It is very rare to see cases of perforation of Meckel’s diverticulum containing faecolith. In this case, we have a patient with a secondary diverticulum at the tip of a Meckel’s diverticulum containing several stones. We present a case of a 31-year-old man who was previously heal...
Laparoscopic surgery has been around in the general surgery world for a long time. It has revolutionized how conventional surgeries used to be carried out. Performing laparoscopic surgery , there is a faster recovery time, complications are less likely, and a significantly lower...
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...
Background: Amyand hernia is an unusual type of inguinal hernia when vermiform appendix is identified as its content. This constitutes less than 1% of all groin hernia sac. Case Representation: We present successful mesh hernioplasty following appendectomy in a rare case of ingui...
A 43-year-old male patient who was previously healthy, presented at the surgical outpatient clinic with a right inguinal hernia. On laparoscopy, a free lipoma was found inside the hernial sac.
Background: Lymphangiomas are uncommon benign lymphatic malformations most commonly seen in the head and neck region. Cervical lymphangiomas with intrathoracic extension are very rare clinical entity and comprise only 1% of the cases. Case Report: We report here a rare case of a...
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders affecting preterm infants. Initially, NEC can be managed both medically and surgically, with surgical intervention becoming inevitable in the context of intestinal perforation. Surgical managemen...
Introduction: Rapid and accurate diagnostic work-up and surgical management is important for retained Foreign Bodies (FB) in the chest wall following a penetrating chest trauma. While hemothorax is very common due to traumatic injuries, not much has been discussed about presentin...
Aim: Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis is a rare variant of inflammatory disease of gallbladder which is marked by the presence of lipid-laden macrophages along with extensive fibrosis. It is frequently confused with carcinoma of the gallbladder preoperatively on imaging or on gr...
Undescended testis is a common urogenital disorder whereas testicular torsion is a well-recognized urological emergency. However, torsion of an undescended testis remains a rare clinical entity. We present a case of torsion of an undescended testis located in the inguinal canal i...