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Vasilios M. Penopoulos

MD, Senior Surgical Consultant

G. Papanikolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Biography

Former Head of 2nd Surgical Department at G. Papanikolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki. UK-trained (Leeds General Infirmary, St. James's University Hospital, Killingbeck Cardiothoracic Hospital, 1985-1992). 30,000+ operations. 35+ years of clinical practice.

325
Cases
16
Domains
325
As primary author

Published Cases

Appendix (5)

EN-146

Test case

EN-148

test anastasi

SA-034

Mucocoele of the Appendiceal Vermiform Process

SA-075

Surgical Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Appendix

SA-081

Ovarian Teratoma Mimicking Acute Suppurative Appendicitis: A Unique Case Report and Literature Review

Breast (8)

EN-010

Synchronous Noninvasive Ductal Breast adenocarcinoma and Follicular lymphoma.

EN-104

Axillary Ectopic Breast Tissue with Gynecomastia

SA-038

A Parathyroid Adenoma Arising Within the Sternocleidomastoid Muscle: A Rare Complication of Autotransplantation

SA-087

Synchronous Bilateral Breast Cancers

SA-097

Breast Sarcoidosis Mimicking Lymphoma Relapse

SA-160

Diabetic Mastopathy in Patients with Type II Diabetes

SA-174

Male Breast Cancer

EN-073

Gestational Gigantomastia complicating Pregnancy

Colorectal (63)

EN-002

Ulcerative Colitis and Descending Colon adenocarcinoma with metastasis to the appendix

EN-004

Toxic megacolon associated Clostridium difficile colitis

EN-006

Synchronous mucocele appendix-sigmoid carcinoma

EN-008

Synchronous colonic and adrenal tumors

EN-009

Synchronous Ovarian Carcinoma with Colonic and Ileal Metastases

EN-011

Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as a perirectal abscess

EN-013

Synchronous Colonic Adenocarcinomas and Colonic Hydatidosis

EN-015

Steroid induced sigmoid perforation

EN-018

Spontaneous perforation of Sigmoid Colon

EN-020

Spontaneous Extraperitoneal Rectal Rupture

EN-024

Solitary Lymphatic cyst left colonic flexure mimicking tumor

EN-029

Quintuple Synchronous rectal adenocarcinomas

EN-038

Perforated diverticulum of the ascending colon mimicking aggressive fibrosis - desmoid tumor

EN-049

Metachronous Primary jejunal adenocarcinoma following twice resected rectal carcinoma

EN-103

Beçhet Disease - Toxic Megacolon

EN-105

Anterior anal sphincter repair

EN-108

Adult Type Hirschprung's Disease

EN-110

Acute myocardial infarction and ischaemic colitis

EN-114

Rectal perforation following Longo Hemorrhoidectomy

EN-115

Right colon cancer-sister mary's nodule .

EN-116

R Colon carcinoma -Metachronous ovarian metastasis

EN-122

Tonsillar metastasis colonic adenocarcinoma

EN-125

Colorectal Stricture in Ulcerative Colitis

EN-126

Synchronous Rectal and ovarian tumors

EN-142

ColoColonic intussusception-Sarcoma

EN-143

Coexistance of ccl and colon adenocarcinoma

SA-017

Cancer Esophagus-STENT: Post-emetic Expulsion of an Esophageal Metal Stent

SA-023

Necrotizing Typhlitis

SA-027

Kraske Surgery

SA-028

Diverticulitis of End Colostomy

SA-052

Pseudodiverticulum Perforation: Pseudo-Pneumoperitoneum Due to Pseudo-Obstruction of a Dilated J-Shaped Neoleimph Intestine Mimicking Hollow Viscus Perforation

SA-053

Cecal Volvulus

SA-054

MALT Lymphoma of the Cecum

SA-058

Bilateral Diverticulosis

SA-069

Recurrent Epiploic Appendagitis Mimicking Appendicitis and Diverticulitis

SA-072

Chronic Diverticulitis Causing Salpingo-Ovarian Abscess and Utero-Colonic Fistula: A Unique Case Report and Literature Review

SA-077

Inflammatory Cloacogenic Polyp of the Anus: A Unique Case Report and Literature Review

SA-092

Stenoses in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Clinical Significance and Risk Factors

