Context Pancreatoduodenectomy continues to be associated with a high morbidity. Pancreaticojejunostomy leak is one of the major complications of pancreaticoduodenectomy. Pancreaticojejunostomy leak leads to collection and abscess which erodes into the stumps of divided vessels e.g. gastroduodenal artery, to cause delayed intra-abdominal bleed. Delayed intra-abdominal bleed due to pancreaticojej...

To cite: Zachariah SK. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014208544 DESCRIPTION A 58-year-old woman presented with acute abdominal pain and vomiting of 3 days duration. She had undergone laparotomy for appendicular perforation 25 years earlier. She had recurrent episodes of abdominal pain for the past 5 years and was being treated as a case of adhesi...

Objectives. To highlight the case of a patient with multiple transient ischemic attacks and visual disturbances diagnosed with carotid stump syndrome and managed with endovascular approach. Case Presentation. We present the case of a carotid stump syndrome in an elderly patient found to have moderate left internal carotid artery stenosis in response to an advertisement for carotid screening. Af...

PURPOSE It is possible that implantation of viable malignant cells is one of the mechanisms of anastomotic recurrence in rectosigmoid cancer. The viability of shed intraluminal cells was previously established and malignant cells were retrieved on circular staplers in unwashed rectal stumps. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a defined and uniform washout protocol in erad...

The development of malignancy in the gastric stump following surgery for peptic ulcer disease is well recognized. There are also few reports on carcinomas occurring after surgery for malignant gastric disease. However, carcinoma of the gastric stump after duodenopancreatectomy is extremely rare. We describe what we believe to be an unusual case of signet-ring cell carcinoma of the gastric stump...

One of the most difficult problems in the design of prostheses is the development of the best means of attaching the prosthesis to the wearer. In lower-extremity cases, transmission of forces between stump and prosthesis is of primary importance. To effect efficient transmission of forces, a stable connection between stump and prosthesis is necessary. At the same time comfort and freedom of mot...

Stromal tumors of the prostate are rare and only a few cases have been described in the literature, including exceptional cases of stromal tumors with unknown malignant potential (STUMP) and a fatal outcome in young patients. Morphologically distinguishing a STUMP from a stromal sarcoma of the prostate (PSS) is still a challenge. We describe the histopathological and immunohistochemical finding...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Classically, the refluxing distal ureteral stump has been removed during the nephrectomy by the means of an incision on the flank and lower abdominal wall. There are little data in the literature about the natural history of these stumps. In the current work the authors evaluated possible complications affecting the ureteral stump after total or partial nephrectomy for vesico...