An incisional hernia is represented by the protrusion of hollow viscera from their physiological position through an area of weakness in a surgical scar. Spontaneous rupture of abdominal herniae is very rare and usually occurs in incisional herniae [1] with only very few cases reported in literature. An incisional hernia is a frequently observed complication after abdominal surgery, with an inc...

A 71-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) had been diagnosed 2 years earlier and he had undergone 7 courses of intra-hepato-arterial chemotherapy (IHAC). We performed gastrointestinal fiberscopy and identified a massive protrusion on the lesser curvature. Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed multiple hepatic masses and...

Abdominal hernias are a common cause of bowel obstruction. The major types of abdominal hernias are external or abdominal wall hernias, which occur at areas of congenital or acquired weakness in the abdominal wall. An alternative entity is internal hernias, which are characterized by a protrusion of viscera through the peritoneum or mesentery. We herein present the case of a female peritoneal d...

Infantile perianal pyramidal protrusion, it is a rare benign cutaneous condition described in relatively recent times. It is considered to be under-reported in the pediatric literature because it is often mistaken for other conditions. The unawareness of this lesion may be responsible for an excessive concern both in physician and in parents, which leads to overly aggressive and unnecessary tre...

Civil Surgeon, Ghaziporc. On the 16th November 1878 a Hindu lad, aged 10 years, was admitted into the Azamgarh Hospital, suffering from a laige wound of the abdominal wall with extensive protrusion of the viscera. The history of the case was this. On the morning of the previous day, whilst wading across the river Surju, the depth of which at that point was between three and four feet, he was bi...

Hernia is defined as the protrusion of a totally or partially displaced organ from its normal visceral cavity. Most hernias occur at the level of the abdominal wall, because of a muscular defect. Pulmonary hernias are extremely rare and can be congenital or acquired. We present a 64-year-old patient who developed a spontaneous pulmonary hernia after a severe coughing episode. We describe the cl...

Bochdalek hernia is a congenital disease characterized by protrusion of the abdominal organs into the thorax through the posterior defect in the diaphragma. The detection of incidental bochdalek hernia has increased because of the widespread use of the multidedector computed tomography. It is very rare in adult population. Intrathoracic kidney in bochdalek hernia is uncommon. In this paper, a 7...

Pain in the thorax or abdomen can be the result of a local problem of either the thoracic wall or the abdominal muscles but it is more often referred from a visceral structure or from another musculoskeletal source, most frequently a disc protrusion. Therefore, it is wise to remember the only safe approach in this area is to achieve a diagnosis by both positive confirmation of the lesion and ex...

Introduction: Gynecologic tumors represent less than 5% of all solid in children. Patients and Method: Through a prospective descriptive study over 4-years, we included girls aged 15 years admitted for gynecologic tumor. We collected analyzed the medical data, paid particular attention to pre-diagnosis history. Results: Eleven met our criteria with mean age 8.5 (2 - 13 years). Abdominal pain, a...

Midline hernia is a pathological condition that characterized by protrusion of some internal organs through the holes in aponeurotic plate abdominal raphe.
 The presented analytical study provides information on likely risk factors for formation, assessment which remains relevant today. Besides, authors examine diagnosis and classification midline hernias describe advantages disadvantages ...