Introduction: This is a case report of an underweight patient in whom sub-total cholecystectomy was followed by persistent leakage of bile. Aims: To review the cholecystectomy and correlate with BMI and post-operative risks. Methods: USG (Ultrasonograph) abdomen revealed choledoc...
Surgical management of anterior mediastinal masses (AMM) compressing major airways and vascular structures is challenging. Careful planning for surgical resection and expecting potential complications can be life saving for the patient. Venoarterial cxtracorporeal membrane oxygen...
Foreign body aspiration is a common emergency in pediatric requiring immediate intervention. Foreign bodies aspiration is an emergency that requires immediate intervention. We are describing management of foreign body aspiration with severe edema and inflammation. Patients underw...
Aims: The aim of this manuscript is to present a rare case of metastasis in the small bowel from primary malignant melanoma of the palate. Case: We present the case of an 81-year-old male with a tumor of the small bowel, which proved to be metastatic melanoma of the palate. Discu...
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...
Background: Colorectal schwannomas are rare tumors often detected incidentally and frequently misdiagnosed on preoperative evaluation. They can grow to a large size and create a significant mass effect. A rare case of large rectal Schwannomas mimicking tailgut cyst and managed by...
Small bowel diverticula are very rare. The incidence ranges from 0.06 to 1.3%, with high prevalence after 60 years of age. Of these small intestinal diverticula, the duodenal diverticulum is more common, followed by jejunal and ileal diverticula. Jejunal diverticula are rare and...
Caecum volvulus is, in frequency, the second part of the colon concerned by volvulus after the sigmoid and before the transverse colon. This pathology occurs in the cecum with abnormal mobility The mechanism of volvulus can be summarized in 2 either by torsion or tilting. The cli...
Total small bowel volvulus on complete common mesentery is a rotation anomaly of the primitive intestinal loop, it is a classical pathology in the neonatal period, and exceptional in adults. It corresponds to an interruption of the intestinal rotation at 180°, thus constituting a...
Pinworm infection is highly contagious considered to be the most common helminth infection, The association of this parasitic infestation with pathogenesis of acute appendicitis had been studied for many years, and is still unclear. We present three cases of enterobiasis of appen...