Al Tobing, S Dohar Malau, Vino Daniel
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Left untreated, spinal tuberculosis can lead to irreversible neurological deficit in patients, lowering quality of life. Combination of antitubercular drugs and surgical approach is important in managing spinal tuberculosis. We report a case of thoracic spinal tuberculosis treated by anterior and posterior fusion via a posterior and costotransverse...
Jan, Zaka Ullah Ahmed, Nisar Khan, Muhammad Yunas Samin, Yusra Sohail, Rija
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Hydatid cysts are zoonoses caused by Echinococcus granulosus. It can affect any part of the body. The most common sites are the liver and lungs. Hydatid cyst of the hepatopancreatic groove is rare and to the best of our knowledge, this has not been reported in the literature before. We present a case of a young male patient who presented with abdom...
Landolsi, Sana Saidi, Aymen Ncibi, Soumaya Kallel, Lamia Ridene, Imen Chebbi, Faouzi
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Gastro-intestinal bleeding etiological diagnosis could be challenging especially for rare etiologies as it was the case of our patient having an arteriovenous gastric malformation. A 50-years old man consulted for hematemesis. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy didn't show bleeding signs. Angio-scan revealed an arteriovenous gastric malformation. Median la...
Hernández-Zamora, René Edivaldo Sotelo-Carbajal, Jorge Martínez-Maya, Gabriela García-Ledezma, Arnold Román-Matus, Alexis Torres-Salazar, Quitzia Libertad
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Sternotomy is the main surgical procedure used to access the heart and great vessels. Among its most important complications is post-sternotomy dehiscence with an incidence of 10 %; the main risk factors for its occurrence are diabetes mellitus, obesity or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We present a clinical case of a 74-year-old male patie...
Jeo, Wifanto Saditya Prawirodihardjo, Marlin Martono Puteri Putranto, Agi Satria Mazni, Yarman
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The incidence of caecal volvulus (CV) reaches 2.8-7.1 per million per year. CV is a surgical emergency that must be treated immediately because the mortality rate can reach 30 %, and the recurrence rate is 40 %. This study showed a case illustration of caecal volvulus with evidence-based recommendations for indications and management of caecopexy b...
Kuroki, Shoei Inomata, Mayu Matsuo, Ayako Kawano, Fumiya Ayabe, Takanori Maeda, Ryo
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We presented an extremely rare case of lung abscess following bronchoscopy associated with lung cancer that extended directly into the chest wall. A 49-year-old man with adenocarcinoma underwent bronchoscopy. Eight days after the biopsy, the patient presented with chills and anterior chest wall pain. Chest computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a g...
El Kaoukabi, Abdessamad Menfaa, Mohamed Errabi, Nizar Krimou, Hicham Sakit, Fouad Choho, Abdelkrim
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Gallbladder tuberculosis (GT) is an extremely rare clinical entity that represents only 1 % of abdominal tuberculosis cases. Preoperatively, most patients are misdiagnosed as chronic cholecystitis or gallbladder malignancy. We report the case of a 43-year-old patient, whose clinic, imaging and biology were in favor of Gallbladder carcinoma. The cli...
Bezabih, Yoseph Solomon Degefu, Tages Hadish Nigussie, Shimelis
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Herniation of the liver through the anterior abdominal wall is extremely rare entity; majority of cases are from incisional hernia after upper abdominal or cardiac surgery. A 42-year-old woman who is known to have asthma presented to our emergency unit with, vomiting, epigastric pain, and swelling of 12 h duration. Upon examination, we found a mild...
Marquez, Bianca Luciano, Emmanuel Cohen, Ryan Maser, Christina Hubbard, Matthew
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Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is one of the two most common weight loss surgeries. Surgical emergencies after gastric bypass can be complicated by devastating events that are often difficult to diagnose and manage. Perforated ulcers are a very rare complication after a RYGB. In this report, the diagnosis and surgical management of a 59-year-old i...
Getachew, Melaku Weldesilase, Dereje Degefu, Natanim Jufara, Tilahun Jiru Yewedalsew, Selome F Hassen, Getaw Worku
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Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been an integral part of patient evaluation in the Emergency Department. It has been used increasingly for the evaluation of critically ill and trauma patients. We report a case of 60-year-old male patient who presented to the Emergency department with flank pain and urinary symptoms suggesting pyelonephritis wi...
