Meckel diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. Any hernia sacs containing Meckel’s diverticulum is called Littre’s hernia. This term was coined after the pioneering work of Alexis Littre, a French surgeon, who, in the 1700s, documented th...
Primary Ovarian hydatid disease is rare entity, produced by larval stage of echinococcus granulosus. Hydatid disease commonly involves Liver, Lung, abdominal cavity, spleen and infrequently in pelvic organs, ovary and uterus. Primary hydatid cyst of the ovary is an extremely rare...
The objective of this study is to establish the diagnosis of hydatid disease and outline its surgical treatment approach. The origin of hydatid disease can often be attributed to the echinococcus granulosus tapeworm. While pulmonary hydatids have been linked to Echinococcus multi...
A congenital transmesenteric hernia is a rare condition characterized by the presence of a congenital defect in the mesentery, allowing bowel loops to herniate through the mesenteric defect. This herniation can lead to bowel strangulation and small bowel obstruction. While more f...
A fairly uncommon condition is primary mesenteric hydatid cyst. Echinococcus granulosus, the most frequent cause of hydatid illness in which humans are unintentionally an intermediate host. The condition affects the liver 75% of the time, the lung 15% of the time, and extrahepati...
Splenic Lymphangiomas are incredibly uncommon lesions that mostly affect children. These are divided into benign and malignant tumors, as well as real splenic cysts. A rare and slowly developing benign tumor of the spleen is called a splenic lymphangioma. So far fewer than 100 ca...
Primary malignancies of the spleen are very rare, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the spleen is a rare primary neoplasm. Primary splenic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is a type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that constitute, less than 1% of non -Hodgkin’s lymphoma and less than 2...
Hydatid cyst of the breast is a very rare only few cases of breast hydatid cyst are published and majority of the reported cases have been diagnosed post operatively. Hydatid disease is parasitic infection caused by echinococcus granulosus. The definitive host is dog, intermediat...
Hydatid cyst is caused by the dog tapeworm echinococcus granulosus. Hydatid cysts are most frequently found in the liver (75%) and lungs (15%) and 10% occur in any part of the human body. Primary muscular hydatidosis is very rare and occurs in 1-4% in of all hydatidosis. The loca...
Hydatid cysts are caused by a tapeworm echinococcus granulosus. It is endemic disease in cattle-rearing areas of south America, Africa, Middle east, South Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand. The life cycle of echinococcus includes a definitive host dog and intermediate host...
Splenic cysts are rare. They may be congenital, neoplastic, vascular, inflammatory and post traumatic in origin and may contribute to 30-40% of the total splenic lesion. Epidermoid cysts are primary congenital cysts that contains an epithelial lining. Epidermoid cyst are congenit...
Omental cysts are any cyst that is confined to greater or lesser omentum, the most common site benign the greater omentum. The incidence of omental cyst is 1 in 20000 among children’s. So far, only 150 cases have been reported in the literature. Omental cysts are benign intra-abd...
Enteric duplication cysts are congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal tract. As the name duplication cyst suggests, which mimics the native gastrointestinal tract, having all the three layers of the gastrointestinal tract. Enteric duplication cyst most frequently occurs...
Mesenteric cystic Lymphangioma are rare intra-abdominal benign tumours of the lymphatic vessels with an incidence of 1:250,000 hospital admission. Representing 5-6% of pediatric benign tumours with a male predominance. It is commonly found in children’s appearing at 60% birth and...
Mesenteric dermoid cysts or teratoma are germ cell tumors composed of three germinal layers, ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm. These tumors occur usually in children and 80-90% are benign and less than 3% tumors change in to malignancy. They are more common occur in the region of...
Mesenteric Pseudocyst is a cystic mass in the abdomen. The aetiology is either due to trauma or infection. True mesenteric cysts are lined by epithelium while pseudocysts are not. Mesenteric pseudocysts are very rare. Only 29 case reports were retrieved via the Medline/PubMed sea...
