Penetrating chest wall injuries are life threatening necessitating prompt surgical management. Impaled foreign body in thorax requires major intervention and removal under direct vision. We report a 14 year old boy presenting to emergency department with impaled metallic foreign...
Zineb Abbad El Andaloussi, Ali Laanait, Hind Arbouni, Aicha Merzem, Hasna Belgadir, Nadia Moussali & Naima Elbenna·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Aims: Show the value of MRI in the diagnosis of DNET. Presentation of Case: We report two cases of DNET, in two patients aged 17 and 14 years, with epilepsy resistant to medical treatment, with no neurological deficit on clinical examination. On MRI, the first case shows a tempor...
Owing to the lack of typical clinical features and imaging characteristics, inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) of spleen can cause diagnostic dilemmas. Here, we report two such cases of splenic IMT. Our first patient was a lady who was detected to have an incidentally sple...
Despite an increased frequency of chest trauma encountered, manubriosternal joint (MSJ) disruption from blunt injury without associated spine or rib injuries are a rare occurrence and are often outside the focus of acute care surgeons. However, being a marker lesion for severe t...
Advanced Breast cancer mostly metastasizes to the bone, liver and lungs. Metastatic to the duodenum from the primary breast cancer is extremely rare and encountered only after occurrence of symptoms. Diagnosis is only confirmed by histopathology and Immunohistochemistry. However...
Neuroendocrine tumors represent 25% of primary lung neoplasms, of which only 2% are typical carcinoid. 75% of lung carcinoids originate from Kulchitsky cells in bronchus. Typical carcinoid tumors are well differentiated with low grade malignancy. Strong and diffuse positivity for...
Gas-forming pyogenic liver abscess (GFPLA) is uncommon and associated with high mortality if improperly treated. We experienced a case of GFPLA due to Klebsiella Pneumoniae in a 47-year-old man with newly diagnosed DM. Classical 'alveolar gas pattern' is easily identified via X-r...
Khalid Elhattabi, Mounir Bouali, Karim Yaqine, Nassima Fakhiri, Fatimazahra Bensardi, Abdelilah Elbakouri & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Introduction: Transposition of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a congenital anomaly of the great vessels. Left IVC is a rare malformation, it is observed in about 0.04% to 0.5% of the population. Presentation of Case: We report the case of a 64-year-old patient, with no particula...
Aim: We report the results and experience of the Moewardi Hospital to do Physical Examination with Narcose and Heminephrectomy For Surgical Treatment Procedures Double Collecting System Materials and Methods: Reported a 2 years old girl with double collecting system ren right wit...
Aims: To describe combined local flap and skin graft as one of reconstructive surgery techniques for diffuse ankle contracture management. Case Presentation: A two years old girl with a history of exposure to hot water about one year ago. The patient was diagnosed with a diffuse...
Introduction: Meckel's diverticulum is due to the partial persistence of the omphalo mesenteric duct. It is a rare condition, affecting about 2% of the population. It is usually asymptomatic, but can also be responsible for complications which constitute as many circumstances of...
Ferry Wijanarko, Untung Alifianto, Hanis Setyono, Geizar Arsika Ramadhana, Galih Santoso Putra, Ikhdin Saadhi & Urray Yessika Bianthi·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Aims: To report a case of colloid cyst of the third ventricle, the flow of diagnosis, and the management of the case. Case Description: We reported a case of a colloid cyst of the third ventricle in a 24-year-old man. The patient presented with major complaint of both the upper a...
Aim: To highlight a newer and different type presentation of gall bladder stone. Presentation of Case: 40 years old lady operated for cholelithiasis. Post-surgery when the gall bladder lumen was cut open it revealed a solitary, crystalline, white colored stone with irregular surf...
Splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL) is a rare and uncommon subtype of B cell Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) that may present with marked splenomegaly with CD20 rich B-cells in blood and bone marrow and absent generalized lymphadenopathy. Here, we present a case of massive splenom...
Tatiana Hernández González, Miguel Angel Amaró Garrido, Yurisbel Tomás Solenzal Álvarez & Ana Lucía Martínez Hernández·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
The literature is reviewed and a clinical case is presented in which a severe protein C deficiency was diagnosed and presented a flowery picture of the disease. The surgical treatment of the girl required the performance of gradual necrectomies, the amputation of the hand, the fo...