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...
Para ovarian cysts are cystic tumours encountered in-between ovarian hilum and fimbria within mesosalpinx and broad ligament, usually diagnosed in 3rd - 4th decade of life. Large pelvic cyst in young adolescent shortly after menarche present a challenge in diagnosis and managemen...
Marian E. Izaguirre-Pérez, Luis M. Flores Chávez, Luis A. Rea Bocanegra, Adrian A. Salinas Barragán & Juan I. Mandujano-Sánchez·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2022
Aim: Present the case of a female patient with chronic upper right quadrant pain that underwent laparoscopy with the findings of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome with a partial intrahepatic gallbladder and report the clinical importance of the case and the lessons learned, for optimal f...
Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic disease transmitted by mosquitoes. D repens causes subcutaneous swelling or infections of bulbar conjunctiva and is rare in India. D immitis causing pulmonary infections is limited to the New World. We present a case of a 40 year old man presenting wi...
Benign mesothelial cyst is commonly found in adults involving the pleura. However, in children it may be rarely localized in the inguinal region. We encountered a 2-year-old male who presented with inguinal swelling, which turned out to be mesothelial cyst.
Background: Complications following Gastrojejunal anastomosis are challenging. They frequently occur within the first week or several years after gastric bypass surgery. Anastomotic leakage, postoperative hemorrhage, marginal ulcers and stenosis are well-known complications follo...
Introduction: Intestinal malrotation is an aberration seen during foetal development in neonatal period. The presentation in adolescents and adults is rare and requires prompt diagnosis and surgical intervention namely Ladd’s procedure. Case Report: Here, we discuss a rare case o...
It is very rare to see cases of perforation of Meckel’s diverticulum containing faecolith. In this case, we have a patient with a secondary diverticulum at the tip of a Meckel’s diverticulum containing several stones. We present a case of a 31-year-old man who was previously heal...
Laparoscopic surgery has been around in the general surgery world for a long time. It has revolutionized how conventional surgeries used to be carried out. Performing laparoscopic surgery , there is a faster recovery time, complications are less likely, and a significantly lower...
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...
Background: Amyand hernia is an unusual type of inguinal hernia when vermiform appendix is identified as its content. This constitutes less than 1% of all groin hernia sac. Case Representation: We present successful mesh hernioplasty following appendectomy in a rare case of ingui...