Introduction: Endometriosis is a clinical entity characterized by the presence of functional endometrial tissue outside the uterus. This lesion is often seen in the ovaries, rectovaginal region, and peritoneum of the pelvic floor. Endometriosis, located in the abdominal wall, is quite rare and is usually reported as single cases or small series. Case Report: Herein, a case of abdominal wall end...

Dedifferentiated liposarcoma of the mesentery is an extremely rare tumor. A 71-year-old man with a 2-month history of abdominal distention was admitted to our department for evaluation and treatment of an abdominal mass. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed an 11 × 9 cm mass lesion with fat density in the upper right abdominal cavity, displacing the ascending and transver...

The cystic lymphangioma of the liver is an extremely rare benign tumor that usually belongs to a systemic lymphangiomatosis. An 8month-old boy came to our Department due to abdominal distension. On physical examination, a palpable abdominal mass was noticed on the right upper quadrant, with voluntary guarding and no peritoneal irritation. Laboratory tests did not produce any positive findings. ...

Liposarcoma arising from the mesentery of the bowel is a rare lesion. Some of the most common presenting symptoms of primary mesenteric liposarcoma is increasing abdominal girth, weight loss, abdominal pain, abdominal discomfort with meals and the presence of a freely movable abdominal mass or masses. Our patient presented with a large intra-abdominal mass. Diagnostic laparoscopy revealed tumor...

Aggressive angiomyxoma is a rare mesenchymal neoplasm of the soft parts of the pelvis. It is a benign lesion with a high incidence of recurrence that presents mainly in women in the third or fourth decades of life, and particularly affects the pelvis and perineum.1 The cell of origin is the myofibroblast.2 We describe a 38-year-old woman with a tumor of this type and a mass in the right cardiac...

Chronic, refractory abdominal pain without a metabolic or structural gastroenterological etiology can be challenging for diagnosis and management. Even though it is rare, it has been reported that such a recurrent abdominal pain associated with radicular pattern can be derived from structural neurologic lesion like spinal cord tumor. We experienced an unusual case of chronic recurrent abdominal...

A 35-year-old man with a history of blunt abdominal trauma and splenic rupture was diagnosed with an ampullary adenocarcinoma. At workup, a CT scan showed multiple intra-abdominal lesions similar to peritoneal carcinosis, and the patient was referred for palliative chemotherapy. On clinical suspicion, however, a biopsy was performed on an intra-abdominal lesion, establishing the diagnosis of ab...

castleman’s disease (angiofollicular lymphoid hyperplasia) includes a heterogeneous group of lymphoproliferative disorders. the cause of this disease remains uncertain. there are two types of localized castleman’s disease: the more common hyaline vascular and the plasma cell types. mixed variant is an uncommon localized lesion in general population. the lesions can occur in any part of the body...

calcifying fibrous tumor (cft) is a rare mesenchymal tumor, affecting children and young adults with a predilection for the soft tissue and the abdominal cavity. cft of the tubular gastrointestinal tract is very rare with less than 20 cases of gastric cfts reported in english literature. this benign hypocellular fibrosclerotic calcifying lesion can resemble other spindle cell tumors particularl...

A 41-year-old female patient was admitted into Surgery Clinic accusing abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever and chills. Based on clinical, biological and imaging data, it was established a diagnosis of pelviperitonitis and it was initiated an antibiotic and anti-inflammatory treatment. As fever and abdominal pain continued, it was decided to go on with surgery that revealed suppurated and perforated...