Mohamed El Hafed Radhi, Youssef Oukessou, Omar Berrada, Sami Rouadi, Reda Allah Abada, Mohammed Roubal, Mohammed Mahtar & Meriem Regragui·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2022
Introduction: Ameloblastic carcinomas are rare odontogenic tumors, and when discovered in maxillary sinus, they are considered even rarer. Because of rarity, there is limited information about the clinical behavior of such patients. Presentation of Case: We report a case of a 58-...
Psoas abscess (PA) is a rare presentation and even more so where appendicitis is the cause. PA often presents with non-specific symptoms resulting in significant mortality, therefore requiring a high index of suspicion requiring timely imaging and diagnosis. PA can be further com...
Small bowel obstruction is a common acute presentation in any general surgical unit, however an obstruction secondary to a bezoar impaction is considerably infrequent. The diagnosis of small bowel obstruction due to phytobezoar pre-operatively remains challenging. We present a ca...
Aim: To highlight the presentation and endovascular management of a leaking subclavian artery aneurysm in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Background: The presentation of human immunodeficiency virus infection and its complications continue to be an ever-evo...
We report the case of a 2-year-old child with small bowel obstruction due to a phytobezoar. Initial imaging studies failed to identify its etiology: this included an abdominal CT scan, revealing small bowel obstruction with a transitional zone in the ileum, but without a clear ca...
Chylous Ascites (CA) is an uncommon finding of lymphatic fluid throughout the peritoneal cavity. It most commonly occurs in adults due to malignancy or liver cirrhosis and there is limited evidence on its presence in small bowel obstruction (SBO). We present a case of a 53 year o...
Primary peritonitis is a unique entity that has taken backstage in terms of incidence in recent years, especially in those immunocompetent individuals. Here, we present the case of a young 6-year-old girl that presented to the emergency room with generalised abdominal pain and Cl...
Introduction: Perforation of Hollow viscous, indicated by pneumoperitoneum on imaging mandates abdominal exploration, Spontaneous perforation of hollow viscous, is usually seen in the first part of the duodenum. Very high mortality is seen and is usually associated with delayed p...
Introduction: Pneumoperitoneum is considered a surgical emergency, as it is highly associated with abdominal viscus perforation. Pulmonary origin of pneumoperitoneum secondary to invasive mechanical ventilation in severe COVID-19 pneumonia has been rarely reported in the existing...
Strangulated Spigelian hernia is an uncommon abdominal emergency. This condition requires open emergency surgery, which often involve bowel resection. Here I have described a case of strangulated right sided Spigelian hernia with gangrenous small bowel. The surgery was conducted...
Pleomorphic adenoma (PA) is the most common tumor of salivary glands .The parotid gland is the most common site (90%) of origin and it is rarely seen in other minor salivary glands. Nearly 8% of PA involves minor salivary glands- the palate (60-75%) followed by lips and other si...
Background: The complication of a parastomal hernia is extremely rare. Only some perforation in the proximal colon of a colostomy have been previously reported. Moreover, the extraperitoneal approach is infrequent to the treatment of this type of hernias. We observed a case of pe...
Introduction: Echinococcus is endemic in Algeria and Mediterranean countries and represents an important public health problem, but the localization of hydatid cysts in the adrenal gland is very rare. Case Report: We report a case of a voluminous primary hydatid cyst of the adren...
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old male patient presented to surgery OPD with a one-year history of intermittent, seropurulent bloody discharge from umbilicus along with pain, tenderness and bulge in the area. On examination the patient had a hairy body .The umbilicus was everted w...
Aims: This case report aims to demonstrate a rare case of median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) and the importance of multimodal imaging in a setting of resource restriction. Presentation of Case: Patient presented with a long term intermittent postprandial abdominal pain not c...