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PubMed1991

History of tonsillectomy and appendectomy in Hodgkin's disease.

The study comprised all 113 clinically and histologically confirmed cases of Hodgkin's disease aged 15-39 years who were treated at the Department of Hematology of the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade from January, 1 to June, 30, 1987. For each patient, two individually matched controls were selected. Neighbourhood controls were the first neighbours of the same sex, age, and residence history. Hospital controls consisted of accidentally injured individuals, and they were matched in terms of sex, age, place of residence, and educational level. Comparison of cases and controls revealed that removal of the lymphoid tissue (either tonsils or appendix) did not affect the risk of developing Hodgkin's disease in any way. An association found by some previous studies has been explained by the confounding effect of socioeconomic status.

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PubMed2005

[Contraction of the hip and fecal drainage via a fistula tract 30 years after "appendectomy"].

A 46-year-old female was admitted with increasing fecal drainage via a fistula tract in the right inguinal region. She had a history of surgery for appendicitis 30 years previously, from which there was disturbed wound healing resulting in a blunt fistula, and the patient suffered from contraction of the right hip. Computed tomographic scan and ultrasound demonstrated an inflammatory mass in the right inguinal region. Colonoscopy demonstrated a stenosis of the rectosigmoid junction but did not provide any further specific information. Surgery revealed the presumed diagnosis of complicated Crohn's disease, but an advanced squamous cell carcinoma was also identified. The patient died 23 months later due to generalized tumor. Although malignant transformation of a fistula tract is rare, this case demonstrates that long-standing fistulas should be cured as far as possible without significant morbidity. In the case of incurable fistulas, malignancy must definitely be excluded if the clinical appearance of the fistula changes.

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