THE ACUTE SURGICAL ABDOMEN

Acute Surgical Abdomen

Background. Pulmonary embolism is a common and potentially lethal condition. Most patients who die from massive pulmonary embolism do so within the first few hours of the event. The clinical manifestations of pulmonary embolism are nonspecific, which makes the diagnosis difficult. Case Report. We present a case of massive pulmonary embolism presenting as an acute surgical abdomen that underwent...

Surgical aspects of the acute abdomen.

Non-surgical acute abdomen: intestinal tuberculosis.

This was a 21-year-old woman with nonspecific findings in her clinical history, who was operated on for abdominal pain with generalized peritonism, high fever, and severe leukocytosis. No alterations were seen in her thorax. The following was found during the procedure: turbid ascites and generalized peritoneal seeding, particularly in the terminal ileum. A histological examination of biopsy sa...

Impact of abdominal radiography on surgical approach among patients with acute abdomen attending emergency ward

Introduction: Abdominal radiography is an important method for acute abdomen cases and it is usually used to determine surgical approaches. This study was performed to determine the effect of abdominal radiography in the surgical approach among patients with acute abdomen attending the emergency ward of Rasool-Akram Hospital. Methods: In this comparative cross-sectional study, 147 consecutive ...

MELAS syndrome presenting as an acute surgical abdomen

MELAS (mitochondrial cytopathy, encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) is a syndrome in which signs and symptoms of gastrointestinal disease are uncommon if not rare. We describe the case of a young woman who presented as an acute surgical emergency, diagnosed as toxic megacolon necessitating an emergency total colectomy. MELAS syndrome was suspected postoperatively owing ...