Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) is a high mortality cancer. Age, nicotine exposure, obesity, old-onset type 2 diabetes and chronic pancreatitis are identified risk factors for PAC. The Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome, Atypical Familial Syndrome of Multiple Moles and Melanomas (AFSMMM), He...
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors or GISTs are rare tumors: 1 to 3% of malignant tumors gastrointestinal. 65% of these tumors sit in the stomach, 25% in the small bowel, 5-10% in the colon-rectum... They occur secondary to activating mutations of the KIT or PDGFRA receptors. In 85%...
Background: Biliary lithiasis can be defined as the presence of concrements in the gallbladder, the biliary ducts, or both. Patients are mostly asymptomatic in over 80% of cases and are discovered by chance during a rouine ultrasound scan. When symptomatic, it can manifest as hep...
Amal hajri, Khadija Kamal, Kenza Benjelloun Touimi, Driss Erguibi, Rachid Boufettal, Saâd Rifki Jai & Farid Chehab·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2023
Cystic intestinal pneumatosisis a rare condition characterized by the presence of gaseouscysts in the intestinal wall, whichcan affect the entire digestive tract, with a predilection for the small intestine and the colon. The diagnosis is evoked on the scanner, making it possible...
Introduction: Digestive endometriosis is one of the most severe forms of deep endometriosis, the rectum and sigmoid are most often affected, its clinical diagnosis is most often difficult due to the non-specificity of its clinical signs. Case Report: We report the case of a 44-ye...
Ahmed Elmi Abdirahim, Elwassi Anas, Abdillahi Doualeh Mahad, Ibrahim Daoud Ismael, Erguibi Driss, Hajri Amal, Rachid Boufettal, Saâd Rifki Jai & Chehab Farid·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2022
In men, the femoral hernia may clinically resemble an inguinal hernia. Especially when the hernia is turned upwards and covers the medial end of the inguinal canal. The confusion is then more pronounced. It is rare in men. The diagnosis is clinical and should be treated urgently...
Driss Erguibi, El Batloussi Youssra, Fakhri Yassine, Naoufal Mtioui, Afifi Rania, Ramdani Benyouns, Rachid Boufettal, Saâd Rifki Jai & Farid Chehab·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Abdominal wall hernia is a frequent complication in peritoneal dialysis. Their prevalence varies between 7% and 27.5%. Established risk factors are male sex, an older age, multiparity and obesity. Polycystic kidney disease is controversial risk factors. The diagnosis is mainly cl...