Aim: Tuberculosis (TB) of the breast presenting as a cold abscess is a rare condition. We present here such a case of a young female patient with a left breast lump and a history of pulmonary tuberculosis on Antitubercular therapy (ATT) treatment. The presence of a cold abscess w...
Nedjim A. Saleh, Gallouo Messian, Hagguir Hissein, Abdi El Mostapha, Moataz Amine, Dakir Mohamed, Debbagh Adil & Aboutaieb Rachid·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2022
Testicular torsion is a surgical emergency defined as the torsion of the spermatic cord in the tunica vaginalis. It occurs mainly in adolescents. Beyond 6th hours, irreversible lesions start to appear. Therefore, the prognosis of the testicle will depend on the time taken to trea...
COVID-19 infection increases risk of thrombosis both arterial and venous systems. Many organs of arterial thrombosis were reported. We reported a case of superior mesenteric artery thrombosis in a COVID-19 pneumonia patient who presented with abdominal pain and leukocytosis. The...
Aims: We review the literature pertaining to the implications of the rare anomaly of double vena cava. Presentation of Case: A 20 year old male treated for polycystic kidney disease went for a computed tomography (CT) renal for microscopic hematuria and incidentally noted a doubl...
Mohamed El Hafed Radhi, Youssef Oukessou, Omar Berrada, Sami Rouadi, Reda Allah Abada, Mohammed Roubal, Mohammed Mahtar & Meriem Regragui·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2022
Introduction: Ameloblastic carcinomas are rare odontogenic tumors, and when discovered in maxillary sinus, they are considered even rarer. Because of rarity, there is limited information about the clinical behavior of such patients. Presentation of Case: We report a case of a 58-...
Psoas abscess (PA) is a rare presentation and even more so where appendicitis is the cause. PA often presents with non-specific symptoms resulting in significant mortality, therefore requiring a high index of suspicion requiring timely imaging and diagnosis. PA can be further com...
Small bowel obstruction is a common acute presentation in any general surgical unit, however an obstruction secondary to a bezoar impaction is considerably infrequent. The diagnosis of small bowel obstruction due to phytobezoar pre-operatively remains challenging. We present a ca...
Aim: To highlight the presentation and endovascular management of a leaking subclavian artery aneurysm in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Background: The presentation of human immunodeficiency virus infection and its complications continue to be an ever-evo...
We report the case of a 2-year-old child with small bowel obstruction due to a phytobezoar. Initial imaging studies failed to identify its etiology: this included an abdominal CT scan, revealing small bowel obstruction with a transitional zone in the ileum, but without a clear ca...
Chylous Ascites (CA) is an uncommon finding of lymphatic fluid throughout the peritoneal cavity. It most commonly occurs in adults due to malignancy or liver cirrhosis and there is limited evidence on its presence in small bowel obstruction (SBO). We present a case of a 53 year o...