The majority of patients with small bowel diverticula are asymptomatic, however, associated complications include inflammation, intestinal obstruction, perforation and gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Bladder divertulae are uncommon and can herniate into the femoral or inguinal canal as well as the scrotum. We report the case of an elderly lady who underwent laparotomy for an incarcerated femoral ...

Mucormycosis is a rare but highly invasive opportunistic fungal infection. Gastrointestinal disease although uncommon is highly fatal. We report a case of jejunal mucormycosis in a 24 year old undernourished female with preceding surgical intervention for acute intestinal obstruction of tubercular etiology. On 8th post-operative day, she developed oozing from suture line, prompting e...

We report the case of a 53 year old gentleman who had accidentally swallowed his dental bridge. One week following this he experienced a sudden onset of generalised abdominal pain and underwent laparotomy. At operation he was found to have a distal ileal perforation and an ileocaecal resection was performed. Although most swallowed foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract without ...

Taeniasolium induced ileal perforation is an unusual case of acute abdomen with confusing and non-specific clinical picture. This is a very common parasite in Tropical areas of the world, where pig rearing and unhygienic environment persists. The parasite causes diseases, Taeniasis (intestine) and Cysticercosis (Nervous System), which may result in variable outcomes. We present here a case repo...

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between topically applied non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs and upper gastro-intestinal bleeding and perforation. Study population: The population of 319,465 people who were resident in Tayside and were registered with a Tayside GP between January 1989 and October 1994. A recordlinkage database containing all hospital event and dispensed drug data betw...