Gastrointestinal arterio-venous malformations are uncommon causes of lower GI bleeding. Rectal AVMs are even rarer, and a high index of suspicion is needed to correctly diagnose them. There is no standardized treatment option for rectal AVMs. The choice of treatment has to be ind...
I have presented here a very strange and rare case of a six years old girl, Kaitlyn, who has already faced more challenges in her short life than most people encounter in a decade. She is suffering from Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) which is a rare genetic condition...
Background: Focal Nodular Hyperplasia (FNH) is a benign hepatic neoplasm commonly occurring in women of the reproductive age group. The pedunculated form is a rare entity that occurs in 3% of the cases. A case of pedunculated FNH adherent to the gallbladder is reported. Case: A 3...
Webbed neck, also known as pterygium colli, is a rare anomaly with limited documentation in the medical literature. Often associated with Turner syndrome, this condition presents challenges in complete correction due to its severity. In this article, we present a surgical correct...
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...
Perianal abscess is the most common abscess that arises from the anal glands in the crypts of the dentate line of anal canal mucosa. Over 90% of perianal abscess originates at the level of the dentate line where the squamocolumnar junction and 4-10 anal glands reside. Anorectal a...
M. Dabbagh, A. Maazouz, I. El Azzaoui, H. Hablaje, R. El Mouhib, W. Chair, M. Karami, H. Bouidida, M. Lamghari, A. Bensal, M. Najih, H. El Kaoui, S. M. Bouchentouf, A. Bounaim & M. Moujahid·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2023
Background: Hydatidosis is a frequent and benign disease that prevails in an endemic state and remains a real public health problem in our country, where breeding is still traditional. In countries with hydatid-endemic diseases, all locations are possible. Hydatidosis of the psoa...
Surgical procedures in hemophiliacs require a combined and multidisciplinary approach from both the surgeon and haematologist. This report is of a successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with haemophilia B. We describe a 34 year old male, known case of factor 9 defic...
Michaël Djogbe, Abraham Youssouf Conde, Zakaria Moatassim, Ibrahim Kaba, Omar Mkira, Hadj Omar Malki, Lahcen Ifrine & Abdelkader Belkouchi·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2023
Appendicular mucocele is a rare condition in which the appendix is dilated, either mechanically or due to benign or malignant tumours. It is evoked on the basis of appendicular mass syndrome and ultrasound-CT imaging. The most feared complication is perforation leading to periton...
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...
Introduction: Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is the commonest congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract due to incomplete obliteration of the vitellointestinal duct. Most of the patients were asymptomatic with only 4% of them presented with complications. Axial torsion leading...
Hajri Amal, Ettaoussi Abdelhak, Tijani Nissrine, Bouali Mounir, El Bakuri Abdelilah, El hattabi Khalid, Bensardi Fatima-zahra & Fadil Abdelaziz·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2023
Cystic intestinal pneumatosis is the presence of gas bubbles in the wall and the serosa of the digestive tract. It is a benign and rare pathology, of radiological diagnosis by abdominal CT given its great sensitivity and of favourable evolution by the spontaneous disappearance of...
Mucinous tumors of appendix are not frankly malignant, but if ruptured can result in intraperitoneal spread and development of pseudomyxoma pertonei [PMP]. At the lower end of spectrum are Low grade mutinous neoplasm [LAMN], which have been historically called mucoceles of append...
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...
David Alejandro Malo Ocampo, Jessica Etzai Castillo González, María Fernanda Reyes Ponce & Nahomi Sharon Siordia Cruz·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2023
Background: Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue, glands or stroma, outside the endometrial uterine area. Ectopic tissue has been reported in extrapelvic locations such as the brain, soft tissues, and even the thorax. The incidence after a cesarean secti...