Swallowed foreign bodies encounter a major problem especially in children, but fortunately they mostly do not cause any related complication and are easily passed with the stool. In this paper, an interesting journey of a needle is presented. A 20-year old female admitted to our emergency service after she had swallowed a sewing machine needle, which is initially observed in the stomach in the ...

The incidence of acute abdominal pain ranges between 5-10% of all visits at emergency department. Abdominal emergencies of hospital visits may include surgical and non-surgical emergencies. The most common causes of acute abdomen are appendicitis, biliary colic, cholecystitis, diverticulitis, bowel obstruction, visceral perforation, pancreatitis, peritonitis, salpingitis, mesenteric adenitis an...

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 ...

Congenital agenesis of lumbar vertebrae was diagnosed in a day-old female lamb based on radiology and clinical examinations. There was no neurological deficit in hindlimb and forelimb associated with standing disability. Radiography of the abdominal region revealed absence of lumbar vertebrae. Necropsy confirmed clinical and radiographic results. No other anomaly or agenesis was seen macroscopi...

A 30-year-old, HIV-negative female, who had never smoked, was referred for evaluation of lung metastasis. She had abdominal pain, occasional fever and weight loss for 3 months. Progressive breathlessness was present for 15 days. Her physical examination was unremarkable. Chest radiography (figure 1) showed bilateral nodular opacities with indistinct margins in all the lung zones. Computed tomog...

INTRODUCTION Intussusception is a rare phenomenon in adults. It is caused mainly by malignant neoplasm. Primary lymphoma of the colon is a rare malignancy of the large intestine. The association of intussusception in adult and primary colorectal lymphoma is a diagnostic challenge, since they occur with a variety of atypical symptoms. CASE OUTLINE We report a case of ileocolic intussusception ...

Only 18 or 83 patients who had had a cardiomyotomy for achalasia could be induced to reflux barium. Mucosal herniation through the myotomy was shown in most by radiography. Perfusion manometry showed a higher pressure zone in the oesophagogastric junction region in 22 of 24 patients studied. This high pressure zone responded to an increment in abdominal pressure by a greater increment. The same...

Retained surgical sponges, so called textilomas, are rare complications after abdominal surgeries. The estimated incidence is approximately 1 per 1,000-1,500 surgical operations. However the true incidence is difficult to determine mainly because of underreporting due to medical legal issues. In a retroperitoneal location these textilomas represent less than 17% of abdominal locations and repor...

A 5-year-old Shih Tzu was presented with intermittent vomiting and anorexia. Microhepatica and reversed position of the abdominal organs were observed on radiography. Ultrasonographically, portosystemic shunt (PSS) was tentatively diagnosed. Computed tomography (CT) revealed that the distended portal vein drained into the left hepatic vein. The caudal vena cava (CdVC) split postrenally and conv...

An 11-year-old female German Shepherd dog was presented for investigation of progressive enlargement of the abdomen, periodic bloody discharge from the vulva and rapid exhaustion. Transabdominal ultrasonography and lateral abdominal radiography demonstrated an echogenic formation with anechogenic cavities located cranial to the urinary bladder and a homogeneous shadow with an elliptical shape w...