We report the case of a 67-year-old man with remnant left liver torsion causing acute hepatic venous outflow obstruction after right hepatectomy for giant hepatocellular carcinoma, which was successfully treated with surgery. After the primary surgery, he developed significant liver dysfunction and renal failure. Doppler ultrasonography disclosed gradual reduction of hepatic perfusion. Abdomina...

We report two cases of malignant afferent loop obstruction following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Case 1. A 70-year-old woman, who had undergone PD for pancreatic cancer, was referred to our hospital because of fever, jaundice, and abdominal pain. Ultrasonography and abdominal computed tomography demonstrated dilatation of a small bowel loop in the right upper quadrant. Laparotomy confirmed th...

tubal pregnancies are common but presence of hydatidiform mole in tube is a rare entity. a woman of 53years presented with acute abdomen, preoperative pregnancy test was positive and ultrasonography suspected the case as hydatidiform mole in right tube. the patient was treated with total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy as her family was completed. subsequent histopat...

A thirty eight year old female with a long standing history of a chronic duodenal ulcer presented at the Nyeri Provincial General Hospital with vomiting, abdominal pain and abdominal distension. Oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy revealed a tight pyloric stenosis while abdominal ultrasonography showed ascites. At laparatomy, she was coincidentally found to have pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PC...

During a period of two years (1984 - 1985), three patients with diagnosis of choledocal cyst have gone under operation in department of pediatric surgery (Taleghani Medical Centre). Choledochal cyst is a congenital malformation of the pancreatobiliary system. Its pathogenesis is not yet completely understood.The famale/male predisposition is 4/1. More than 50% of the patients present during the...

Splenic tuberculosis is known to occur due hematogenous spread from the affected lungs. Ultrasonography shows non-specific features, including hepatosplenomegaly or abscess. Possible small hypoechoic nodules larger mass-like areas are also observed. Sometimes it challenging differentiate splenic a pyogenic An 85-year-old man visited our clinic with abdominal discomfort and fatigue. He had histo...

Intravesical ectopic pregnancy is a very rare condition. Unlike traditional pregnancies, patients generally present with hematuria. Our case presented abdominal pain and urinary bleeding. Abdominal tenderness was observed on physical examination. The ß-HCG measured as 10033 IU / ml. In ultrasonography, an appearance compatible vesicouterine fistula tract gestational sac in the bladder were obse...

BACKGROUND Though the major target of the HIV-virus is the immune system, the frequency of abdominal disorders in HIV/AIDS patients has been reported to be second only to pulmonary disease. These abdominal manifestations may be on the increase as the use of antiretroviral therapy has increased life expectancy and improved quality of life. Ultrasonography is an easy to perform, non invasive, ine...

INTRODUCTION Two dimensional (2-D) ultrasonography is a particularly well-adapted tool for exploring soft tissue in reptiles (liver, kidney, bladder, genital system, heart and large blood vessels at the base of the heart, as well as the digestive tract) 4,5,6,8,9,10,12,13,14,15. Unlike radiography, it can differentiate various soft tissue structures and provide information regarding organ locat...