SA-108

Multiple Myeloma and Cecal Carcinoma

SA-118

Total Aganglionosis of the Colon - Hirschsprung Disease

SA-120

Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Right Hemicolon

SA-127

Non-Obstructive Ischemic Colitis

SA-131

Metastasis of Sigmoid Colon Cancer to the Right Palatine Tonsil

SA-133

Partial Ischemic Necrosis of the Cecum

SA-134

COLON MELANOSIS - PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION

SA-135

Lipoma of the Ileocecal Valve

SA-138

Varices of the Anorectal Region

SA-146

Ischemic Colitis - Spina Bifida

SA-147

GIANT FIBROMA OF THE ANUS

SA-151

INTERMEDIATE COLITIS

SA-155

Appendiceal Diverticulitis

SA-158

Cecal Perforation Due to Impacted Coprolith: Report of a Unique Case and Literature Review

SA-161

Giant Megacolon Causing Acute Pseudoobstruction of the Colon

SA-165

Deep Cystic Colitis

SA-171

Bilateral Mucotome and Removal of Staples

SA-173

Endorectal Mesh Migration After Rectopexy

EN-053

Large cell neuroendocrine-adenocarcinoma mixed tumour of colon: Collision tumour with peculiar behaviour

EN-057

Isolated Non Solitary Rectal Bleeding Ulcers

EN-065

Idiopathic rectal varices

EN-070

Giant Rectal Villous Adenoma recurrence

EN-086

Disseminated Carcinomatosis of the Bone Marrow Originating from ascending Colon Cancer

EN-093

Coexistent Hairy cell leukemia-T cell lymphoma-adenoca colon

EN-096

Cecal adenocarcinoma perforation due to left colon diverticular stenosis

Endocrine (37)

EN-005

synchronous papillary and follicular thyroid carcinomas

EN-022

Spontaneous Adrenal Haemorrhage

EN-027

Riedel's thyroiditis

EN-031

Primary Adrenal Leiomyosarcoma

EN-040

Pendred Syndrome associated with Retrosternal Goiter

EN-043

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma following Postpartum Thyroiditis

EN-124

Cystic parathyroid adenomas

EN-128

Chronic parathyroiditis manifesting from hypocalcemia to severe hypercalcemia

EN-139

De Quervain thyroiditis-parathyroid adenoma

SA-010

Thymic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma

SA-020

Ectopic Parathyroid Adenoma within the Carotid Sheath

SA-026

Internal Spread of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

SA-031

Functional Parathyroid Cysts

SA-033

Secondary Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Following Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation

SA-039

Giant Parathyroid Adenoma

SA-057

Total Parathyroidectomy

SA-086

Synchronous Primary Thyroid and Kidney Cancers

SA-088

Contemporary Malignant Thyroid Neoplasms – Papillary and Medullary – with High Risk of Diagnostic Failure

SA-096

Silent Pheochromocytoma

SA-121

VATER PAPILLA NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR

SA-123

Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Small Intestine

SA-129

Transformation of Adrenal Incidentaloma into Carcinoma

SA-137

Cystic Parathyroid Adenoma

SA-140

Thyroid Varices

SA-141

SUBMERGED PARATHYROID ADENOMA

SA-143

Parathyroid Gland Cancer

SA-144

Hürthle Cell Carcinoma of the Thyroid

SA-145

Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma

SA-153

Ectopic Thyroid

SA-157

Double Parathyroid Adenomas

SA-169

Atypical Parathyroid Adenoma

SA-175

Chronic Parathyroiditis

EN-051

Encapsulated Medullary thyroid Microcarcinoma

EN-081

Ectopic parathyroid adenoma in the carotid sheath

EN-087

Diffuse Sclerosing Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

EN-091

Cystic Phaeochromocytomas

EN-092

Concurrent Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Parathyroid Adenoma

Head & Neck (5)

EN-144

Branchial Cleft Cyst

SA-040

Sebaceous Glands of the Exocervix

SA-047

Adenosquamous Carcinoma Arising in a Thyroglossal Duct Cyst

SA-050

THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST

EN-095

Chronic Sialadenitis and Hodgkin's Parotid Lymphoma

Hepatobiliary & Pancreas (38)

EN-012

Total Pancreatectomy and Cardiac arrest episode.

