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To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.02.014 Byline: Massimo Chiarugi, Eleonora Pressi, Rudy Mancini, Silvia Fattori, Christian Galatioto, Massimo Seccia Keywords: Ovarian veins; Primary venous leiomyosarcoma; Retroperitoneal sarcoma Abstract: The case of a 70-year-old patient with a leiomyosarcoma of the right ovarian vein is presented. For this rare entity, complete surgical excision is believed to offer the best chance of cure. Author Affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Article History: Received 30 November 2007; Revised 14 February 2008

One Sunday afternoon my wife, Pat, and I were browsing the papers. I watched as her fingers ran down the 'Pets' column looking for a cage bird. I'd been watching [...]

Several personal narratives are presents which explore's the authors' life experiences such as getting a tattoo, giving birth, and the death of a loved one.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's childhood experience when her father gave her a canary.

Letters are presented from readers responding to articles previously published in the November/December 2013 issue including one by Elizabeth Becker about the dangers of cruise ships entitled "Destination Nowhere," "How to Win the Writing Game" by William Jeane, and an article about artist Norman Rockwell entitled "The Rockwell Files."