Biomedical subjects

Sergej Zogović

Publications and source records attributed to Sergej Zogović.

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[Fibroma of the root of small intestine mesentery].

Fibromas are rarely localized in the abdomen, but almost always in the mesentery or omentum. We present a 63-year old woman in whom the examination of the upper abdominal pain showed a well distinct abdominal mass at the level of the lower edge of the pancreas. During the operation a tumour, 100 x 87 x 70 mm in size, from the radix of small bowel mesentery, was excised. Seven months later the patient is symptom-free with normal ultrasonographic and CT findings.

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[Pancreatic carcinoid].

Carcinoid tumours arise from argentaffine cells or from a primitive stem cells which may differentiate into anyone of a variety of adult endocrine-secreting cells. Carcinoid tumour of the pancreas is a very rare tumour with less than 50 cases reported in world literature. In literature it is denoted "pancreatic serotoninoma" or "serotonin-producing pancreatic tumour". Due to its rarity the tumour is an unusual cause of carcinoid syndrome. As the carcinoid tumour of the pancreas does not always causes carcinoid syndrome its absence does not necessarily exclude the existence of the tumour. The tumour is frequently malignant. Over 50% of patients have metastases at the time of surgery. This is the reason why radical surgery is not possible in a number of patients. Excisional surgery offers the best chance for recovery or long term survival. We report on a 57-year-old woman with carcinoid syndrome caused by malignant carcinoid tumour of the head of the pancreas without liver or other distant metastases; it was successfully excised with pylorus preserving cephalic duodenopancreatectomy (after Longmire-Traverso) and radical lymphadenectomy. The diagnosis was established on the basis of histologic and immunohistochemical findings. The patient is symptom free for more than eight months.

Carcinoid Tumor↗

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[Duodenal obstruction due to chronic pancreatitis].

Chronic pancreatitis may cause a number of obstructive complications. Obstructions of the pancreatic and common bile duct are the most frequent, obstruction of the duodenum is rare and obstruction of the colon is very rare. Duodenal stenosis caused by chronic pancreatitis is usually moderate so that the surgical treatment is not necessary except if operation is necessary for other obstructive complications. The severe isolated duodenal stenosis for which surgery is mandatory is rare. We present a 46-year old male suffering from chronic alcoholic pancreatitis causing almost complete duodenal obstruction in whom surgical treatment was necessary. The truncal vagotomy and gastroenterostomy were performed. With abstinence of alcohol, low fat diet and substitute therapy more than 3 years after surgery the patient is symptom-free. He regained the previous weight and shows tendency to become fat.

Chronic Disease↗