We report a 22-year male who developed progressive distension of abdomen, clinically diagnosed as ascites. A diagnosis of abdominal lipomatosis was made on the basis of CT evidence of excessive fatty tissue in abdominal cavity which was confirmed on laparotomy.

This report describes an 18-year-old woman presenting with abdominal distension, left flank pain, and hypertension. She had a huge abdominal mass, diagnosed as a mesenteric desmoid-type fibromatosis, causing compression of the left external iliac vessels and ureter, as well as elevated renin concentration and hypertension. After surgical removal of the mass, all signs improved including hyperte...

Between 1984 and 1994, 10 neurologically normal children between 2 and 24 months were diagnosed as having gastric volvulus with associated gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR). The common features at presentation were episodic colicky abdominal pain, non-bilious vomiting, upper abdominal distension, haematemesis, and failure to thrive. Anterior gastropexy and conservative management of GOR was curat...

We report an unusual case of pancreatic fistula after transperitoneal laparoscopic left radical nephrectomy. A 43 years old male patient presented with severe abdominal pain and abdominal distension 71 day after the surgery. Computerized tomography (CT) demonstrated a large fluid collection in the operated renal fossa. The treatment, which comprised percutaneous drainage led to a closure of the...

Organ dysfunctions caused by intraabdominal hypertension is named as abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS). A patient with prostate cancer admitted with dyspnea and oliguria. After decompression his health status improved. For patients with malignant disorders presented with oliguria and respiratory problems who have abdominal distension, ACS should be in mind.

Intestinal transit of gas is normally adapted to the luminal gas load, but in some patients impaired transit may lead to gas retention and symptoms. We hypothesized that intestinal gas transit is regulated by reflex mechanisms released by segmental distension at various gut levels. In 24 healthy subjects, we measured gas evacuation and perception of jejunal gas infusion (12 ml/min) during simul...

Intestinal transit of gas is normally adapted to the luminal gas load, but in some patients impaired transit may lead to gas retention and symptoms. We hypothesized that intestinal gas transit is regulated by reflex mechanisms released by segmental distension at various gut levels. In 24 healthy subjects we measured gas evacuation and perception of jejunal gas infusion (12 ml/min) during simult...

A 5-month-old male infant was admitted with abdominal distension of three weeks duration. The onset was accompanied with few episodes of nonbilious vomiting and sudden appearance of bilateral scrotal swellings. The baby had been passing acholic mucoid stools since two weeks. Physical examination revealed a pale, malnourished, anicteric infant having massive ascites and bilateral hydroceles. Abd...

Gastric disease is usually the result of inflammation, ulceration, neoplasia, or obstruction and manifests clinically as vomiting, hematemesis, melena, retching, burping, hypersalivation, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, or weight loss. The clinical approach is simplified by considering gastric diseases as a group of clinical syndromes based on the combination of etiology, pathology, and c...

OBJECTIVE To derive and validate an algorithm to estimate the absolute risk of having ovarian cancer in women with and without symptoms. DESIGN Cohort study with data from 375 UK QResearch general practices for development and 189 for validation. PARTICIPANTS Women aged 30-84 without a diagnosis of ovarian cancer at baseline and without appetite loss, weight loss, abdominal pain, abdominal ...