INTRODUCTION clinicians must be aware of the wide range of disorders causing acute abdomen in the newborn, a frequent condition that causes challenging problems from many aspects. AIMS to evaluate our incidence of acute abdomen in the newborn, main aetiologies, antenatal diagnosis, clinical presentation and evolution. METHODS a retrospective chart review at a tertiary centre neonatal intens...

Hemangiopericytoma (HP) is a vascular tumor that mostly develops in soft tissues. The greater omentum is a very rare site for its occurrence. We present herein the clinical evaluation and outcome of a very rare case of HP that caused acute abdomen. We evaluated a case of acute abdomen due to rupture of a HP of the greater omentum. The clinical and laboratory findings and treatment modality are ...

Acute abdomen represents about 50% of admission in developed countries. It comprises different etiologies, each with a distinct clinical presentation and evolution. Irrespective the cause, it is related to high morbidity non-negligible mortality rate. Prompt diagnosis treatment are essential decrease cost-efficiency health systems. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), bedside performed by non-radi...

introduction gastric emphysema or pneumatosis is a rare finding. early endoscopy and urgent laparotomy is advised in post trauma patients. case presentation a 29 year old man presented with blunt abdominal injury following a high-speed motorbike crash he complained of abdominal pain and abdomen was distended. ct abdomen revealed air in the gastric wall with disruption of gastric mucosa. he had ...

The mesenteric infarction, named also intestinal infarction, stays one of the world’s severe dramas of acute surgical abdomen. It represents one of the main objectives in the field of clinical and therapeutic investigations due to the dramatic clinical phenomena of the disease and adds a high mortality rate, between 80 and 100. Although the symptoms are known, several elements, including the et...

Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) may present with symptoms and signs suggestive of an acute surgical condition of the abdomen. The patient described was admitted with clinical features sufficient to warrant operation but later proved to have HUS.