Abdelilah Elbakouri, Hasna Benghait, Fadwa Azhari, Mounir Bouali, Khalid Elhattabi, Fatimazahra Bensardi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2022
Appendicular mucocele is a rare pathological entity, of variable clinical presentation, often identified incidentally on imaging or during surgical exploration for an unrelated diagnosis. The diagnosis of certainty is mainly anatomo-pathological. We report the case of a 49 year o...
Bowel obstruction is a common complication of advanced ovarian cancer and is rarely described in benign cystic lesions. We report a case of colon obstruction secondary to torsion of a large benign ovarian cyst. Case presentation: A 25-year-old woman without antecedents was admitt...
Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease that is widespread in different parts of the world. It affected both sexes equally and was more seen in young persons. The liver and lung are the organs most affected by the parasite. Cardiac localization is rare but severe. A pericardial locat...
Introduction and Importance: The ileo-sigmoid knot is a rare entity of intestinal occlusion by strangulation. It is a surgical emergency whose delay in management exposes to digestive necrosis and high mortality. Materials and Methods: Our work is a retrospective case report wit...
Introduction: Meckel's diverticulum is due to the partial persistence of the omphalo mesenteric duct. It is a rare condition, affecting about 2% of the population. It is usually asymptomatic, but can also be responsible for complications which constitute as many circumstances of...
Stoma prolapse is a well-described complication after ileostomy or colostomy, it is typically asymptomatic and easily reduced. Acute incarceration of a prolapsed stoma is a rare event and a surgical emergency. In the presence of a prolapse, a very edematous one, the application o...
Mounir Bouali, Hasna Benghait, Sylvestre Kabura, Abdelilah Elbakouri, Khalid Elhattabi, Fatimazahra Bensardi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2022
Spiegel's Hernia is a rare pathology, presenting only 1 to 2% of all abdominal wall hernias. Its clinical diagnosis is often difficult. It is often diagnosed at the stage of complication. We report the case of a 64-year-old woman who presented with an acute painful swelling of th...
Post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernia is a solution of continuity of the diaphragmatic dome which can be complicated by the intra thoracic passage of the abdominal organs. It is most often located on the left, often asymptomatic except in the case of a complication, notably a stran...
Ichrak Bouali, Khadija Kamal, Abdessamad Majd, Abdelhak. Ettaoussi, Mounir Bouali, Abdelilah Elbakouri, Khalid El Hattabi, Aziz Moussahim & Zaineb Moustaquime·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Medicine and Health·2025
Introduction: Cecal volvulus, defined as torsion of the cecum, terminal ileum, and ascending colon around their mesenteric axis, is a rare but serious cause of acute intestinal obstruction. Because symptoms are often nonspecific, diagnosis may be delayed. Abdominal CT scan has be...
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Khalid Elhattabi, Mounir Bouali, Karim Yaqine, Nassima Fakhiri, Fatimazahra Bensardi, Abdelilah Elbakouri & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Introduction: Transposition of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a congenital anomaly of the great vessels. Left IVC is a rare malformation, it is observed in about 0.04% to 0.5% of the population. Presentation of Case: We report the case of a 64-year-old patient, with no particula...
Fatimazahra Bensardi, Bassam Daif, Ahmed Ballati, Mohamed Ouchane, Othmane Elyamine, Mounir Bouali, Abdelilah Elbakouri, Khalid Elhattabi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2020
The ileo-sigmoid knot is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction, which usually requires emergency life-saving surgery. In this condition the ileum and sigmoid colon are twisted around each other in a knot, causing strangulation. We here report 2 cases with ileo-sigmoid knot. In b...