background & objective: abdominal cutaneous and subcutaneous nodules are uncommon lesions which may be benign or malignant. majority of the malignant nodules are metastatic in origin and may be the initial presentation of primary malignancy, hence an early diagnosis is important. our aim was to find out the spectrum of lesions (both non-neoplastic and neoplastic) that present as cutaneous a...

INTRODUCTION Breast reconstruction with autologous tissue transfer is now a standard operation, but abnormalities of the abdominal wall contour represent a complication which has led surgeons to invent techniques to minimize the morbidity of the donor site. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a woman who had bilateral transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap (TRAM-flap) breast recons...

Ascending colon cancer as a colocutaneous fistula to the abdominal wall at the site of a previous postoperative scar is extremely rare. A 69 year old male presented with five day history of pain and foul smelling discharge from right subcostal scar from elective cholecystectomy performed 8 years ago. Last three days, he had fever up to 39 degrees C, with mild pain in right upper abdominal quadr...

A 77-year-old man observed abdominal swelling 7 months after epicardial implantation of an automatic implantable defibrillator. He applied an elastic belt to minimize motion of the generator within the pocket and within 2 months noted urinary frequency and rectal fullness. Attempts to locate the generator by palpation and interrogation were unsuccessful. A flat plate of the abdomen (Figure) dem...

Cloacal exstrophy is an extremely rare congenital complex deformity that is associated with anterior abdominal wall defects, reflex and exposure of the cloaca (uninterrupted ureter and bowel), aproctia, a widely separated pubic bone, and defects or dysplasia of external genital organs. Here, we present the case of a 42-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma arising from an abdominal wall def...

Spigelian hernias occur in the lower abdomen where the posterior sheath is deficient. It protrudes through a slit like defect in the anterior abdominal wall adjacent to the semilunar line. The hernia ring is formed as a well-defined defect in the transversus abdominis. Extraperitoneal fatty tissue surrounds the hernial sac and it passes through the transversus and the internal oblique aponeuros...

INTRODUCTION Incisional hernias are abnormal peritoneal outward pouch-like protrusions that develop due to defects that arise as a result of the disruption of the fascia's continuity after abdominal surgery. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 77-year-old female patient presented to the emergency department of our hospital with complaints of abdominal swelling, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. The pat...

BACKGROUND Breast reconstruction with pedicled transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap can result in significant abdominal wall donor-site morbidity. We present our technique of transversely dividing the anterior fascia and rectus abdominis combined with reinforcement above the arcuate line for closure of the anterior abdominal wall defect to prevent contour deformities performed b...

The authors report their experience with a method for definitive abdominal wall reconstruction using the free tensor fascia lata musculofasciocutaneous flap anastomosed to the intraperitoneal gastroepiploic vessels. This is a single-stage reconstruction capable of reconstructing reliably a full-thickness defect involving any region of the abdominal wall. The fascial component of the flap recons...

Pentalogy of Cantrell (PC) is an extremely rare and usually fatal birth defect. It corresponds to a defect in the closure umbilical ring concerning supra-umbilical portion abdominal wall secondary anomaly development mesoderm during first stage embryonicdevelopment (1). We report case observation pentalogy Cantrelldiagnosed delivery room male newborn on unattendedpregnancyestimatedat 7 months. ...