Traumatic Small Bowel Injury: A Diagnosis Challenge

Traumatic injury of the small bowel.

Post-traumatic small bowel obstruction.

Small bowel stenosis due to blunt abdominal trauma is rare. This paper reports a Gurkha soldier who sustained apparently minor trauma in a flying accident and presented 11 weeks later with abdominal pain. After extensive investigations, a post-traumatic small bowel stricture was identified and excised.

Small bowel Ascaris infestation: a diagnostic challenge

Ascariasis is a common infestation in developing countries where there is poor hygiene. A majority of the cases are asymptomatic, with a few cases presenting with mild abdominal pain and nutritional deficiencies in the long term. Here we present a case of a young boy who presented as a diagnostic dilemma, with signs of acute intestinal obstruction without any supporting radiological evidence. A...

Practical Lessons from the Small Bowel Bleeding Lesions: A Case Report on Small Bowel Cavernous Hemangioma

prenatal diagnosis of small bowel atresia: a case report

in this paper we report a case of jejunal atresia that was detected pre-nataly. polyhydramnios and multiple dilated bowel loops in the lower part of fetal abdomen in ulterasonography helped us to diagnose this abnormality. post-natal barium enema showed it and also it was confirmed by laparotomy confirmed it. pre-natal diagnosis is important in these cases to facilitate delivery in centers wher...