A Chylolymphatic cyst, as the name suggests, is a cyst the that contains both chyle and lymph, usually presents within the mesentery lined with a thin endothelium or mesothelium. The incidence is between 1:100,000 to 1:250,000 in hospital admissions. Chylolymphatic cysts are rare...
Mucinous cystadenoma is a rare cystic benign neoplasm of the appendix characterized by associated with marked distension of the appendix lumen with mucin, it may be inflammatory, obstruction or tumoral origin. There are four histopathological subtypes occur as mucocele, mucosal h...
A strangulation of the intestine caused by appendicitis is extremely rare with few cases reported in the literature. Strangulation can be due to the appendix wrapping or appendiceal tourniquet around the base of a bowel loop, or when inflamed appendix tip adheres across the loop...
Meckel’s Diverticulum size more than 5 cm are classified as Giant Meckel’s Diverticulum. They are relatively rare and may be more prone complications especially for obstruction. 90% of Meckel’s Diverticulum ranges in size from 1-10 cm. It is estimated that’s as 4-9% cases manifes...
Patent omphalomesenteric duct or vitellointestinal duct is remnant of the duct, connecting the yolk sac to the gut in the developing embryo and provides nutrition until the placenta is established in infant. It is a rare congenital malformation of the gut, with an incidence of ab...
Meckel’s diverticulum is the most common congenital gastrointestinal anomaly. Intestinal obstruction is the common presenting symptom in the adult population, due to complications like intussusception, Incarceration, adhesion and torsion around a fibrous band attached to the umbi...
Meckel’s Diverticulum is the most common anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract, found in almost 2% of the population, it rarely gives rise to symptoms and its discover usually incidental. Meckel’s Diverticulum size more than 5 cm are classified as Giant Meckel’s Diverticulum, are...
A Meckel’s Diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. Meckel’s Diverticulum is usually located at the antimesenteric border of the small intestine and it is one of the cardinal finding of Meckel’s Diverticulum. The Mesenteric location is an...
The Mesodiverticular band is an embryologic remnant of the vitelline artery which provides the arterial supply to the Meckel’s Diverticulum. In the event of an error of involution a patent or non-patent arterial band persist and extend from the mesentery to the apex of the Meckel...
A Meckel’s Diverticulum length more than 5 cm are classified as giant Meckel’s Diverticulum. Giant Meckel’s Diverticulum are relatively rare and may be more prone to complications, especially for small bowel obstruction. Axial torsion followed by gangrene of Meckel’s Diverticulum...
Inverted Meckel’s Diverticulum causing intussusception is an extremely rare condition, in which the diverticulum inverts on itself. Very few cases of inverted Meckel’s diverticulum have been reported in the literature till date. Inverted Meckel’s diverticulum is a novel entity wi...
Litter’s hernia is an extremely unusual clinical condition, defined by the presence of Meckel’s diverticulum within a hernial sac. It is a true diverticulum containing all three layers of the gut. Herein, we are reporting rare and interesting a case of litter’s hernia in a 3 yrs...
Desmoid tumors, also known as aggressive fibromatosis, are benign neoplasms originating from mesenchymal cells or fibroblasts. Despite their benign nature, these tumors are locally aggressive and do not metastasize distantly. They account for less than 3% of all soft tissue tumor...
Desmoid tumors of the colon are exceptionally rare and represent an aggressive form of intra-abdominal desmoid tumors. The sigmoid colon mesentery, while generally associated with lower morbidity, can be affected by these tumors. The etiology of mesenteric desmoid tumors includes...
Desmoid tumors are benign, tumors arising from connective tissue within musculoaponeurotic structures. Classically these tumors do not metastatic but locally invasive and high rate of recurrence. Desmoid tumors, also known as aggressive fibromatosis, deep fibromatosis or musculoa...
Gastric leiomyosarcoma accounts for 1% of all gastric tumors. This type of tumor typically arises from the muscularis propria and is most often found in the body, fundus, cardia, and pyloric antrum of the stomach. Gastric leiomyosarcoma commonly presents as a polypoidal mass, exo...