超声引导下,对诊断为乳腺脓肿的病人采用经皮穿刺脓肿抽吸法及脓腔置管引流法进行治疗。结果 45例病人共有54个脓肿,22个最大径≤3 cm的脓肿采用脓肿抽吸法治愈21例,1例改行脓腔置管引流后治愈;32个最大径>3 cm的脓肿实施脓腔置管引流法,治愈30例,切开引流2例。随访41例,复发4例,2例再次行脓腔置管引流治愈,另2例行脓肿切开引流治愈。结论超声引导下穿刺抽吸治疗不超过3 cm的乳腺脓肿与置管引流治疗超过3 cm的乳腺脓肿均是有效的治疗手段。     

Complications of “dropped” gallstones after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: technical considerations and imaging findings

New laparoscopic techniques have revolutionized the practice of surgery. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become one of the most commonly performed surgeries worldwide. Although shorter hospital stays and patient comfort have offered clear advantages over open cholecystectomy, the technique has resulted in several specific complications, including bile duct injury and gallbladder perforation. Although rarely clinically significant, intraperitoneal gallstone spillage can cause abscess formation and adhesions. Although these patients can present with a confusing clinical picture, their characteristic radiologic features should be recognized. We present two cases of complicated intraperitoneal gallstone spillage radiologically diagnosed and treated with laparoscopic and interventional radiologic techniques. Received: 13 April 1999/Accepted: 19 May 1999     

Non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis of the liver responsive to empiric therapy

This case demonstrates that clinical and pathological suspicion of NTM could be sufficient to start an empiric treatment even when microbiological isolation is unavailable. Moreover, disseminated mycobacteriosis may underlie an occult aggressive neoplasm.