Aims: Here we present a case of Gastric Outlet Obstruction (GOO) with suspected Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) diagnosed as Gastric Schwannoma (GS) with post-operative histopathology. Presentation of the case: 31-year-old female presented with complaints of epigastric lump...
Background: Duodenal atresia is one of the causes of intestinal obstruction in a new-born. It can be associated with other congenital anomalies such as intestinal malrotation and congenital heart diseases. Association of duodenal atresia with situs inversus abdominalis is extreme...
Foreign body tick in the ear can cause facial nerve palsy due to toxins released by ticks affecting the facial nerve. Patients can come with symptoms of acute otalgia and the removal is difficult because it grips tightly to the ear canal or tympanic membrane. Other associated sym...
Introduction: Bladder rupture is most frequently seen after some form of trauma. However, Spontaneous bladder rupture (SBR) may also occur in rare cases and often presents with non-specific clinical features and this results delaying the diagnosis and management. Case Presentatio...
Introduction: Pleural fibroma or solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (SFTP), a pleural tumor with malignancy risk presenting as pneumothorax is rare. In addition, spontaneous pneumothorax occurring in pregnancy is an uncommonly encountered scenario. We report a rare co-occurren...
Introduction: The diagnosis of bilateral varicocele and sub-acute appendicitis co-existing in the same patient is rare and we report the management of a patient who presented to Lily Hospitals Limited, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria with both recurrent right iliac fossa pain and scr...
M. P. Ashwin Balaji, Sugi Subramaniam Raghavan Velayutham, Elankumaran Krishnan, Kulaseharan Venugopal Haribabu, B. Hari Balakrishnan & Iyyappan Ponnuswamy·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2022
Colorectal liver metastases [CRLM] is the usual natural course of disease in about one third to half of the colorectal cancer patients. The management of CRLM has come across various changes and modifications in the last two decades. Surgical resection has always been the best tr...
Mounir Bouali, Hasna Benghait, Sylvestre Kabura, Abdelilah Elbakouri, Khalid Elhattabi, Fatimazahra Bensardi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2022
Spiegel's Hernia is a rare pathology, presenting only 1 to 2% of all abdominal wall hernias. Its clinical diagnosis is often difficult. It is often diagnosed at the stage of complication. We report the case of a 64-year-old woman who presented with an acute painful swelling of th...
Lithium-ion batteries are being increasingly implemented across a broad range of electrical devices due to their greater energy capacity and longer life-span than other battery alternatives. However, safety concerns have emerged due to their greater propensity to ignite or explod...
Ulnar artery aneurysm is a rare entity in the upper extremity. Most common causes for aneurysm of ulnar artery are trauma, infection, immunologic reasons, embolism, congenital connective tissue disorders and atherosclerosis. Since the ulnar artery is entangled with the nerve in t...
Amoebic infection is an endemic problem plaguing the tropical and subtropical countries and happens to be a major cause of chronic morbidity in the regions. We report a case of amoebic liver abscess in a 30-year-old male which had ruptured into the left lung parenchyma and pleura...
Aim: Tuberculosis (TB) of the breast presenting as a cold abscess is a rare condition. We present here such a case of a young female patient with a left breast lump and a history of pulmonary tuberculosis on Antitubercular therapy (ATT) treatment. The presence of a cold abscess w...
Nedjim A. Saleh, Gallouo Messian, Hagguir Hissein, Abdi El Mostapha, Moataz Amine, Dakir Mohamed, Debbagh Adil & Aboutaieb Rachid·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2022
Testicular torsion is a surgical emergency defined as the torsion of the spermatic cord in the tunica vaginalis. It occurs mainly in adolescents. Beyond 6th hours, irreversible lesions start to appear. Therefore, the prognosis of the testicle will depend on the time taken to trea...
COVID-19 infection increases risk of thrombosis both arterial and venous systems. Many organs of arterial thrombosis were reported. We reported a case of superior mesenteric artery thrombosis in a COVID-19 pneumonia patient who presented with abdominal pain and leukocytosis. The...
Aims: We review the literature pertaining to the implications of the rare anomaly of double vena cava. Presentation of Case: A 20 year old male treated for polycystic kidney disease went for a computed tomography (CT) renal for microscopic hematuria and incidentally noted a doubl...