EN-021

Spontaneous Perforation of Common Bile Duct

EN-032

PRES-Pancreatitis

EN-047

NeuroEndocrine Carcinoma of Ampulla of Vater

EN-048

Migrated intragastric abdominal drain - Whipple's operation

EN-106

Ampullectomy for Tumors of Ampulla of Vater

EN-134

gallbladder carcinoma presenting as a primary ovarian tumor

EN-141

Huge pancreatic undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells

SA-002

Liver Abscesses

SA-003

Subhepatic Appendicitis

SA-016

Metastasis of Pancreatic Cancer to the Microenvironment of Lung Cancer

SA-019

Hepatic Lymphorrhea After Total Pancreatectomy

SA-022

Dilemmas in the Management of Cholecystocolic Fistula

SA-025

Luschka Duct

SA-030

Left-Sided Gallbladder

SA-032

CYSTIC DILATION OF BILIARY TRACTS

SA-046

Echinococcus of Liver and Lung

SA-051

Retroperitoneal Hydatid (Echinococcal) Cyst

SA-061

PSEUDO-TUMOR OF THE PANCREAS

SA-062

Whipple Procedure and AAA

SA-065

Hemorrhage of Simple Hepatic Cyst

SA-084

Right Hepatic Artery Syndrome

SA-090

Congenital Absence of the Cystic Duct: A Rare Anomaly

SA-099

Rupture of Pseudoaneurysm of the Common Hepatic Artery following Acute Idiopathic Pancreatitis: Report of 2 Cases and Literature Review

SA-102

Primary Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) of the Liver

SA-106

Surgical Management of Polypoid Lesions of the Gallbladder

SA-107

Polycystic Kidney and Liver Disease

SA-125

Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Liver

SA-154

Extended Right Hepatic Trisegmentectomy

EN-068

Hilar inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor

EN-077

Gallbladder Agenesis

EN-078

Gallbladder Diverticulosis

EN-080

Extraluminal Perirectal Pseudomucocele following Hartmann's operation

EN-084

Dumbbell cholecystitis

EN-097

Carcinoid tumor of the appendix

EN-099

Caecal NECs

EN-100

Bile cast nephropathy in patients with ostructing jaundice due to pancreatic carcinoma

EN-101

Bilateral Long Ureteral Strictures- RT

Hernia & Abdominal Wall (16)

EN-044

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced diaphragm disease: an uncommon cause of small bowel obstruction

EN-112

Abdominal separation

EN-113

Abdominal cocoon syndrome

EN-120

Unusual presentation Midgut malrotation-abdominal trauma.

EN-127

Spiegelian Hernia

EN-138

Diaphragm Eventration-Plication .

SA-035

Retrosternal Goiter

SA-066

Bochdalek Hernia

SA-112

Lumbar Hernia: A Rare Entity

SA-126

Non-Traumatic Trans-Diaphragmatic Intercostal Hernia

SA-150

ENDOMETRIOSIS OF THE ABDOMINAL WALL

SA-168

Idiopathic Spontaneous Intraperitoneal Hemorrhage

SA-172

Streptococcus Oralis - Intra-abdominal Abscesses

SA-177

Bilateral Hematomas of Abdominal Muscles - Heparin

EN-071

Giant Inguinoscrotal Hernia

EN-088

Diaphragmatic eventration presenting as a recurrent diaphragmatic hernia

Infections & Sepsis (3)

SA-049

Abscess of the Round Ligament of the Liver Due to Acute Obstructive Suppurative Cholangitis and Septic Thrombosis of the Left Branch of the Portal Vein

SA-080

Segmental Lateral Overgrowth (Isolated Hemihyperplasia / Hemihypertrophy) in a Patient with Abscessed Pilonidal Cyst

SA-176

Clostridium difficile Enteritis After Total Colectomy

Rare Syndromes & Systemic (22)

EN-041

Paraplegia: An Unusual Presentation of Follicular Lymphoma

EN-042

Paraganglioma of the root of the mesentery.

EN-045

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in a Psoriatic patient treated with Humira

EN-118

Acute Postoperative TTP-UC

EN-129

ANCA vasculitis and Sjogren's syndrome

SA-004

Brenner Tumor of the Ovary: An Incidental Finding

SA-011

Rhabdomyolysis

SA-012

Spontaneous Sternal Fracture

SA-041

Primary Testicular Lymphoma

SA-056

Sweet's Syndrome

SA-083

Ogilvie Syndrome - Chilaiditi Syndrome

SA-085

Boerhaave Syndrome

SA-091

STROMAL ENDOMETRIOSIS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE: A DECEPTIVE PRESENTATION AND LITERATURE REVIEW

SA-109

Pneumorrhachis

SA-156

Intussusception - Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

SA-162

Giant Villous Adenoma - McKittrick-Wheelock Syndrome

EN-052

Marfan syndrome and acute abdomen

EN-067

HOS and Crohn's disease

EN-085

Distal Intestinal Obstruction Syndrome in adults with cystic fibrosis

EN-089

Dermatopathic Lymphadenopathy

EN-094

Critical Ilness Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency in surgical patients.

