BACKGROUND Spontaneous splenic rupture considered a relatively rare but life threatening. The three commonest causes of spontaneous splenic rupture are malignant hematological diseases, viral infections and local inflammatory and neoplastic disorders. We describe a unique and unusual case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the tail of pancreas presented with massively enlarged spleen and ...

BACKGROUND The incidence of rudimentary heterotopic uterine horn pregnancy varies from 1:76,000 to 1:140,000. However the incidence of twin pregnancy i.e. intrauterine pregnancy in unicornuate uterus and its associated rudimentary horn pregnancy is estimated to be around 1 in 10 million gestations. CASE Here, we present 19 year old pramigravida women with acute haemoperitoneum with diagnosis ...

and severe left main coronary artery disease. J Cardiovasc Surg 44:55, 2003 15. van Marle J, Tudhope L, Weir G, et al: Vascular disease in HIV/AIDS patients. S Afr Med J 92:974, 2002 16. Chambers AJ, Lord RS: Incidence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related disorders at laparatomy in patients with AIDS. Br J Surg 88:294, 2001 17. Tran HS, Moncure M, Tarnoff M, et al: Predictors o...

BACKGROUND Hysteroscopy is a safe and high efficient procedure so it is changing to a widespread procedure in dealing with many gynecologic and obstetrical conditions. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic and therapeutical efficiency of hysteroscopy in managing the common conditions including abnormal uterine bleeding, abortion and infertility. MATERIALS AND METHODS This wa...

Postoperative adhesions represent a common consequence in patients who underwent abdominal or pelvic surgery. Such adhesions can be asymptomatic, but they can cause complications such as chronic abdomino-pelvic pain, secondary infertility, an increase in bowel obstruction risk and more complexity for future surgery, including longer surgery times and an increase in morbidity. Normally, adhesion...

Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are a group of rare mesenchymal neoplasms. Gastrointestinal PEComas are exceptionally rare, there being only a few case reports in the literature involving the colon and small intestine. Nearly all PEComas show immunoreactivity for both melanocytic (HMB45 and/or Melan-A) and smooth muscle (actin and/or desmin) markers. A 36-year-old male was admitt...

The differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain in pregnancy is broad and can be complicated by atypical manifestations that are due to the anatomic distortions and physiologic changes of pregnancy. Due to the lack of clinical understanding, angular pregnancy does not appear to be recognized as a clinical entity and many cases are likely to go undiagnosed. This is a case report of a 34-year-...

Abortion in an attached rndimentary uterine horn, followed by a normal intrauterine pregnancy.  Pregnancy in an rudimentary uterus has been occured in many forms, and up to now about 350 cases have been reported in medical journals. Most of these malforma­tions accompanied with other malformations in urinary tract.  A case of pregnancy and abortion in an attached rudi­mentary uterine horn is ...