October 2007

Features

Cover Story

	Lipoblastoma: A rare pediatric tumor
	Daniel Kaufman, Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery; Max Vaynrub, Surgical Extern, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery; Eugene Garrow, Attending Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

	Editor's Page
	Robin Hood and the health insurance crisis
	Bernard M. Jaffe, Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA


	Tumoral calcinosis: A rare encounter in surgical practice
	Kamran M. H. Karimi, Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery; Alison M. Wilson, Assistant Professor, Chair, Department of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care; H. James Williams, Professor, Department of Anatomic Pathology, West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, WV


	Sclerosing mesenteritis: A disease with many names
	Raul Mederos, Chief Resident of General Surgery, Department of Surgery; Roxane Scemla, Medical Student IV; Payman Danielpour, Chief Surgical Resident, Department of Surgery; Ana M. Medina, Resident, Department of Pathology; Jamie Barkin, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology; Irwin Willis, Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL


	Biliary hamartomata or metastatic cancer: A diagnostic challenge
	Reza F. Saidi, Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Southfield, MI; Sumet Silapaswan, Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Southfield, MI; Stephen G. ReMine, Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Southfield, MI; Michael J. Jacobs, Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Southfield, MI, Clinical Associate Professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI


	Mature cystic teratoma of the pancreas: An unusual presentation
	Christopher L. Stout, Surgery Resident V, Department of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, GA; D. Benjamin Christie III, Surgery Resident IV, Department of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, GA; Keith Martin, Private Practice General Surgeon, Macon, GA


	Casualty Surgery: Cardiac thromboembolism complicating a gunshot wound to the heart
	L. D. George Angus, Director of Trauma and Vice-Chair; Eric Seitelman, Surgical Resident; Jean-Joseph Desir, Surgical Resident; Lioudmila Haimovicci, Surgical Resident; Leonard O. Barrett, Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Dahua Zhou, Attending Radiologist, Department of Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY Departments