Introduction: Obturator hernia (OH) is rare accounting for 0.05 – 0.4 % of all abdominal hernias. It is a diagnostic challenge because the signs and symptoms are non-specific. We report a case of OH which was diagnosed during laparoscopic left inguinal hernioplasty and is very ra...
Introduction: The pelvic abscess is a circumscribed collection of infected exudates. In young women, a pelvic abscess occurs as one of the complications of pelvic inflammatory disease. The incidence of pelvic abscess is less than 1 % in a patient undergoing obstetric and gynaeco...
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is an uncommon neoplasm of dermis involving head neck region. This tumour is slow growing and has very high potential for local recurrence with less risk of metastasis. It is a very rare neoplasm of the dermis layer of the skin [1] and is cl...
Introduction: Emphysematous Pyelonephritis (EPN) is a possibly life-threatening condition that is usually present as sepsis. Delay in identifying the disease may lead to detrimental outcomes, even mortality. The present study reports a case of incidental finding of an EPN in a pe...
Gallbladder carcinoma is a rare cancer often originally diagnosed as other benign gallbladder ailments. Early diagnosis is difficult due to lack of symptoms and half of all cases are only incidentally found during surgery. Unlike adenocarcinoma, the most common pathologic subtype...
A variety of hernias have been encountered for the past centuries. One rare type of hernia is Amyand’s hernia which was originally described by Claudius Amyand (1685-1740) in 1736, a surgeon in St. George’s Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom. It is a condition where the ve...
Acute urinary retention due to urethral hemangioma in women is a rare case. Common clinical findings of hemangiomas include lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), dysuria, hematuria, urethrorrhagia, and urethral mass. A 78-year-old woman with urinary retention due to thrombotic cav...
Mayilvaganan Sabaretnam, Sarrah Idrees, D. Vnssvams Mahalakshmi, P. R. K. Bhargav, Aromal Chekavar, Sapana Bothra Jain & A. K. Verma·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
This Case emphasizes the need for thorough clinical examination before any invasive procedure like percutaneous tracheostomy to avoid unexpected complications. Percutaneous tracheostomy is a very safe procedure in critically ill patients. But any procedure can be fraught with com...
Pararectal abscess usually present with severe perianal and/or perirectal pain with or without fever, and features of sepsis. Here, we report a case where pararectal abscess was diagnosed during laparoscopic surgery and initially misdiagnosed as ovarian cyst.
Aims: To report cases of pancreatic cysts, the flow of diagnosis, and management of these cases. Case Description: We reported a case of pancreatic cyst in a 14-year-old boy. The patient presented with a chief complaint of epigastric discomfort for about 4 months accompanied by s...