introduction ileal diverticulum is a rare disease that presents with complications such as diverticulitis. case presentation we present an 81-year-old man with partial small bowel obstruction having abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting for 48 hours and a mobile abdominal mass. after ct scan, exploratory laparoscopy and small bowel resection was done with primary anastomosis. conclusions when adhesi...

Internal hernia is an unusual cause of small bowel obstruction and classified several types according to locations. Transmesosigmoid hernia is rare type among others mesosigmoid hernia was rarely reported in the literature. We report the case of a 44-year-old male who presented with acute abdominal pain and developed a small intestinal obstruction. History, clinical and radiography examination ...

Internal hernia is defined as the protrusion of an abdominal organ through a peritoneal or mesenteric aperture. It is a rare cause of small bowel obstruction. The incidence of these hernias is estimated at between 0, 2 and 2% of abdominal hernias, and 0.2% to 0.9% of autopsies [1,2]. It can be primitive or secondary to an abdominal intervention. Internal hernias are classified based on the loca...

An interstitial hernia is one in which the hernia sac is located between the layers of the abdominal wall. The analysis of contemporary literature shows that interstitial hernias are most often seen in children as a type of inguinal hernia and often accompany undescended testis. The hernia sac is usually located between the external-oblique and internal-oblique muscles in a lateral-cephalic dir...

BACKGROUND The intestinal obstruction secondary to internal hernia is a diagnostic challenge. The absence of specific symptoms and signs during clinical examination often lead to underestimation of the severity and early surgical treatment. The purpose of this article is to review the clinical presentation of two patients with internal hernia, describe the clinical, biochemical and radiological...

A 47 years old lady presented with repeated intermittent, colicky, left upper, and periumblical abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting since two years prior to admission. Each episode of the pain spontaneously subsided after bilious vomiting. The patient had no history of surgery, abdominal trauma or intra-abdominal infection, weight loss or previous history for small bowel obstruct...

INTRODUCTION The aim is to report the diagnostic strategy, clinical findings and treatment in patients admitted on suspicion of early or late complications associated with a previous laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB). MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients admitted in 2011-2012 to our department with the International Classification of Diseases 10 code DZ980C (condition with a gastric bypa...

BACKGROUND Internal hernias include paraduodenal, pericecal, through foramen of Winslow, intersigmoid and retroanastomotic hernias. These hernias could be either congenital or acquired after abdominal surgery. They account for approximately 0.5-5 % of all cases of intestinal obstruction. CASE PRESENTATION A 48-year-old female was admitted to casualty with a history of abdominal distension and...

Internal abdominal hernias are a rare cause of intestinal obstruction (0.2-0.9%). Transmesenteric hernia is a rare type of internal hernia and usually in adult people is acquired. We report the case of a 44 year-old caucasian female with a small bowel occlusion after right nephrectomy for clear cell renal carcinoma caused by an acquired transmesenteric hernia. We emphasize the role of CT scanni...

Traumatic hernia of the abdominal wall is a rare and easily missed injury in the presence of major pelvic and abdominal lesions. We present a radiographically documented case of combined pelvic and acetabular fracture with a major contralateral traumatic hernia with avulsion of the internal oblique, the external oblique and the transverse abdominal muscles diagnosed four months after the initia...