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...
Complete situs inversus is a rare embryological anomaly characterised by complete inversion of the positions of thoracic and abdominal organs; Acute mesenteric infarction and gastric ulcer perforation are surgical emergencies with serious consequences. The association of these tw...
Mesenteric mesenteric circulation that does not meet the metabolic requirements of the visceral organs whose severity and affected organ depend on the vessel involved and the development of collaterals. Taenia saginata is a zoonotic tapeworm and the parasite is transmitted from h...
Acute mesenteric clamp syndrome or Wilkie's syndrome is one of the rare causes of bowel obstruction. It is the result of the compression of the third duodenum by a vascular clamp formed by the superior mesenteric artery and the aorta after disappearance of the perivascular fatty...
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...
Meckel's diverticulum is the partial persistence of the omphalo mesenteric duct. Its complications are rare. The diagnosis is most often per operative. We report the case of a 54-year-old patient admitted to the emergency room for a peritonitis picture. The clinical examination...
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...
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...
GIST or Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are rare connective tumors, Derived from Cajal cells or one of their precursors. And they are often located in the stomach or small intestine. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are very rare neoplasms of the digestive tract, their cli...
Introduction: Esophageal perforation represents one of the most serious and difficult emergencies that the surgeon may be confronted with. Most often, these are iatrogenic perforations, especially since the advent of endoscopic therapies. However, in about 15% of cases, as in the...
Mesenteric adenolymphitis is an inflammation of a part of the abdominal wall. It mainly affects children and can be of viral, bacterial or parasitic origin. Treatment is mainly symptomatic except in the case of bacterial origin where antibiotics must be used.also known as mesente...
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...
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...
Anterolateral or retrosternal Morgagni hernias are the rarest form of diaphragmatic hernias. They represent 2.5% of all diaphragmatic hernias. Their incidence is between 1% and 6%. They are congenital or traumatic origin. They are more frequent on the right side (70% to 90% of th...
The bodypacking is a drug delivery that is growing, especially since the events of September 11, 2001 from which were reinforced customs controls of baggage or packages. This mode of transport may cause, digestive or toxic complications whose management requires special care and...
Abdessamad Majd, Aziz Moussahim, Kabdane Ilyass, I. Bouali, A. Ettaoussi, K. Kamal, M. Bouali, ElBakouri & K. Elhattabi·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2026
Internal hernias are rare causes of small bowel obstruction, accounting for less than 6% of cases. Among them, paraduodenal hernias represent the most frequent congenital subtype. Despite their rarity, they are clinically significant because they may lead to acute intestinal obst...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2026/v9i1378
Nassima Fakhiri, El Kinani Siham, Benzidane Kamal, A. Ettaoussi, K. Kamal, A.Majd, M. Bouali, A. Elbakouri & K. El Hattabi·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2024
Internal hernias are protrusions of the abdominal hollow viscera into an intraperitoneal orifice, but which remain within the abdominal cavity. This does not include iatrogenic post-surgical forms, the most frequent of which are currently observed after orthotopic liver transplan...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2024/v7i2248
H. Mahtal, S. Nacer, S. Abadi, Fz. Elghaoussi, M. Tahiri, F. Haddad, W. Hliwa, A. Bellabah, W. Badre, E. M. Choukri, K. El Hattabi, Fz. Bensardi, A. El Bakouri, M. Bouali & A. Fadil·Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Gastroenterology·2022
Esophageal papillomatosis is a fairly rare illness that is thought to have a benign clinical course. Recent findings highlight the possibility of a malignancy emerging in connection with esophageal squamous papillomatosis. A case of esophageal papillomatosis is documented, which...