To cite: Neelakantan S, Reddy R, Swamy AK. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016216878 DESCRIPTION A 17-year-old female patient presented to the emergency department with history of intermittent right sided colicky abdominal pain and nausea since 3 weeks. Urine analysis revealed no evidence of infection. She was referred for imaging workup, which in...

spleen is an unusual location for hydatid cyst. here we report a case of primary splenic hydatid cyst in a 41-yr-old iranian woman from yasuj, southwest of iran. the patient had been admitted to shahid beheshti hospital because of abdominal pain. abdominal sonography revealed a hypoechoic lesion of 150 x 130 mm in the spleen, suggestive of hydatid cyst. splenectomy was performed for the patient...

The initial analytical profile revealed anemia with a hemoglobin level of 8.7 g/dL and elevation of inflammatory parameters (white cell count of 18.6 × 10 9 /L and C-reactive protein of 20.0 mg/ dL). Blood and urine cultures, infectious disease serology, serum protein electrophoresis and prostate-specific antigen were negative. Abdominal ultrasound performed in the urgency setting was normal. G...

A 63-yr-old woman, known case of ulcerative colitis, was diagnosed with sclerosing cholangitis 2 years back. She was admitted for investigation of abdominal discomfort, fatigue with elevated alkaline phosphatase and deranged liver function test. Imaging studies (computerised tomography and magnetic resonance imaging) demonstrated a normal biliary tree with focal hepatic lesion which was showing...

Endometriosis is referred to the presence of functioning, ectopic endometrial tissue outside pelvic cavity. Their occurrences after abdominal or surgeries especially cesarean section, at site scar incision, are documented. The patient experiences cyclical pain incision related menstrual cycle. Imaging can be used detect lesion and medical management provided. However, in severe cases, total exc...

Undescended ovary is a rare entity and usually presentedas a case report. It is associated with urinary and uterine anomalies. Symptomatic patients are diagnosed during surgery. Most of the patients are asymptomatic and treatment is unnecessary. They are incidentally diagnosed during infertility evaluation and treatment such as ovarian hyperstimulation studies.A 15-year-old female patient prese...

This study aimed to describe an unusual case of metachronous isolated inguinal lymph nodes metastasis from sigmoid carcinoma. A 62-year-old man was referred to our department because of an obstructing sigmoid carcinoma. Colonoscopy showed the obstructing lesion at 30 cm from the anal verge and abdominal CT revealed a sigmoid lesion infiltrating the left lateral abdominal wall. The patient under...

Superficial myofibroblastoma of the lower female genital tract is a rare benign, recently recognized neoplasm that mostly affects vulvovaginal area. In this paper we reported case 47years old lady who had 3-Normal vaginal deliveries , she presented with complain dysuria difficult micturition abdominal pain, heaviness in vagina and discharges. Vaginal examination showed well demarcated smooth ma...

IntroductionHeart transplantation (HT) is a viable, life-prolonging therapy for patients with severe cardiac amyloidosis. Unique amyloid-related pathology may complicate their care. We present case of rare manifestation amyloidosis complicating post-HT course.Case ReportA 51-year-old female AL (treated daratumumab, cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone) chronic kidney disease was tran...