Acute intestinal intussusception is a pathology of infants and the little child. Its occurrence in adults is very unusual. It is of diverse etiology. Lipoma is rare in the tube digestive. Intestinal intussusception on lipoma is exceptional. We report a case of small intestinal in...
Diaphragmatic rupture is a rare pathology that reported in less than 0.5% of all trauma cases, with signs and symptoms that can easily be misdiagnosed. Clinicians must maintain a high index of suspicion to correctly manage this pathology. We present a case of diaphragmatic hernia...
Aim of the Study: Through our case of pancreatic neck rupture, the study aim was to emphasize the advantages of an early laparotomy when there is a doubt about a canal disruption and the risks of a later surgical management. Patients and Results: Our patients was operated on for...
Mounir Bouali, Abdelhak Ettaoussi, Kamal Benzidane, Abdelilah El-Bakouri, Fatimazahra Bensardi, Khalid El-Hattabi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2023
Sigmoido-rectal intussusception is rare and the lead point can be in most of the time a malignant lesions like adenocarcinoma. An 86-year-old patient was admitted to the emergency room for rectal bleeding associated with mucous diarrhea. Computed tomography revealed sigmoid-recta...
Mounir Bouali, Kabira Falousse, Abderrahmane Lamnaouar, Abdelilah El-Bakouri, Khalid El-Hattabi, Fatima Zahra Bensardi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2023
Small bowel volvulus is a surgical emergency, the etiology may be primary or secondary, and the clinical presentation is that of an acute intestinal obstruction. Abdominal radiography and abdominal CT scan is the key of the diagnostic. We present the case of a small bowel volvulu...
Mounir Bouali, Kabira Falousse, Amine Fatine, Abdelilah El-Bakouri, Khalid El-Hattabi, Fatima Zahra Bensardi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2022
The volvulus of the cecum is a surgical emergency, in frequency, the second part of the colon concerned by the volvulus after the sigmoid and before the transverse colon. This pathology occurs at the level of the cecum of an abnormal mobility. The mechanism of this pathology can...
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...
Introduction and Importance: The ileo-sigmoid knot is a rare entity of intestinal occlusion by strangulation. It is a surgical emergency whose delay in management exposes to digestive necrosis and high mortality. Materials and Methods: Our work is a retrospective case report wit...
Introduction: Meckel's diverticulum is due to the partial persistence of the omphalo mesenteric duct. It is a rare condition, affecting about 2% of the population. It is usually asymptomatic, but can also be responsible for complications which constitute as many circumstances of...
Stoma prolapse is a well-described complication after ileostomy or colostomy, it is typically asymptomatic and easily reduced. Acute incarceration of a prolapsed stoma is a rare event and a surgical emergency. In the presence of a prolapse, a very edematous one, the application o...
Mounir Bouali, El Batloussi Yousra, Abdelillah El Bakouri, Fatimazahra Bensardi, Khalid El Hattabi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2021
Acute intussusception in adults is rare and has certain peculiarities that make this condition so interesting. It is of various etiologies. It is indicative of an underlying pathology in more than 85% of cases. We report the case of intussusception secondary to a rare etiology "s...
Post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernia is a solution of continuity of the diaphragmatic dome which can be complicated by the intra thoracic passage of the abdominal organs. It is most often located on the left, often asymptomatic except in the case of a complication, notably a stran...
Khalid Elhattabi, Mounir Bouali, Karim Yaqine, Nassima Fakhiri, Fatimazahra Bensardi, Abdelilah Elbakouri & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Introduction: Transposition of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a congenital anomaly of the great vessels. Left IVC is a rare malformation, it is observed in about 0.04% to 0.5% of the population. Presentation of Case: We report the case of a 64-year-old patient, with no particula...
Abdelilah El-Bakouri, Abdelhak Ettaoussi, Mounir Bouali, Fatimazahra Bensardi, Khalid El-Hattabi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2023
Cystic pneumatosis of the intestine is a rare condition whose incidence is often underestimated due to the frequency of minimally symptomatic or asymptomatic forms. Primary forms are even less common and account for only 15% of all retained cases of this disease. Peptic ulcers an...
Abdelilah El Bakouri, Abderrahmane Lamnaouar, Khalid Jamaleddine, Mounir Bouali, Khalid Elhattabi, Fatimazahra Bensardi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2022
Pancreatic pseudocyst during pregnancy is a rare pathology whose management lacks of hindsight, with only 10 cases reported in the literature since 1980. Spontaneous resolution in 11 to 16% of cases has been described in the literature. We report a case of giant pseudocyst of the...
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...
