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BACKGROUND Hydatid disease is endemic in the cattle grazing areas. It is a parasitic infection caused by the Echinoccocus Granulosus. Dogs are the definitive host and humans get infected either by contact with the definitive host or by consuming hydatid ova contaminated vegetables. METHODS A 42 yr old lady presented with shortness of breath on exertion, orthopnea and progressively increasing ...

Abstract Background Malignant transformation of tailgut cysts (benign retrorectal cysts) into Neurodendocrine tumours (NETS) is extremely rare with less than 30 reported cases in the literature. A tiny proportion these report early recurrence (within 2 years) and to our knowledge none have delayed 6 years after primary resection. Case history We a 55-year-old male who underwent laparoscopic exc...

Splenic infarction occurs due to occlusion of splenic vessels that leads to splenic tissue ischemia and necrosis. There are several reports regarding splenic infarction in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Herein, we report a case of acute promyelocytic anemia (AML-M3) who presented with abdominal pain and splenic infarction.

Presenter: Bahareh Ghane BS | Tehran University of Medical Sciences Background: Hydatid cysts can occur in any organ or soft tissue; however, the most common sites are liver (60% -70%), lungs (30%), and rarely other organs such as spleen, bone, thyroid, pancreas, breast. The patient was a 23-year-old man presenting with abdominal pain, early satiety feeling mass LUQ from 2 months ago. On physic...

Hemoperitoneum in peritoneal dialysis patients is a known but infrequent complication. Hemoperitoneum is more frequent in women because of its association with a variety of gynecologic presentations such as reflux menstruation, ovulation, endometrial tissue implants within the peritoneal cavity (endometriosis), and bleeding follicular cysts. Other intraperitoneal causes of hemoperitoneum includ...