In locally advanced pancreatic body cancers, cancer infiltrates major vessels such as the celiac axis, common hepatic artery and superior mesenteric artery or vein, which is the borderline of resectability. Patients also suffer severe abdominal pain. Kondo and Hirano et al. developed a radical operation called "distal pancreatectomy with en bloc celiac resection (DP-CAR)" for such cases. We app...

Pseudo papillary tumor of the pancreas, also called Frantz´s tumor, is a very rare disease; between 0.2 and 2.7% pancreatic carcinomas. Ethiology unknown; observed in young women. It´s tumors with low malignant potential, usually asymptomatic evolution by long time symptoms are due to regional compression: pain or abdominal mass. The possibility form around 15%. Anatomically, they most frequent...

A 42-year-old hypothyroid shepherd presented with a progressive abdominal lump accompanied by nausea and abdominal fullness. In addition, he had worsening hypothyroidism, despite supranormal doses of thyroxine. Computed tomography of the abdomen was suggestive of a mass lesion in relation to the stomach. A resection of the mass was done and the histopathology was suggestive of gastrointestinal ...

This is a report on a 72-year-old postmenopausal woman who presented with passage of fetal bones through an umbilical fistula. She was diagnosed as a case of demised abdominal pregnancy, which had been retained for 26 years. She subsequently had exploratory laparotomy, evacuation of the abdominal pregnancy, hysterectomy, and bowel resection. The patient's condition remained unstable throughout ...

We present a case of immediate abdominal wall reconstruction with biologic mesh following the resection of locally advanced colonic cancer. The tumor in the right colon did not respond to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Surgical enbloc excision, including excision of the invasion in the abdominal wall, was achieved, and the defect was reconstructed with porcine dermal collagen mesh. The patient was d...

Intraabdominal lymphangiomas are rare. A five-year-old girl with abdominal lymphangiomas was successful treated by excision of the mass and resection of short segment of small bowel. We present a case report.

We present a case of sigmoid colon injury after blunt abdominal trauma. The patient was submitted to sigmoid resection with primary end-to-end colo-colic anastomosis. He died 22 days after operation with septic shock and acute respiratory failure. Post-mortem examination showed left lung generalized pneumonia with no signs of intra-abdominal pathology; colo-colic anastomosis was intact. We revi...

showed elevated inflammatory parameters and metabolic acidosis. Since he progressively developed hypotension, tachycardia and dyspnea, a severe cause for his condition was suspected and an urgent contrast-enhanced abdominal CT scan was performed. This reA 68-year-old male patient was treated in our hospital for rectal cancer by a low anterior resection. While recovering, he complained of sudden...

Primary enterolithiasis is a rare surgical ailment. The underlying cause is intestinal stasis. A 45year-old female patient admitted with 5 years history of intermittent abdominal colics of less severity and shorter duration. There was history of emergency abdominal surgery 20 years back. The patient underwent laparotomy revealing three strictures in the distal ileum two feet proximal to ICJ, in...

We present the case of a female patient admitted for an abdominal tumoral mass corresponding to large liver metastases. The abdominal ultrasonography detected a solid intestinal tumor. The capsule endoscopy showed a vegetative tumor on the terminal ileum. After intestinal and partial liver resection, the histologic examination identified a neuroendocrine tumor. The patient responded incompletel...