Introduction: Zenker's diverticulum (ZD) is an acquired outpouching of mucosa and submucosa through the Killian triangle whose management, particularly for giant cases, remains a subject of discussion. Classic clinical signs, such as Boyce's sign, are crucial for diagnosis but ar...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i1748
Mohamed Ballouch, Djogbe Rogelli Michael Gnide, Imade El Azzaoui, Mohamed Bouzroud, Hakim EL Kaoui, Mountassir Moujahid & Sidi Mohamed Bouchentouf·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2026
Aims: Textiloma (gossypiboma) denotes the inadvertent retention of a surgical sponge or gauze within a body cavity following an operation. It is a rare but clinically significant entity with protean manifestations and serious medicolegal implications. We report an exceptional cas...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2026/v9i2422
Amine Maazouz, Mehdi Karami, Walid Chair, Mohamed Bouzroud, Hakim EL Kaoui, Mountassir Moujahid & Sidi Mohamed Bouchentouf·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2026
Introduction: Small bowel and ileocaecal adenocarcinomas are rare but recognised complications of long-standing Crohn's disease. Their diagnosis is challenging because symptoms frequently mimic inflammatory disease activity. Presentation with bowel perforation and generalised per...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2026/v9i2407
Mohamed Ballouch, Walid Chair, Imade El Azzaoui, Mehdi Karami, Mohamed Bouzroud, Hakim EL Kaoui, Mountassir Moujahid & Sidi Mohamed Bouchentouf·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2026
Aims: Trichobezoars are rare, compacted hair masses that most often form in the stomach of young females with trichophagia associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Double localisation—simultaneous gastric and intestinal trichobezoars—is exceedingly rare and poses dist...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2026/v9i2420
Youssef Ouazzani Touhami, Amine Maazouz, Karima Sif Nasr, Mohamed Allaoui, Mohamed Bouzroud, Mountassir Moujahid, Ahmed Bounaim, Sidi Mohamed Bouchentouf & Hakim EL Kaoui·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2026
Background: Primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) is a rare extranodal lymphoma often associated with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis and may mimic other thyroid neoplasms, predominantly affecting elderly patients. Aim: This report aims to highlight the diagnostic challenges, imaging fea...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i1793
Amine Maazouz, Youssef Ouazzani Touhami, Mahmoud Dabbagh, Hind Hablaj, Rania El Mohib, Mohamed Ihab Lechhab, Mohamed Bouzroud, Hakim EL Kaoui, Sidi Mohamed Bouchentouf & Mountassir Moujahid·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2026
Background: Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) is a rare benign chronic inflammatory disease of the gallbladder characterised by destructive inflammation and xanthogranulomatous infiltration. Its clinical, radiological, and intraoperative resemblance to gallbladder carcinoma...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2819
Amine Maazouz, Yosra Asatach, Mohammed Lamghari, Maroua Sabur Kadhem, Imad El-Azzaoui, Hind Habladje, Mohammed Najih, Hakim El-Kaoui, Sidi Mohamed Bouchentouf, Ahmed Bounaim & Mountassir Moujahid·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2023
Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological cancer. Serous-type epithelial ovarian cancer, the most common form with more than 50% of cases, is often diagnosed late and associated with a poor prognosis. This is a retrospective study on a patient who was diagnosed w...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2023/v6i1377
Rania El Mouhib, Mahmoud Dabbagh, Amine Maazouz, Imad El Azzaoui, Walid Chair, Houda Bouidida, Hind Habladje, Mohamed Lamghari, Mohammed Najih, Hakim EL Kaoui, Mountassir Moujahid, Sidi Mohamed Bouchentouf & Ahmed Bounaim·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2024
Introduction: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), which was initially developed in 1980 by Gauderer and Ponsky for pediatric patients who were not consuming enough nutrition, has changed the way feeding tubes are placed by offering a dependable and safe alternative to lapa...