An 80-year-old female presented with one month history of acutely worsening abdominal distention and pain, without features of bowel obstruction. A giant intra-abdominal simple cyst, separate from the ovaries, was seen on imaging. Initial haematological and biochemical investigations, including tumour markers, were normal. At laparotomy, the cystic tumour was discovered to arise from the sigmoi...

Primary mesenteric liposarcomas are very rare neoplasms. The authors report a case of mesenteric liposarcoma recently observed. The patient presented with a history of dyspeptic syndrome, meteorism and abdominal pain associated with a change in bowel habit and constipation. On physical examination there was a large, well-circumscribed, abdominal mass. Computed tomography revealed an abdominal, ...

The present case report documents a paraneoplastic immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia secondary to gastrointestinal stromal tumour of the caecum in female neutered cocker spaniel. dog was presented with history acute onset lethargy and anorexia. Investigations revealed mildly regenerative, Coombs’ test-positive spherocytosis auto-agglutination. Abdominal ultrasonography documented concurrent fo...

On examination it was found that he had a hydrocele of the right tunica vaginalis, which reached lip along the inguinal canal by a well-defined neck that terminated within the abdomen, just behind the internal abdominal ring, in a large globular tumour occupying the hypogastric region, and extending upwards through the greater part of the umbilical region, and on the right side into the right l...

Although Wilms' tumour is one of the most common solid malignancies in children, bilateral disease is rare. We report a child with bilateral Wilms' tumour who developed abdominal compartment syndrome after an open biopsy.

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...

a 4-year-old female miniature pincher with a 40-day history of weight loss, lethargy and vomiting was referred to small animal hospital, faculty of veterinary medicine, university of tehran. the case also had severe jaundice, chronic diarrhoea and steatorrhoea. the efforts for saving the life of the case were not successful and finally the animal died of hypovolaemic shock and electrolyte imbal...