Soufiane Khelloufi, Amina Babana El Alaoui, Mohamed Ballouch, Youssef Ouazzani Touhami, Mouad Chamssi, Yahya Zein EL Abidine Khedid, EL ABSI Mohamed, El OUNANI Mohamed, ECHARRAB El Mahjoub, EL ALAMI EL FARICHA EL Hassan & Fatimezehra Benmoula·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2026
Adult intussusception is uncommon and differs clinically from paediatric disease because most adult cases are associated with an identifiable pathological lead point. Idiopathic adult intussusception, particularly in the small bowel, remains incompletely understood, and managemen...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2829
Afferent loop syndrome is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening complication of upper gastrointestinal reconstructive surgery and is a rare cause of severe acute pancreatitis after one-anastomosis gastric bypass. This case report describes a 43-year-old man with previous o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2830
Sarah LOUBARIS, Alia Yassine Kessab, Hafsa Riache, Manal Mernissi, Soukaina Bahha, Zakaria Akhssas, Oussama Mai, Loubna Aqqaoui, Fouad Ettaybi, Nazik Allali, Latifa Chat & Siham El Haddad·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2026
Trichobezoars are rare intraluminal masses composed of ingested hair and are most commonly located in the stomach. Isolated small bowel involvement without gastric extension is particularly uncommon in paediatric patients and may present as acute intestinal obstruction, creating...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2828
Background: Primary muscular hydatid disease is an extremely rare clinical entity, accounting for less than 3% of all echinococcosis cases. Its presentation often mimics other soft tissue tumours or infections, creating diagnostic challenges. Aim: This report describes an unusual...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2827
Introduction: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent cutaneous malignancy and may cause substantial local tissue destruction when diagnosis and treatment are delayed. Tumours of the central face are particularly challenging because oncological clearance must be balanced...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2826
Aims: Heterotopic pancreas (HP) is a rare congenital anomaly in which pancreatic tissue is present without anatomical or vascular continuity with the main gland. This case report describes the incidental identification of an antral HP in a 40-year-old male who had previously unde...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2825
Mahamat Mahamat Saleh, Oumar Abakar Mahamed, Hajar Dardar, Loula Djama Miguil, Ahmat Tidjani Mahamat, Ibrahim Mahamat Ahmat, Amné Ali Sakine, Ibrahim Digo Djaafar, Moussa Gna Abba, Abdoulaye Affadine Ismail, Zineb Oudrhiri, Naoufel Boumahdi, Othmane Alaoui, Abdelhalim Mahmoudi, Khalid Khattala & Youssef Bouabdallah·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2026
Background: Pica is defined by the persistent ingestion of non-nutritive substances and may lead to gastrointestinal and haematological complications. Lithophagia, the ingestion of stones, is an uncommon form of pica and is rarely reported as a cause of subocclusive syndrome in c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2824
Background: Synchronous pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms and adrenal tumors represent rare diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Case Presentation: This study reports a 39-year-old woman presenting with vague abdominal pain and recurrent vomiting. Imaging (USG, CECT, MRCP) re...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2821
Amine Maazouz, Abdelilah Yechhab, Mahmoud Dabbagh, Youssef Ouazzani Touhami, Hammad Soudi, Najib Bahrou, Yahia Zaine Al Abidine Khedid, Mohamed EL ABSI, El Mahjoub ECHARRAB, Mohamed EL OUNANI & El Hassan El Faricha El Alami·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2026
Hydatidosis is endemic in Morocco. Although hepatic involvement is common, pelvic and retrovesical localizations are exceptionally rare. This study reports the observation of a patient aged 60 years who has presented for one year with paroxysmal pain in the right hypochondrium an...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2822
Background: Gastric insufflation during airway management is common, but progression to gastric wall injury with pneumoperitoneum is rare. This report describes a case of massive pneumoperitoneum caused by barogenic gastric injury after difficult mask ventilation during an electi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2823
Background: Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), also known as brittle bone disease, is a rare genetic multisystem disorder of Type I collagen associated with bone fragility, fractures and connective tissue abnormalities, with highly heterogeneous phenotypic features and varying genetic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2820
Introduction: Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt (VPS) is the gold standard for the treatment of hydrocephalus. Gastrointestinal perforation is rare, and perforation above the angle of Treitz is exceptional. We report a rare case of a VPS catheter externalized through the mouth in a six-...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2818
Amine Maazouz, Youssef Ouazzani Touhami, Mahmoud Dabbagh, Hind Hablaj, Rania El Mohib, Mohamed Ihab Lechhab, Mohamed Bouzroud, Hakim EL Kaoui, Sidi Mohamed Bouchentouf & Mountassir Moujahid·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2026
Background: Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) is a rare benign chronic inflammatory disease of the gallbladder characterised by destructive inflammation and xanthogranulomatous infiltration. Its clinical, radiological, and intraoperative resemblance to gallbladder carcinoma...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2819
Background: Splenic cysts are benign lesions which can be revealed by pain or a palpable mass, or present as complications: cyst rupture, intracystic haemorrhage or cyst infection. Aim: The study aims to report a rare case of a large splenic epidermoid cyst successfully managed b...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2816
Amine Maazouz, Mahmoud Dabbagh, Youssef Ouazzani Touhami, Hind Hablaj, Rania El Mohib, Mohamed Ihab Lechhab, Mohamed Bouzroud, Hakim EL Kaoui, Sidi Mohamed. Bouchentouf & Mountassir Moujahid·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2026
Background: Retroperitoneal liposarcoma is a rare malignant soft-tissue tumour of mesenchymal origin that often remains clinically silent until it attains a considerable size. Owing to its deep anatomical location and nonspecific presentation, diagnosis is frequently delayed, mak...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2817