Giovanni Scala

• Managing Director at ASL Azienda Sanitaria Locale

Tumors of the chest wall are uncommon lesions that comprise a heterogeneous group of neoplasms. These tumors may arise from osseous structures or soft tissues and may be malignant or benign. We describe the case of a proliferative swelling of uncertain origin that led us to suspect a neuroendocrine origin for the mass we observed and studied. Neuro...

Book of the XXV Congresso Nazionale della Società Scientifica FADOI, Live virtual edition, 26-29 settembre 2020.

Dementia is one of the most prevalent diseases in the older population. Some studies have highlighted the importance of early screening in the aged population for the timely diagnosis. On the other hand, the numbers analyzed still demonstrate a poor aptitude of the doctors involved in dealing with the early diagnosis of dementia at the forefront, w...

There are several articles that appeared in medical literature about the use of the ultrasound method in primary care. Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) refers to ultrasound protocols performed at the patient’s bedside to assess for many conditions such as aortic aneurysm. Primary care clinicians can play a key role in assessing the risks and b...

A 21-year-old man, mute pediatric medical history, had been complaining of palpitations and had suffered several episodes of general malaise and feeling of tachycardia. General conditions are good. Physical, cardiac and lung examinations were normal. Vital signs were normal except on some occasions the relief of a rhythmic heartbeat with a frequenc...

Pneumocephalus or air within the cranial vault is usually associated with a series of symptoms caused by head trauma, the presence of neoplasms or after craniofacial surgical interventions or other causes. We report a case report of an elderly patient who presented with postural instability with an anamnestic history that didn't talk about traumati...

Documento dell'Associazione Italiana di Psicogeriatria ASSOCIAZIO ITALIANA PSICOGERIA ABSTRACT 1 ABSTRACT

Multiple myeloma is rare in young patients and may be undiagnosed or characterized by a significant delay in diagnosis. We report the association of stage I myeloma (according to Durie-Salmon classification) and osteoporosis in a 37-year-old male patient complaining of worsening pain in the spine. Pain attacks resulted in increases in blood pressur...

Devic’s disease is an inflammatory disease of central nervous system but with lesions that have different characteristics from the ones seen in multiple sclerosis. It is classically characterized by acute, severe episodes of optic neuritis and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis, usually with a relapsing course. The identification of an au...

La vita dell’anziano può essere complicata da comorbilità e politerapia, che incidono sul percorso diagnostico-terapeutico e influenzano la prognosi del paziente con patologia acuta o cronica. Descriviamo il caso di un paziente anziano coronaropatico con NSTEMI.