Giant cystic lymphangioma (GCL) is a rare benign cystic tumor. The gold standard treatment of abdominal GCL is surgical excision. Only few series of pediatric patients managed with mini-invasive surgery are reported. We describe a case of a 2-year-old girl with a GCL who was treated with laparoscopic excision with a good outcome. She was admitted to our hospital because of acute abdominal pain ...

The patient is a 92-year-old woman, with no medical-surgical history of interest, who reported abdominal pain and fecal vomiting over the previous 24 h. Upon examination, the abdomen was diffusely painful, with no peritoneal irritation, epigastric tympanites and dullness to percussion in the rest of the abdomen. Computed tomography detected an abdominal cystic mass measuring 22 14 cm that occup...

The value of erect and supine abdominal radiographs and erect chest radiographs was analysed prospectively in 102 consecutive patients admitted to hospital with acute abdominal symptoms. The radiographs were reported on initially by junior surgeons of the admitting team, special note being made of the value of the erect abdominal radiograph over the combination of the supine abdominal radiograp...

A 25-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a history of corrosive (turpentine) ingestion. Clinically, the patient had metabolic acidosis and his total white cell count was 28600/mm. Computed tomography (CT) scan of the thorax and abdomen revealed diffuse thickening of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum. Minimal free fluid was present in the abdomen. The patient was first stab...

BACKGROUND Wandering spleen is a rare condition which if uncorrected, can result in torsion and infarction. Clinical presentation of a wandering spleen can vary from asymptomatic abdominal mass to acute abdominal pain. Radiological investigations play a pivotal role in diagnosis as the clinical diagnosis is usually impossible. CASE REPORT We present a case of wandering spleen with torsion and...