acinetobacter lwoffii, an important nosocomial pathogen, is a gram-negative aerobic bacillus that is a component of the normal flora on the skin, oropharynx, and perineum of about 20-25% of healthy individuals. we herein present a case of a 66-year-old man with combined mitral and aortic valve endocarditis associated with multi-drug resistance acinetobacter lowffii bacteremia.

Aggressive angiomyxoma was first described in 1983 by Steeper and Rosai, and fewer than 150 cases have been reported in the world medical literature. It is a soft-tissue tumour of the pelvis and perineum. The recurrence rate is high, and often extensive resections are performed with considerable morbidity. These tumours are benign, locally infiltrative mesenchymal neoplasms with a predilection ...

Necrotising fasciitis is a life-threatening soft tissue infection that is associated with high mortality and morbidity. It has been described in the form of Fournier's gangrene following rectal perforations related to colorectal cancer. In these rare instances, spontaneous perforation of locally-advanced rectal carcinoma provides an entry point for bacterial seeding to the surrounding soft tiss...

Ectopic breast tissue and male breast cancer are both very rare diseases with only a few reports in the literature. Here, we present the first case of ectopic male breast cancer in the perineum. The patient was a 70-year-old man with a palpable mass in the perineum. A wide local excision and inguinal lymph node dissection revealed invasive breast carcinoma of no special type involving the skin ...

Pendahuluan: Pinang muda (Areca Catechu) dan asam kandis (Garcinia Xanthochymus) merupakan salah satu tanaman yang banyak digunakan dalam pengobatan tradisional. Kandungan fenol, flavonoid, tanin, saponin, triterpenoid, alkaloid, xanton, steroid/triterpenoid glikosida sangat baik untuk menghambat pertumbuhan bakteri, anti oksidan, imflamasi sehingga bagus mempercepatan penyembuhan luka perineum...

Latar Belakang: Proses persalinan seringkali mengakibatkan ruptur perineum. Ruptur perineum merupakan perlukaan yang terjadi pada saat kelahiran bayi baik menggunakan alat maupun tidak alat. Di Indeonesia 75% ibu melahirkan pervaginam. Terdapat upaya-upaya untuk mencegah salah satunya dengan pijat mekanisme dapat mengurangi derajat yaitu memberikan pijatan, maka aliran darah akan lancar dan nut...

BACKGROUND Penetrating injuries of the perineum are rare but very dangerous. Since the genitourinary and colorectal organs may be injured, how to evaluate surgical management of the injury is very important. METHODS The present report presents a case of penetrating injury of the perineum by a wooden stick when the patient fell on the upright wooden stick from a tree. The three feet long stick...

Two to three weeks old 3 male indigenous Korean calves weighing 35–40 kg were referred to the Animal Medical Centre, Chonbuk National University with signs of urine scalding on the ventral perineum. Physical examination in all 3 cases revealed aplasia of the penis along with an undescended testis, bifid scrotum and ventrally incomplete sheath. In case 1, the urethra opened cranially to the bifi...

Vulvar endometriosis can occur after surgery or trauma and cause dyspareunia. Endometriosis of the perineum and vulva is extremely rare without trauma. We report here a case of spontaneously developing perineal endometriosis successfully treated with local excision. A 23-year-old woman was admitted complaining of a vulvar lump. It had gradually increased in size. Gynecological examination showe...

An 18-hour male newborn was sent to our institution for evaluation of imperforate anus and “no visible fistula” and colostomy creation. Physical exam showed no cardio respiratory or neurological compromise. He had imperforate anus, descended testicles, normal penis and perineum with a rather normal raphe with no visible fistula or opening (Figure 1). After a more thorough examination of the per...