Aggressive fibromatosis arising from the small bowel mesentery is extremely rare. It may occur in association with previous trauma, abdominal surgery, drugs, Gardner’s syndrome, or familial adenomatous polyposis. This paper presents a 32-year-old man with no significant medical or surgical history, complaining of diffuse abdominal pain and discomfort. His computed tomography scan revealed a wel...

A 42 year old woman underwent bronchoscopy with procedural propofol sedation. During the procedure, the patient suffered respiratory arrest, and bag-mask ventilation was initiated. During forced mask ventilation, abdominal distention occurred. Even after correct placement of an endotracheal and a nasogastric tube, high inspiratory pressures persisted. The abdominal CT scan revealed a high amoun...

Introduction: splenic artery aneurysm (sAA) is an uncommon and potentially life-threatening clinical entity that carries a risk of rupture and peritoneal hemorrhage. case report: this is a case of a splenic artery aneurysm incidentally diagnosed in a 55-year-old male. Diagnosis was confirmed by abdominal computed tomography (ct) scan and the patient was managed by surgical approach because of t...

Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis (SEP) is a rare but serious complication of abdominal surgery, recurrent peritonitis, and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis with a high morbidity and mortality. The etiology of this condition is largely unknown. Diagnosis is usually established at laparotomy in patients with recurrent attacks of non-strangulating, small bowel obstruction. We report a...

The application of transcranial Doppler ultrasound to the diagnosis of blocked ventriculo-peritoneal shunts was studied in 63 children. Thirty two of these required shunt revision, whereas in 31 children symptoms resolved without surgery. The group of children requiring shunt revision had a significantly higher mean Gosling pulsatility index, than both the group of children whose symptoms resol...

A young woman was referred to us for the management of an umbilical hernia with macerated overlying skin through which massive ascites was leaking. On examination we found a jelly-like substance seeping out of the opening. A contrast-enhanced CT scan of the abdomen revealed bilateral ovarian cystadenocarcinoma with pseudomyxoma peritonei. The patient underwent cytoreductive surgery along with h...

Empyema necessitatis is a rare complication of an empyema. Although the incidence is thought to be decreased in the post-antibiotic era, immunocompromised patients such as patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis are still at a higher risk. A 56-year-old woman on peritoneal dialysis presented with an enlarging mass on the right anterior chest wall. The chest computed tomography scan rev...

early detection of free air in the peritoneal cavity is vital in diagnosis of life-threatening emergencies, and can play a significant role in expediting treatment. we present a series of cases in which bedside ultrasound (us) in the emergency department accurately identified evidence of free intra-peritoneal air and echogenic (dirty) free fluid consistent with a surgical final diagnosis of a p...

Introducción: La terapia de sustitución renal con diálisis peritoneal es una modalidad segura para la enfermedad crónica terminal. Los resultados son comparables pacientes en hemodiálisis por lo que hace costo efectiva, especialmente países vía desarrollo. Algunas complicaciones se pueden presentar debido a son: peritonitis, fuga, hernias, falla filtración y disfunción del catéter. Una las infr...

genetic study suggested a lifetime risk of breast cancer of 80–90 per cent. She opted for total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingooophrectomy, which was performed 8 weeks after the Ž rst operation. The histopathology report revealed a reactive mesothelial cells in the peritoneal washing and a primary adenocarcinoma of the left fallopian tube stump which remained after surgery for the...