Background: Gastric pneumatosis is a rare condition characterized by the presence of intramural gas in stomach wall. It uncommon infants and usually caused proximal intestinal obstruction or necrotizing enterocolitis, serious typically seen preterm babies. Case Presentation: An extremely baby born at 23 weeks gestation weighing 640 grams, with bronchopulmonary dysplasia other comorbidities like...

We report the case of a 51 year old man who developed the unusual complication of a bilious pleural effusion, or 'Cholethorax' following percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage. Case Report: A 51 year old man with locally advanced gastric adenocarcinoma presented with painless jaundice one year following the completion of palliative chemotherapy. Laboratory investigations revealed a bilirubi...

DESCRIPTION A 10-year-old girl with a background of global developmental delay and autism was admitted to our hospital with vomiting for 10 days. She had not opened her bowels for 5 days. Owing to her developmental delay she was unable to communicate verbally. Examination was unremarkable, including her abdomen which was soft with no distension and no masses felt. Her routine blood tests includ...

Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis is one of the serious complications of prematurity. Eosinophilia has not been proposed as a classical laboratory abnormality in NEC. Previous studies suggest that eosinophilia during NEC may be a sign of allergic enterocolitis. Case presentation: We present a premature neonate with birth weight of 1280 grams with abdominal distention, bilious gastric resid...

Cholethorax or bilious effusion in the thorax, is a rare condition in which bile passes into the pleural space from the abdominal cavity, necessitating urgent treatment. In this article, we present a case of cholethorax as a complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). The patient underwent a LC due to the presence of a gallbladder polyp. The clip attached to the Hartman opened, and the a...

BACKGROUND Gastric volvulus (GV) occurs when the stomach abnormally rotates around one of its axes and is a rare upper gastrointestinal obstruction. We present an unusual case of intrathoracic GV associated with delayed manifestation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. METHODS A 16-month-old female infant presented with a history of projectile non-bilious vomiting for 2 days and mild hemateme...