We report a case of colocolic intussusception of a sigmoid tumor in a 45-year-old woman. The clinical presentation was abdominal pain. The abdominal ultrasound examination was suggestive of intussusception. The CT scan confirmed the diagnosis of intussusception by showing a segme...
Gallbladder perforation is a rare but serious complication of cholecystitis. Presence of foreign body in gallbladder is also an extremely rare condition. Here, we report a case of gallbladder perforation due to ingestion of foreign body (unabsorbed pill) in a case of asymptomatic...
Duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) represent a rare location of the gastrointestinal tract. Curative treatment is based on the surgical approach. There is a controversy, if duodenal GISTs should be treated by a duodenopancreatectomy or by a limited resection of the...
Laryngeal carcinoma is a common malignancy most commonly presented with hoarseness and impending airway obstruction. However, the diagnosis of laryngeal carcinoma with presentation of neck cellulitis is a rare presentation. Here we report a case of 78 years old man with history o...
The occurrence of a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia is a classic complication of abdominal trauma. Unknown in almost half of the cases during the initial trauma, the diagnosis was made at the time of a complication. The left diaphragmaticdome is the most frequently affected. Tensi...
Distant metastasis from primary breast cancer to oral cavity is a very rare entry. Many case reports of lytic bony metastasis have been reported in literature but involvement of only soft tissue of oral cavity is very rare. It may be a diagnostic challenge to clinician if it is t...
Aims: Breakage of the needle while suturing intra-operatively is an uncommon event. The present report concerns a case presented with intra abdominal foreign body (broken curved surgical needle during tubal ligation) which was removed successfully within two hours. Sharing inform...
Idiopathic fistula between the Gastric tube and the trachea after Laryngo-pharyngo-esophagectomy (LPO) for Carcinoma post cricoid has not been reported in the literature so far. This is the first time we report one such case and its successful repair using Pectoralis Major Muscle...
Amyand's hernia (AH) is an atypical and rare hernia, defined by the incarceration of an appendix, inflamed or not, in a hernial opening of the abdominal wall. Amyand's hernia is a rare disease. Here we present a case of Amyand's hernia and report the clinical presentation, manage...
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine tumours usually manifest as solid tumours. Cystic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine tumours are rare entities, which pose diagnostic challenges. Their clinical and pathological features are not well characterized. Here, we report a cystic Pancreatic Neuroendocri...
Aims: The aim of the study is to demonstrate a case report on a rare presentation of an obstructing metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma of the distal ileum. Study Design: Case report. Place and Duration of Study: Saudi German Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Departments of General...
Fatimazahra Bensardi, Bassam Daif, Ahmed Ballati, Mohamed Ouchane, Othmane Elyamine, Mounir Bouali, Abdelilah Elbakouri, Khalid Elhattabi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2020
The ileo-sigmoid knot is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction, which usually requires emergency life-saving surgery. In this condition the ileum and sigmoid colon are twisted around each other in a knot, causing strangulation. We here report 2 cases with ileo-sigmoid knot. In b...
The most common cardiac injury following trauma is myocardial contusions. Traumatic valve injury is a rare clinical condition and most commonly involves the aortic valve, with isolated mitral valve injury being scarce. We herein describe the clinical, para clinical and surgical c...
Aim: To address the possibility of an iatrogenic obstruction in a transplanted kidney and evaluate the efficacy of prompt percutaneous access in managing the condition. Case Presentation: We present a case of a 64-year-old male, who is known case of renal transplant for nine year...
A 55 year old woman came to our structure for a swelling of the anterior-internal side of the right thighthat has been evolving for 5 years; creating a taut, firm and slightly painful arch. Soft tissue MRI and abdominal CT scan showed an oblong lesion extending from the right fla...