Brucellosis As a Cause of Intestinal Perforation

[The Rapunzel syndrome - a case report: trichobezoar as a cause of intestinal perforation]

OBJECTIVE: To report a rare case of a patient with gastric trichobezoar extended through the small bowel, proper to the Rapunzel syndrome. CASE REPORT: Girl at age 7 with history and exams suggestive of peritonitis whose laparotomy demonstrated trichobezoar and jejunal perforation. She also presented alopecia and psychological disorder which were not totally eliminated despite the support given...

Enteral feeding via jejunostomy as a cause of intestinal perforation and necrosis.

Jejunostomy for enteral feeding is excellent for patients who cannot manage oral intake, with a low complication rate. A Foley catheter, Ryle tube, Kerh tube or needle-catheter (Jejuno-Cath®) are commonly used. It is a safe procedure but it can lead to severe complications. We present two cases: firstly, an 80 year old male who was admitted to the Emergency Room with a bowel perforation seconda...

Intestinal perforation in a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare hematologic disorder that manifests with hemolytic anemia, thrombosis, and peripheral blood cytopenias.Acute abdominal pain is one of the PNH clinical manifestations due to venous thrombosis of intra-abdominal sites including hepatic, portal, mesenteric, and splenic veins.Eculizumaband allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) arethe only w...

Endometriosis as a Cause of Intestinal Obstruction

Since Sampson (I92I) described a case of endometrioma of the sigmoid colon, increased interest has been taken by surgeons in extragenital endometriosis. The site where this condition is most liable to give rise to complications is in the intestine where small and large bowel obstruction may result from the cyclic haemorrhages around and in the endometrial glands and stroma. The end-result of th...

Volvulus as a Cause of Intestinal Obstruction