Abdessamad Majd, Hamza El Khou, Khalid El Hattabi, Abdelilah El Bakouri, Mounir Bouali, Khadija Kamal & Abdelhak Ettaoussi·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2024
Introduction: Gastric volvulus is a rare abdominal emergency occurring when the stomach rotates along one of its axis. Presentation of the Case: our patient is a 84 year old male, with history of smoking, admitted in the emergency room for acute epigastric pain and distension an...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2585
Background: This case report discusses a rare case of Hydrocele of canal of Nuck in an adult female and its management by laparoscopic surgery. Presentation: A 35 year old female patient presented with gradually increasing swelling in the right groin since 2 months. On examinatio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2584
Abhimanyu Kapoor, Suraj Subhash Sakhare, Azharuddin Ansari, Deepti Gupta, Sutrave Tarun, Rahul Kumar & Anoop Awasthi·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2024
We present a rare case of a 55-year-old unmarried woman with a giant loose peritoneal body, who presented with an unusual constellation of symptoms such as a palpable abdominal mass, increased frequency of micturition, urinary incontinence, and bilateral pedal edema. These sympto...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2583
Desmoplastic small round cell tumour (DSRCT) is a rare with an incidence of 0.3-0.7 cases/million worldwide, aggressive neoplasm characterized by small round cells in a desmoplastic stroma, commonly linked to the EWSR1-WT1 gene fusion. This malignancy primarily affects children a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2582
Mahmoud Dabbagh, ELAZZAOUI Imad, Amine Maazouz, Hind Habladje, Walid Chair, Rania ELMOUHIB, Houda Bouidida, Mehdi Karami, Mohammed Lamghari, Mohamed Najih, Mountassir Moujahid, Hakim Elkaoui, Ahmed Bounaim & Sidi Mohammed Bouchentouf·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2024
Necrotizing colitis is a rare but life-threatening condition, often overlooked in young patients due to its uncommon occurrence. It is typically associated with premature neonates but can also affect adults, particularly those with vascular compromise or thrombotic conditions. We...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2581
M. Dabbagh, I. El Azzaoui, A.Kouassi, A.MAAZOUZ, M.Karami, M. Lamghari, H. Hablaj, R. El Mouhib, W. Chair, H. El Kaoui, M. Moujahid, S. M. Bouchentouf & A. Bounaim·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2024
Colorectal lymphoma is a rare and uncommon entity, its diagnosis is most often delayed given the non-specific symptoms. We report the case of a patient who complained of an abdominal pain and was diagnosed with right colon lymphoma. The treatment is made on a case-by-case basis....
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2580
The presence of an abnormally positioned organ is known as situs ambiguous. Polysplenia is defined as the presence of more than one spleen. This is a case of a baby girl antenatal diagnosed to have bowel dilatation and at birth presented with gross abdominal distention and bile-s...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2579
Background: Isolated capitellum fractures are relatively rare and frequently go unnoticed, creating diagnostic challenges due to the lack of visible deformity in the elbow and subtle radiological signs. These fractures are best identified on lateral radiographs, where they exhibi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2578
Elwaled Moustapha, Outhman Aragon, Taha Kabbaj, Kaid Mohamed, Dady Mohamed, Imad Laamri, Taimi Mohamed, Yousra Ouhammou Pr Najih & Pr Bouchentouf·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2024
Atypical location of the gallbladder to the left of the round ligament is a rare anomaly of the biliary system. Although the term left-sided gallbladder (LSG) is commonly used, this definition can lead to confusion due to lack of anatomical precision. This report describes an aty...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2577
Background: This case report discusses our experience of managing a case of metal key ingestion with incidentally detected gastric outlet obstruction by trial of endoscopy followed by surgery. Presentation of Case: A case of 21 years old male prisoner presented with 2 days histor...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2576
Introduction: The presence of female reproductive organs in an inguinal hernia is a rare occurrence. Patients may present with vague symptoms such as localized pain in the inguinal region. A visible swelling may also be present. The herniation of ovary and fallopian tube represen...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2575
Calcified deposits in the lumen of the appendix are called appendicolith. The diameter of these appendicoliths is usually smaller than 1 cm. A giant Appendicolith is a rare faecolith larger than 2 cm. Usually, these giant appendicoliths are diagnosed by radiological investigation...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2574
Introduction: An Amyand's hernia (AH) is a rare type of inguinal hernia where the vermiform appendix is located within the hernia sac. The reported incidence in the literature ranges from 0.4% to 1.0% of all hernia cases. This condition is most commonly observed in males and the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2573
Sabari Girieasen M, Mohammed Farook, Arunkumar Lakshmanan, Lakshmi Murugesan, Nithila Sivakumar & Lakshiya Ramamoorthy·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2024
Chronic complex abdominal defects leading to large ventral abdominal hernias have exhibited an escalating trend in recent years. To date, an ideal surgical technique for repairing these types of hernias has not been delineated. At present, no surgical approach has been proven to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2572
Huseyin Kilavuz, Birkan Bozkurt, Nevra Dursun Kepkep, Feyyaz Gungor, Murat Demir, Aytul Hande Yardımcı & İdris Kurtulus·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2024
Aims: Carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 is produced by epithelial cells in the pancreas, bile ducts, stomach, colon, uterus and salivary glands. It has been shown that CA 19-9 levels are also detected high in ovarian cysts, chronic renal failure, rheumatic diseases, thyroid diseases...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2024/v7i2571