idiopathic or spontaneous segmental infarction of omentum is a rare disease producing acute abdominal emergency. this rare entity is in a small group of abdominal emergencies with circulatory compromise. infarction could be caused by omental torsion which could be due to adhesion of a previouse surgery or it could be spontaneous. less than 150 cases of idiopathic segmental infarction of omentum...

INTRODUCTION Granular cell tumours of the abdominal wall are extremely rare: less than 10 have been reported in the worldwide medical literature. We report this interesting case, review the relevant literature on this tumour and discuss surgical abdominal wall reconstruction options. CASE PRESENTATION A 70 year old lady presented with a left abdominal mass. This was thought to be a soft tissu...

OBJECTIVE The Dabska tumor is a rare low-grade angiosarcoma first described in 1969 by Maria Dabska. Approximately 30 cases of varying presentations have been reported since its initial description. METHODS We describe a case of a 23-year-old woman presenting with a massive recurrent left flank hemangioendothelioma, at final resection diagnosed to be an endovascular papillary angioendotheliom...

Abdominal actinomycosis is a disease that is difficult to diagnose nonoperatively. Usual manifestations are abscesses and draining sinus tracts. Treatment is typically surgical and requires prolonged intravenous antibiotics. Presented is a patient who underwent surveillance colonoscopy after resection for colon carcinoma. Diagnosis of colonic actinomycosis and subsequent resolution was demonstr...

in this study esophageal resection and radiotherapy methods were compared in relation to the patients suffering from esophageal cancer. three hundred and fifty-four patients with squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus who had been hospitalized in the cancer institute of the imam khomeini hospital, tehran, during 1981-1985 were followed up through march 21st, 1987. based on the findings, patients ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of surgical resection and radiotherapy (RT) in retroperitoneal or abdominal sarcoma. DESIGN Retrospective cohort. SETTING Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results, 1988-2005. PATIENTS Patients 18 years or older with initial diagnosis of primary retroperitoneal and nonvisceral abdominal sarcoma. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Survival for 2 years after diagnosi...

The aim of the study is to substantiate possibilities and analyze results fast-track technologies in patients with strangulated abdominal hernias without hollow organ resection. Materials methods. work was based on result analysis surgical treatment for 691 resection a organ, who were divided into 2 groups depending specifics diagnostic therapeutic tactics, subgroups localization hernias. For g...

the patient was a 69 year-old man suffering from benign prostatic hypertrophy (bph), who was candidate for transurethral resection of prostate (turp) surgery with 980nm diode laser. at the end of the operation, the surgical team noticed abdominal distention. so with suspicion to an acute abdominal problem he underwent an exploratory laparotomy. during the surgery it was found that patient had e...

Reconstruction of large, complex defects of the abdominal wall after resection of malignant tumors can be challenging. The transfer of an anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap is a feasible and effective option. However, no report has been published on the use of ALT flap after metachronous colonic tumor resection so far. We present an original case of resection of metachronous carcinoma of rectum wit...

Abdominal actinomycosis may appear as an abdominal mass and/or abscess. This mass can mimic a malignant tumour. The diagnosis and management of abdominal actinomycosis will be discussed through a review of the literature and a case report from our own institution. The patient was a 17-year-old boy who presented with abdominal discomfort and a palpable right lower quadrant mass defined on CT sca...