Background Foreign body ingestion is a relatively common in children. Most ingested foreign bodies spontaneously pass out of the body via the gastrointestinal (GI) system but sharp materials may perforate the GI tract and need to surgical intervention. Case Presentation  The patient was a 9-year-old girl with progressive abdominal pain for one month and admitted with acute abdomen impression. S...

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...

Lymphangiomas are congenital malformations of the lymphatic system that account for about 5% of all benign tumors in infants and children.(1) The most common sites are the neck and axilla, which account for 95% of cases.(2) Abdominal cystic lymphangiomas are quite rare, and can arise from either the retroperitoneum, gastrointestinal tract, or the mesentery of the abdominal viscera.(3) The prese...

Case Description- A 4-year-old male homer pigeon (Columba livia) with anorexia, lethargy, emaciation, and abdominal distention was referred to Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Clinical Findings- Palpation revealed a solid mass in the caudal coelomic region. Radiographic and ultrasonographic examinations showed caudal coelo...

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...

background foreign body ingestion is a relatively common in children. most ingested foreign bodies spontaneously pass out of the body via the gastrointestinal (gi) system but sharp materials may perforate the gi tract and need to surgical intervention. case presentation  the patient was a 9-year-old girl with progressive abdominal pain for one month and admitted with acute abdomen impression. s...

endometriosis is described as the presence of functioning endometrial tissue (glands and stroma) outside the uterine cavity. the most common location is within the pelvis. however, extra pelvic endometriosis is a fairly uncommon disorder and difficult to diagnose. it can sometimes occur in a surgical scar. scar endometriosis is a rare condition and difficult to diagnose. it mostly follows obste...

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas with rare occurrence in children specially in the retroperitoneum. We describe a young child who presented with an abdominal mass. Both ultrasound and computed tomography revealed a large right-sided abdominal mass in the anatomic place of right kidney, while no kidney or ureter was observed at that s...

Cystic nephromas (CNs) are uncommon, benign renal neoplasms reported in infants/young children of both genders and adult females, concerning the pediatric population few studies have been conducted. The diagnosis cystic nephroma is based on clinical signs, imaging tests, anatomo-pathological study. In children, CNs can appear as a palpable abdominal mass most cases, hematuria or recurrent urina...