We present a case of a 28-year-old male who presented with acute abdomen and was later diagnosed to be having ruptured intra-abdominal seminoma with hemoperitoneum, where the pre-operative diagnosis was not made. Laprotomy and complete excision were carried out. Rupture of intra-abdominal testicular seminoma is a rare cause of acute abdomen and hemoperitoneum. The pre-operative diagnosis is oft...

The appendix is an unusual site for extramedulary relapse in acute leukemia. The present case report describes two cases of late course acute lymphoblastic leukemia presented with leukemic infiltration of the appendix and complete remission of bone marrow. The signs and symptoms of the cases suggest that leukemic involvement of the appendix should be considered in the differential diagnosis of ...

In this observational study (from August 2000 to January 2001) 102 patients of all age group with non-traumatic acute abdomen were studied to see the negative laparotomy rate and the diagnostic accuracy and predictive values of different investigations in acute abdomen. The disease was most common in the age group 20-29 years with male predominance. More than half of the acute abdomen was due t...

Abdominal pain in the HIV-infected patient is a common complaint which constitutes a complicated diagnostic and therapeutic problem. Even though the need for surgical intervention in the HIV/AIDS patient with abdominal complaints is low, the general surgeon will often be called upon to evaluate HIV-infected patients, as a result of the complexity in the interpretation of clinical findings. Once...

Introduction: Abdominal radiography is an important method for acute abdomen cases and it is usually used to determine surgical approaches. This study was performed to determine the effect of abdominal radiography in the surgical approach among patients with acute abdomen attending the emergency ward of Rasool-Akram Hospital. Methods: In this comparative cross-sectional study, 147 consecutive ...

The most common complaints among patients with cancer who present to the emergency department are related to the gastrointestinal system, and 40% of these patients complain of abdominal pain. These presentations can stem from the underlying malignancy itself, treatment directed toward the disease, or the full range of pathologies present in a healthy population. Immunosuppression may blunt many...

the appendix is an unusual site for extramedulary relapse in acute leukemia. the present case report describes two cases of late course acute lymphoblastic leukemia presented with leukemic infiltration of the appendix and complete remission of bone marrow. the signs and symptoms of the cases suggest that leukemic involvement of the appendix should be considered in the differential diagnosis of ...

BACKGROUND The term acute abdomen denotes any sudden spontaneous non traumatic disorder whose main manifestation is in the abdominal area. It is one of the most commonly encountered emergencies in the practice of general surgery but there is no much study regarding the magnitude and pattern in Ethiopia and in the study area in particular. OBJECTIVE The study was aimed at assessing the causes,...

Wandering spleen is a rare cause of acute abdomen. Generally, it remains asymptomatic, it may present clinically as a painless mobile mass or rarely as an acute abdomen when the wandering spleen twists on its pedicle, resulting in splenic congestion, infarction with or without involvement of neighbouring visceras. Here, we present an unusual case of torsion of a wandering spleen, which resulted...