Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: an under-diagnosed disease

Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: a case with severe evolution.

A case of acute abdomen disease caused by abdominal angiostrongyliasis is reported. A 42-year-old otherwise healthy patient presented with a complaint of nine days of abdominal pain, constipation, disury, fever and right iliac fossa palpable mass. Exploratory laparotomy was performed. After surgical treatment the patient presented serious complications.

Jejunal perforation caused by abdominal angiostrongyliasis.

The authors describe a case of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in an adult patient presenting acute abdominal pain caused by jejunal perforation. The case was unusual, as this affliction habitually involves the terminal ileum, appendix, cecum or ascending colon. The disease is caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis, whose definitive hosts are forest rodents while snails and slugs are...

Abdominal migraine: an under-diagnosed cause of recurrent abdominal pain in children.

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to demonstrate that, despite recognition by both the gastroenterology and headache communities, abdominal migraine (AM) is an under-diagnosed cause of chronic, recurrent, abdominal pain in childhood in the USA. BACKGROUND Chronic, recurrent abdominal pain occurs in 9-15% of all children and adolescents. After exclusion of anatomic, infectious, inflammatory, or othe...

Fatty Left Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: An Under-Diagnosed Disease

Mailing Address: Abdalla Elagha • 1 Saraya St., Third floor. 11211. Manial. Cairo E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript received May 10, 2016, revised manuscript August 17, 2016, accepted August 17, 2016 During a preoperative cardiac assessment, a 57-year-old asymptomatic female, without known cardiac risk-factors, was found to have LBBB on ECG. Echocardiography revealed dilated cardiomyopathy...

A case of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in a monkey.