Congenital biliary web- a rare cause of obstructive jaundice in an infant: A case report

A rare cause of obstructive jaundice.

uestion: An 80-year-old woman was admitted to the ospital because of jaundice, upper abdominal pain, nauea, and vomiting. The patient was on phenprocoumon or chronic atrial fibrillation. Physical examination reealed right upper quadrant tenderness and jaundice. Laboratory studies revealed abnormal coagulation tests ith a prolonged prothrombin time (International Normalzed Ratio 6.0) and a prolo...

A Rare Cause of Obstructive Jaundice

[A rare cause of obstructive jaundice: fascioliasis].

A 56 year old woman was admitted to the clinic with severe colicky right upper abdominal pain. There was a three-week history of jaundice. Pathological biochemical laboratory results of her serum were as follows: direct bilirubin 4.53 mg/dl, total bilirubin 3.08 mg/dl, AST 45 U/L, ALT 72 U/L. Surgical treatment, cholecystectomy + choledochtomy + T-tube drainage, was performed. Exploration of th...

A Rare Cause of Obstructive Chronic Hydrocephalus in an Adult Patient: A Case Report of Fourth Ventricle\'s Foramina Idiopathic Stenosis

Background & Importance: Idiopathic stenosis of the foramina of Magendie and Luschka is a rare cause of obstructive hydrocephalus involving the fourth ventricle. Case Presentation: We reported the case of a 40-year-old woman who developed headaches and vertigo for several months and more recently gait disturbance. The CT scan showed quadri-ventricular hydrocephalus involving mainly...

Congenital Becker’s nevus: report of a rare case

Introduction: Beckers’s nevus is a cutaneous hamartoma which usually appears as a circumscribed hyperpigmentation with hypertrichosis. It usually presents unilaterally and the usual site is shoulder and scapula. It is rarely congenital and it is usually noticed first during adolescence. Case Report: Herein, we report a congenital bilateral large Becker’s nevus with positive familial history ...