Enteric Duplication Cyst Leading to Volvulus: An Unusual Cause of Acute Intestinal Obstruction – A Case Report

Volvulus as a Cause of Intestinal Obstruction

An unusual cause of intestinal obstruction in an adolescent: a case report and management review

A 15-year-old boy presented with intestinal obstruction two weeks following a blunt abdominal trauma. He had progressive bilious vomiting without abdominal distension or peritonitis. The contrast computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen provided the definitive diagnosis: there was an obstructing duodenal hematoma, which might have been slowly progressing or have arisen from secondary hemorr...

An Unusual Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report

A patient presented with recurrent episodes of colicky abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, precise cause of which could not be established on evaluation. Exploratory laparotomy revealed internal herniation of proximal small bowel loops into the mesentericoparietal fossa of Waldeyer. There was a successful surgical outcome.

Phytobezoar: an unusual cause of intestinal obstruction

Small bowel phytobezoars are rare and almost always obstructive. There have been previously reported cases of phytobezoars in the literature, however there are few reports on radiological findings for small bowel bezoars. Barium studies characteristically show an intraluminal filling defect of variable size that is not fixed to the bowel wall with barium filling the interstices giving a mottled...

Duplication cyst of pyloroduodenal canal: a rare cause of neonatal gastric outlet obstruction: a case report

BACKGROUND A 21 day old male child presented with non bilious vomiting and abdominal mass. CASE PRESENTATION This case is reported because pyloroduodenal duplication cysts are an extremely rare congenital anomaly, whose clinical presentation often mimics those of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Ultrasound examination showed cystic mass at pyloric region and barium study was suggestive of extri...