Introduction: Salivary gland tumours are uncommon, accounting for less than 5% of all head and neck neoplasms. Most of the malignancies in this area are located in the major salivary glands, which include the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. The numerous small saliv...
The omission of a foreign body during a surgical procedure remains the dread of the surgical team whose vigilance can be disturbed by several factors dominated by emergency procedures, intraoperative bleeding, obesity, unexpected change of procedure or the placement of an operati...
Face trauma caused by firearms is dangerous because of the potential damage to vascular nervous structures, particularly when the seat is parotid and infra-temporal. We report the case of a child victim of an accidental firearm shot with a point of impact at the level of the righ...
Introduction: Gossypiboma denotes surgically retained cotton or sponge following intra-abdominal procedures. The incidence of gossypiboma as a cause of small bowel obstruction still remains very low, probably due to under reporting. Presentation of Case: A case report of a 45 yr...
Large benign-looking polyps that are not amenable to endoscopic polypectomy may require bowel resection for removal. Although laparoscopic resection of bowel has improved short term outcomes in patients, there are still risks associated with bowel resection. A combined approach u...
Mesenteric adenolymphitis is an inflammation of a part of the abdominal wall. It mainly affects children and can be of viral, bacterial or parasitic origin. Treatment is mainly symptomatic except in the case of bacterial origin where antibiotics must be used.also known as mesente...
Cronkhite–Canada syndrome is a rare condition with multiple hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract; need to be differentiated, from other conditions with similar symptoms and polypoid lesions. 52 year old male patient presented with anorexia and weight loss, discovere...
The term mesenteric cyst refers to a heterogenous group of cystic lesions that are usually found in the abdomen or in the retroperitoneum. They are a rare entity with an incidence of 1 in 1,00,000 in adults and 1 in 20,000 in children. We wish to present a case of 45 year old gen...
Urinary tract endometriosis is debilitating disease affecting young woman of reproductive age. Deterioration or loss of renal function can occur if early diagnosis and treatment is not done. We present a case of endometriosis involving urinary tract in a 36 years old woman. She p...
In emergency, often a proximal stoma is created in view of compromised general condition of the patient (severe sepsis, malnutrition, hypoalbuminemia, vasopressor support, multiorgan dysfunction) while operating for intestinal obstruction, perforation, bleeding, or ischemia etc....