patients and methods tae was performed on 20 patients with liver hemangioma. the embolic agent used was polyvinyl alcohol (pva) particles (300-400 micron, jonson and johnson cordis, usa). all patients were followed up for 6 months. imaging was carried out and patients were also evaluated symptomatically through telephone interview by a physician. results twenty patients aged from 21 to 63 years...

OBJECTIVE To describe an unusual clinical presentation of intra-abdominal extralobar pulmonary sequestration in a 2-year, 9 month-old patient and assess diagnostic and treatment aspects of this pathology. CASE DESCRIPTION An undefined intra-abdominal mass was identified in the right adrenal region in a male fetus. Postnatal evaluation with ultrasound images, computed tomography, magnetic reso...

Objective The aim of the present study is to assess the difference in the detection rates of small-bowel lesions in chronic abdominal pain (CAP) patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and non-IBS. Patients Ninety-nine CAP patients who were scheduled to undergo capsule endoscopy (CE) to investigate their abdominal symptoms were included in this study. Among the subjects, 34 patients fulfil...

Myelolipoma is an uncommon adrenal tumor composed of a variable mixture of mature adipose tissue and hematopoietic elements that resemble the content of bone marrow. Adrenal glands are the commonest involved site, but other extra-adrenal sites are also reported. Myelolipoma is a benign lesion, usually small and unilateral, asymptomatic, and discovered by accident or at autopsy. Most myelolipoma...

INTRODUCTION We report a rare case of delayed abdominal wall abscess after abdominoperineal resection (APR) for rectal cancer. CASE DESCRIPTION A 63-year-old woman was diagnosed with rectal cancer and received chemo-radiotherapy, followed by APR. One year after surgery, the patient complained of pain and skin redness in the lower abdomen. A low-density mass lesion with 5.9-cm diameter was fou...

The study was carried out on 10 swine of 20-30 kg body weight. Five animals were assigned to each of 2 groups. An aneurysm of the abdominal aorta was created experimentally in animals from the first and second study group. After 4 weeks, animals from the second group were subject to aneurysm repair using an aortic prosthesis. During the experiment, we measured the myoelectric activity of the mu...

We report the case of a 48-year old woman who had had progressive increase in abdominal volume, intermittent abdominal pain without intestinal transit disorders associated with altered general condition since 1 year and a half. Clinical examination showed voluminous painless abdomino-pelvic mass, mobile and hard to palpation. Initial laboratory testing showed microcytic hypochromic anaemia of 9...

CONTEXT Lymphoepithelial cysts of the pancreas show various presentations on imaging studies often making a differential diagnosis difficult. CASE REPORT A 58-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with epigastric discomfort and abdominal bloating. Abdominal US was carried out and demonstrated a cystic lesion 5 cm in diameter which included an intracystic projection into the pancreatic bod...

Lymphangiomas are rare congenital benign tumors arising from the lymphatic system mostly encountered in the neck and axillary regions of pediatric patients. Pancreatic cystic lymphangiomas very rarely occur in adults. Radiologically, the lesion may mimic pancreatic carcinoma and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any patient found to have an abdominal cystic mass. In this art...

Cystic tumours of the spleen are generally rare, and a parasitic origin is relatively unlikely. The present case report shows, however that when a splenic cyst is found, the differential diagnosis must always consider the possibility of echinococcosis. We report the case of a patient suffering from a cystic lesion of the spleen where surgery and histopathology yielded the diagnosis of splenic e...