EN-098

Calciphylaxis in a pre dialysis patient

Retroperitoneal & Pelvic (17)

EN-033

Presacral cystic schwannoma

EN-102

Bilateral Giant Ovarian Cystadenomas.

EN-111

Acquired cystic kidney disease RCC.

SA-006

URETERAL METASTASIS

SA-013

Primary Retroperitoneal Carcinoma from Transitional Cells

SA-074

Recurrence of Sacral Chordoma: Unique Case Report and Literature Review

SA-082

Torsion of Ectopic Undescended Testis

SA-105

Premature Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma

SA-113

Borderline Ovarian Tumor

SA-114

Retrorectal Sarcoma

SA-115

Retro-rectal Schwannoma

SA-116

Retrorectal Epidermoid Cyst

SA-119

Renal Oncocytoma

SA-124

MUSCLE METASTASES - RENAL CELL CARCINOMA

SA-130

Spermatic Cord Metastasis

SA-132

Mediastinal Pelvic Cyst

SA-159

Vaginal Erosion - Mesh

Skin & Soft Tissue (23)

EN-028

Rapidly progressive metastatic epithelioid angiosarcoma of the small and large bowel.

EN-037

Pseudomyxoma Peritonei: Case Report and review of the literature

EN-046

Non AIDS Kaposi's Sarcoma Leading to Lower Extremities Wounds

EN-107

Amelanotic malignant melanoma presenting as a keloid

EN-132

Giant vulvar lipoma

SA-008

Peristomal Gangrenous Pyoderma

SA-009

PERIORAL GANGRENOUS PYODERMA

SA-015

Primary Melanoma of the Nose

SA-037

Giant Cutaneous Papilloma of the Lumbar Region

SA-045

SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA ARISING FROM GIANT CONDYLOMA

SA-055

Giant Vulvar Epidermoid Cyst in an Adolescent Female

SA-067

Gluteal Muscle Lymphoma Mimicking Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Report of a Unique Case and Literature Review

SA-103

Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Great Saphenous Vein

SA-136

Leiomyosarcoma of the Left Shoulder

SA-142

Sebaceous Gland Carcinoma

SA-148

Proximal-Type Epithelioid Sarcoma

SA-149

Epidermoid Cyst of the Anus

EN-054

Low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma medial vastus left thigh mimicking lipoma.

EN-060

Intramuscular Myxoma

EN-066

Huge Hibernoma mimicking liposarcoma

EN-069

Hidranitis Suppurativa : Medical or Surgical Treatment

EN-083

Duodenal metastasis of aggresive Melanoma

EN-090

Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans

Small Intestine (33)

EN-001

Thrombosis of the celiacomesenteric trunk

EN-014

Stromal Endometriosis of the Intestine

EN-016

Spontaneous mesenteric haematoma

EN-025

Small bowel vascular tumor presenting with intermittent bleeding and intussusception.

EN-026

Small bowel spontaneous perforation in a HIV positive patient.

EN-030

Primary Mesenteric Neuroendocrine tumor

EN-034

Portomesenteric Axis Thrombosis following Sleeve Gastrectomy

EN-036

Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis

EN-050

Mesenteric Panniculitis as an incidental finding.

EN-064

Ileal Lymphoid Nodular Hyperplasia

EN-109

Acute intussusception - polyp with malignant transformation in Peutz Jeghers

EN-117

Primary multiple mesenteric mesocolic liposarcomas

EN-130

Ileal pouch carcinoma .

EN-145

Neurofibromatosis - multiple Jejunal GIST Tumors

SA-014

Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

SA-024

Anomalous Rotation of the Midgut

SA-048

Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome

SA-076

Small Intestine Obstruction by Phytobezoar

SA-078

Inflammatory Occlusive Disease of the Mesenteric Veins in a Patient with Primary Sjögren's Syndrome and Ischemic Colitis: A Case Report and Literature Review

SA-089

Simultaneous Thrombosis of the Celiac Artery (Haller's Tripod) and Superior Mesenteric Artery: Report of a Unique Case and Literature Review

SA-095

Progressive Sclerosing Encapsulating Peritonitis: A Unique Case Report and Literature Review

SA-117

Retroperitoneal Leiomyoma

SA-128

Delayed Metastasis to Ileostomy

SA-170

Small Bowel Obstruction Due to Metastatic Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma

EN-056

Jejunogastric intussusception

EN-058

Isolated Varicosis of the small Intestine without Portal Hypertension

EN-059

Ischemic Intestinal involvement in a patient with Buerger's Disease

EN-061

Intestinal perforation caused by a quail bone

EN-062

Ileal ulcers due to NSAIDs ingastion causing massive bleeding.