Abdelillah El Bakouri, El Batloussi Yousra, Azhary Fadwa, Mounir Bouali, Fatimazahra Bensardi, Khalid El Hattabi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Foreign body ingestion (FBI) is a serious event that can be life-threatening or lead to significant sequelae. We report the observation of a 40-year-old patient, , who presented to the emergency room with chest pain, intermittent cough and exertional dyspnea, 4 hours after accide...
Abdelillah El Bakouri, El Batloussi Yousra, Majd Abdessamad, Mounir Bouali, Fatimazahra Bensardi, Khalid El Hattabi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Spontaneous enterocutaneous fistulas are a rare complication, defined by an abnormal communication between the digestive tract and the skin surface giving rise to the exteriorization of digestive fluid through the newly formed fistula path. The diagnosis is easily raised. Spontan...
Background: Caroli's disease (CD) is a rare congenital disorder. The early diagnosis of the disease and differentiation of types I and II are of extreme importance to patient survival. This case report was designed to review, discuss to clarify the clinical characteristics of the...
Ichrak Bouali, Khadija Kamal, Abdessamad Majd, Abdelhak. Ettaoussi, Mounir Bouali, Abdelilah Elbakouri, Khalid El Hattabi, Aziz Moussahim & Zaineb Moustaquime·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Medicine and Health·2025
Introduction: Cecal volvulus, defined as torsion of the cecum, terminal ileum, and ascending colon around their mesenteric axis, is a rare but serious cause of acute intestinal obstruction. Because symptoms are often nonspecific, diagnosis may be delayed. Abdominal CT scan has be...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrmh/2025/v8i1280
Anass El Wassi, Abdelha. Ettaoussi, Khadija Kamal, Abdessamad Majd, Mounir Bouali, Abdelilah Elbakouri, Khalid El Hattabi, Siham El Kinani & Aziz Moussahim·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2025
Appendicular mucocele is a rare lesion of the appendix characterized by the accumulation of mucus in the appendicular lumen (Caspi, et al., 2004), causing dilatation of the appendicular lumen. Its pathogenesis is controversial, and two pathophysiological theories have been develo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2025/v8i2299
Khalid El Hattabi, Youssra El Batloussi, Khadija Kamal, Abdelillah El Bakouri, Mounir Bouali, Fatimazahra Bensardi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Acute intestinal obstruction in adults on a scarred abdomen is a usual etiology to see, but in rare cases, such as ours, intestinal obstruction may result from primary or congenital clamping. We report the case of a 17-year-old patient, without any surgical or traumatic history,...
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...
Kamal Khadija, Nassima Fakhiri, Ilias El Azhari, Fadoua Zalarh, Abdelhak Ettaoussi, Abdessamad Majd, Mounir Bouali, Abdelilah El Bakouri & Khalid El Hattabi·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2025
Post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernia, also referred to as diaphragmatic rupture, is a rare condition that is often missed during the initial evaluation following trauma. Delayed diagnosis is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernia is...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2025/v8i2306
Nassima Fakhiri, Belbsir Mohamed, Ilias El Azhari, Abdelhak Ettaoussi, Abdessamad Majd, Kamal Khadija, Mounir Bouali, Abdelilah El Bakouri & Khalid El Hattabi·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2025
De Garengeot and Richter hernias are rare types of groin hernias, each with distinct features and clinical challenges. A De Garengeot hernia involves the appendix within a femoral hernia sac, while a Richter hernia involves partial bowel wall herniation, often without obstruction...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2025/v8i2292
Anas El Wassi, Siham El Kinani, Ilias El Azhari, Nassima Fakhiri, Abdelhak Ettaoussi, Abdessamad Majd, Kamal Khadija, Mounir Bouali, Abdelilah El Bakouri & Khalid El Hattabi·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2025
The sigmoid volvulus is a rare cause of intestinal occlusion, most cases being found in Asia and Africa. The case we report is of a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis undergoing treatment, who was admitted in our structure for an intestinal occlusion due to sigmoid volvulus, the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2025/v8i2290
Ichrak Bouali, Ilias El Azhari, Othmane Berrada, Nassima Fakhiri, Abdelhak Ettaoussi, Abdessamad Majd, Khadija Kamal, Abdelilah El Bakouri, Mounir Bouali & Khalid El Hattabi·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2026
Background: Situs inversus is a rare anatomical anomaly that renders surgical presentations atypical. The association of acute pancreatitis, a gastrointestinal trichobezoar, and Rapunzel syndrome in a patient with situs inversus is exceptional. Case Report: We report the case of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2026/v9i2383