Abdelillah El Bakouri, El Batloussi Yousra, Azhary Fadwa, Mounir Bouali, Fatimazahra Bensardi, Khalid El Hattabi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Foreign body ingestion (FBI) is a serious event that can be life-threatening or lead to significant sequelae. We report the observation of a 40-year-old patient, , who presented to the emergency room with chest pain, intermittent cough and exertional dyspnea, 4 hours after accide...
Laparoscopic surgeries are known to have their own set of complications. We report the case of a middle-aged lady who developed ascites of unknown origin, immediately, following laparoscopic cholecystectomy and hysterectomy. Though most cases are attributed to unidentified bowel,...
Aorto-oesophageal fistula is a considerably rare but potentially fatal cause for upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. Mortality is high due to delayed diagnosis, delayed treatment due to limited facilities at the first contact health care centres and the possibility of re-bleeding e...
Oussama Lafkih, Zineb Abbad El Andaloussi, Hind Arbouni, Abdellatif Siwane, Houria Tabakh, Najwa Touil, Omar Kacimi & Nabil Chikhaoui·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Bladder hernia is relatively rare (1 -4%), the diagnosis is often intra-operative. However, the Retrograde Cystography, the Excretory Urography, and the CT scan have proved their efficiency in diagnosis. We report the case of a 70-year-old patient with urogenital tuberculosis who...
Tolosa Hunt Syndrome is a painful ophthalmoplegia with periorbital or hemi cranial pain plus ipsilateral oculomotor nerve palsy with or without oculo-sympathetic paralysis. Many causes can lead to painful ophthalmoplegia like inflammatory, infective, neoplastic, vascular, etc. Va...
Introduction: Elective repair of epigastric hernia is a frequent minor surgical procedure. In most cases the hernial content is pre-peritoneal fat. Presentation of case: We report a case of a patient with epigastric hernia containing part of stomach and duodenum presenting as gas...
Hydatid cyst (HC) is a major health problem in endemic countries. Primary pancreatic hydatid disease (PHC) is exceedingly rare entity which may mimic other, more commonly encountered cystic neoplasms of pancreas. We report the case of a 55-year-old female who presented with abdom...
Aims: To determine the diagnostic function of digital subtraction venography (DSV) in suspected venous hypertension after the A-V Shunt procedure. Presentation of case: Four patients were admitted to the hospital with swelling from the hand up to the shoulder and pain in the upp...
Background: Spontaneous Pneumothorax (SP) is only 0.05% to 0.1% of all live births with symptomatic pneumothorax and rarely occurs in term (1-2%) with the healthy condition after birth. The management of SP depends on the symptoms. If there is a sign of symptomatic pneumothorax,...
Background: Intussusception may be caused by a variety of conditions and more commonly involves the ileum. Jejunojejunal intussusception is a rare condition and may originate from intramural tumors. Ectopic pancreatic tissue may be found throughout the entire gastrointestinal tra...
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a childbirth defect of the diaphragm. The most commonly CDH are anterior-retrosternal Morgagni hernias, posterolateral Bochdalek hernias and septum transversum defects and hiatal hernias. Acquired diaphragmatic hernia (ADH) may result of p...
Khalid El Hattabi, Youssra El Batloussi, Khadija Kamal, Abdelillah El Bakouri, Mounir Bouali, Fatimazahra Bensardi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Acute intestinal obstruction in adults on a scarred abdomen is a usual etiology to see, but in rare cases, such as ours, intestinal obstruction may result from primary or congenital clamping. We report the case of a 17-year-old patient, without any surgical or traumatic history,...
Introduction: Diverticular disease of the small bowel (excluding Meckel’s) is not common and is found mostly in post- mortem examinations, it’s prevalence increases with age. Most of the patients remain asymptomatic and exhibit no symptoms. So the diagnosis is always delayed and...
Abdelillah El Bakouri, El Batloussi Yousra, Majd Abdessamad, Mounir Bouali, Fatimazahra Bensardi, Khalid El Hattabi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Spontaneous enterocutaneous fistulas are a rare complication, defined by an abnormal communication between the digestive tract and the skin surface giving rise to the exteriorization of digestive fluid through the newly formed fistula path. The diagnosis is easily raised. Spontan...
Kimura disease is an extremely rare idiopathic condition. It is a chronic inflammatory disorder typically seen in Asian males in younger age groups. Its classical features include painless lymphadenopathy or subcutaneous swelling usually in head and neck, eosinophilia and raised...