EN-063

Ileal Maltoma

EN-072

Giant Mesenteric Cyst

EN-074

Gastrostomy foley tube Dislodgment causing jejunal Obstruction

EN-079

Extraovarian Primary Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

Spleen (13)

SA-018

Marginal Zone Lymphoma of the Spleen

SA-021

Spleno-Renal Shunt for the Management of Idiopathic Portal Hypertension

SA-042

Wandering Spleen

SA-043

Primary Angiosarcoma of the Spleen

SA-059

Splenic Cyst

SA-093

SPLENECTOMY - SPLENOMEGALY + FEVER

SA-094

Splenectomy and Autotransplantation of the Spleen

SA-098

RUPTURE OF SPLENIC ARTERY ANEURYSM

SA-100

Splenectomy for the Management of Primary Myelofibrosis

SA-122

NET and Littoral Cell Hemangioma of the Spleen

SA-167

Spontaneous Splenic Rupture — Lymphoma

SA-178

Left Portal Hypertension - Splenectomy

EN-055

Littoral Cell Angioma of the Spleen

Stomach & Esophagus (27)

EN-007

Synchronous gastric adenocarcinoma and nec

EN-017

spontaneous malignant metastatic gastric perforation

EN-019

Spontaneous Gastric Fistula - Bone Marrow Transplantation .

EN-023

Splenic abscess - colosplenic fistula

EN-035

Pneumobilia with gastric outlet obstruction

EN-039

Perforated Early Gastric Carcinoma: Uncommon and easily missed

EN-119

Paraesophageal hernia and gastric volvulus

EN-123

Cervical fusion-esophageal perforation

EN-131

gastrocolic fistula in Crohn's disease

EN-133

Gastric Carcinoma - Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

EN-140

Completion gastrectomy for postsurgical gastroparesis syndrome

SA-029

Cholecystogastric Fistula

SA-060

ESOPHAGEAL BURNS

SA-063

Multiple Stromal Tumors of the Stomach

SA-064

Inflammatory Fibrous Duodenal Polyp

SA-068

AORTO-DUODENAL FISTULA

SA-070

Delayed Presentation of Esophageal Pseudodiverticulum after Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Repair of Traumatic Rupture Following Anterior Cervical Fusion

SA-073

Chronic Gastric Volvulus

SA-079

Hypoganglionosis of the Stomach Resulting in Persistent Gastroparesis: A Unique Case Report

SA-104

Primary Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Esophagus: Analysis of 9 Cases and Literature Review

SA-152

GASTRIC EMPHYSEMA FROM SUDDEN VOMITING: A DILEMMA FOR THE YOUNG SURGEON

SA-163

GASTROPARESIS AFTER GASTRECTOMY + RADIOTHERAPY

SA-164

Gastrocolic Fistula in Crohn's Disease

SA-166

Achalasia of the Esophagus in Elderly Patients

EN-075

Gastrointestinal bleeding from Dieulafoy's lesion .

EN-076

Gastrobronchial fistula following removal of adjustable gastric banding

EN-082

Late Duodenal stump recurrence following subtotal gastrectomy

Surgical Complications (1)

SA-005

Novel Management of Chylous Ascites Following Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication

Vascular & Trauma (14)

EN-003

Traumatic Renal Rupture

EN-121

Riolan Arch Pseudoaneurysm -AAA Repair

EN-135

finger varicosities

EN-136

Femoral Hernia-Prevascular .

EN-137

Thoracic Aorta Stent

SA-001

Postoperative Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura After Total Orthoproctocolectomy

SA-007

Spontaneous Rupture of the Urinary Bladder

SA-036

Traumatic Displacement of the Testis

SA-044

Nodular Polyarteritis

SA-071

Pseudoaneurysm of the Arc of Riolan

SA-101

Primary Retroperitoneal Angiosarcoma

SA-110

Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy Following Gastrectomy for Gastric Adenocarcinoma

SA-111

Late Metastases of Cholangiocarcinoma

SA-139

VARICOSE VEINS OF THE URETERS