department with a 2-month history of recurrent lower abdominal pain accompanied periodically by fever. He had lost 7 kg in weight and had no history of melena or change in bowel habits or stool caliber. Plain abdominal radiography and computed tomography (CT) scans were normal. Colonoscopy revealed a wooden toothpick of 7 cm in length that had impacted with both ends embedded in the sigmoid wal...

The widespread use of contrast radiography has made it easier to diagnose and treat many abdominal conditions in both children and adults. Apart from barium, other contrast media such as Gastrografin, clear fluids such as saline and Hartman's solution and even tap water and air have all been employed as contrast, with good results. Contrast enemas play an important role in the diagnosis of abdo...

A 69-year-old man with an history of liver cirrhosis complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma treated by chemoembolization, moderate mitral insufficiency and chronic atrial fibrillation presented with a rounded calcified opacity in right upper abdomen at chest radiography. Abdominal computed tomography scan showed an omogeneous and complete uptake of lipiodol within the hepatocellular carcinoma,...

Morgagni's hernia is result of penetration of the abdominal contents into the chest through an anterior retrocostoxiphoid defect in the anterior midline of the diaphragm. It can be manifested with symptoms since birth as a bloated feeling, nausea and belching after meals. We present a patient with symptomatic herniation of the torqued antral part of stomach and loops of the transverse colon. In...

Tuberculosis is a systemic disease which involves skeletal and articular system very rarely. Osteoarticular tuberculosis commonly occurs in the vertebral column and more rarely in the sacroiliac joints. In this study, we report a 44-years-old male patient with low-grade fever, malabsorption syndrome, abdominal and pelvic ascites and low-back pain, that underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT for identifying t...

Ogilvie first described Ogilvie’s syndrome in 1948. This entity is also known as paralytic ileus of the colon, adynamic ileus of the colon, neurological disease causing damage to the central nervous system was identified as an important independent risk factor we reported a 52-year-old Moroccan man from, without history, one after his admission for hemorrhagic stroke of brain stem. He developed...

Abdominal radiograph showing The anal ta severe constipation. pain-it ind which is. Constipation is the commonest cause of abdominal pain in childhood. A full rectum may compress the bladder, causing urinary problems. Constipation may be considered as either the passage of hard stools or an irregular bowel habit. Less easily recognisable is the passage of only small motions each day with the ch...