When abdominal pain is chronic and unremitting, with minimal or no relationship to eating or bowel function but often a relationship to posture (i.e., lying, sitting, standing), the abdominal wall should be suspected as the source of pain. Frequently, a localized, tender trigger point can be identified, although the pain may radiate over a diffuse area of the abdomen. If tenderness is unchanged...

We examined the results of computed tomography (CT) with and without air insufflation of the stomach prior to performing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). We retrospectively analyzed 366 patients who underwent PEG. CT images obtained with and without air insufflation were examined for the presence or absence of contact between the gastric anterior wall and abdominal wall. PEG outcome b...

Background: The interaction between the blood and the vessel wall is of great clinical interest in studying cardiovascular diseases, the major causes of death in developed countries.Objective: To understand the effects of incorporating fluid-structure interaction into the simulation of blood flow through an anatomically realistic model of abdominal aorta and renal arteries reconstructed from CT...

© 2008 Association médicale canadienne A elderly woman in a vegetative state from previous head trauma was transferred from her nursing home to the emergency department for evaluation of a 5-day history of abdominal distention and fever. On examination, she was febrile to 40°C and had an edematous abdominal wall with mild left-sided erythema. One week before presentation, her feeding gastrostom...

BACKGROUND We report a case of a rare complication of acute appendicitis with perforation through the abdominal wall. The case points out that an intraabdominal origin should be considered in patients presenting with rapidly spreading soft tissue infections of the trunk. CASE PRESENTATION A 58-year-old European woman presented to our hospital with a 1-week history of severe abdominal pain acc...

BACKGROUND The abdominal wall is the commonest site of extrapelvic endometriosis, which usually develops in association with a prior surgical scar. CASE A 28-year-old woman with two endometriomas in the recti abdominis, which developed in a scarless abdomen. CONCLUSIONS Abdominal wall endometrioma can develop spontaneously in the absence of prior surgical scar and should be considered in th...

The most familiar type of hernia occurs in the abdomen and the causes are either abdominal wall weakness or intraabdominal hypertension, or both. Most abdominal wall hernias result from a weakness in the abdominal wall that may be either congenital or acquired (most are incisional). Although denervative hernia or bulge produced by nerve damage and muscle paralysis is not a new entity of hernia ...

Objective: A secondary ectopic pregnancy is defined as continuing development of a fetus in the abdominal cavity after rupture of the uterine wall, which may be associated with a history of trauma. Methods: A cat was referred to the veterinary teaching hospital of the University of Tehran with history of anorexia and vaginal bleeding. In clinical examination some masses werepalpated in abdomina...

Congenital variations and anomalies in the human body are clinically important and surgeons must be aware of those. Various human congenital malformation types have been reported. The liver is the largest organ of the digestive system. Numerous studies surveyed malposition in the liver and its attachments, because variations in the hypochondriac region and liver attachments may cause acute abdo...