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A 39-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain after tubal sterilization. CT showed a subphrenic abscess with fatty inclusions owing to laceration or rupture of a mature ovarian teratoma. Although subphrenic abscess is a well recognized post-operative complication, and ovarian teratomas are
Although laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become a safe and effective alternative for open cholecystectomy as treatment of symptomatic cholelithiasis, it may be followed by different complications. Two cases are presented with unusual complications after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. One patient was
BACKGROUND
Acute subhepatic appendicitis in children is an uncommon presentation. It is usually associated with intestinal malrotation. When these conditions are met, accurate diagnosis and early management decisions are delayed.
METHODS
We present the case of a 10-year-old male who had diarrhea
BACKGROUND
We studied subphrenic inflammatory abscesses and splenic fluid collections after splenectomy for trauma. These complications may appear early or late postoperatively; they are easily demonstrated with CT, which permits accurate spatial assessment of the lesions and appropriate treatment
A 19-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of unexplained pain in the right upper abdomen and fever. Her medical history noted a recent uncomplicated pregnancy and birth of a healthy child. Our differential diagnosis included pyelonephritis, pulmonary embolism, pneumonia causing
A 62-year-old lady presented with fever and abdominal pain. History revealed cholecystectomy two years ago due to cholecystolithiasis, complicated by perforation of the common bile duct, leading to hepaticojejunostomy, jejunocholedochostomy, endoscopic retrograde insertion of two plastic stents and
We present the case of a 34 years old female patient who presents with abdominal pain and elevated total and direct bilirrubins, so she underwent ERCP Reporting: a) successful sphincterotomy without complications, b) choledocholithias is endoscopically resolved, c) secondary cholangitis. She
Three cases of rare intra-abdominal complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) surgery are reported. Case 1 was a 32-year-old male who had undergone VPS surgery for hydrocephalus following meningitis on July 10, 1980. Two weeks later he developed fever and a cystic mass about 10 cm in
BACKGROUND
The role of right hepatic lobectomy is evaluated in the treatment of selected patients with isolated right-sided hepatolithiasis.
METHODS
During the past 7 years right hepatic lobectomy was performed in five patients who had isolated right-sided hepatolithiasis. The rationale and
Hepatic abscess can be defined as an encapsulated collection of suppurative material within the liver parenchyma. Hepatic abscess can be distinguished as pyogenic, amebic, or fungal. Biliary tract disease remains the most common cause of hepatic abscess today, and the most common Over the past 9 years, ten patients have presented to the Thoracic Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, with 12 empyemas secondary to intra-abdominal sepsis. In eight patients, the presenting signs and symptoms were wrongly attributed to primary intra-thoracic pathology. All were subsequently found to
BACKGROUND
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is an effective treatment for morbid obesity. Current average length of hospital stay (LOS) after RYGB is 2-3 days and 30-day readmission rate is 8-13 %. The aim of our study is to evaluate the effect of routine gastrostomy tube placement in
Laparoscopic procedures have changed the indications for appendectomy. Routine exeresis should not be performed if a normal organ is observed during an exploratory procedure, but should be in cases with clinical manifestations of right flank pain since neurogenic appendicitis is not rare. We report
An abscess is a localised collection of necrotic tissue, white cells and bacteria, collectively forming pus. Intra-abdominal abscesses can occur viscerally (e.g. hepatic abscess), retroperitoneally (e.g. psoas abscess) or intraperitoneally (e.g. subphrenic abscess).(1, 2) Clinical presentation is
BACKGROUND
Hepatolithiasis is an uncommon entity in Singapore. We reviewed the cases presented to our institution (a 1200-bedded restructured hospital) over a 5-year period.
METHODS
Twelve cases of hepatolithiasis were treated between December 1995 and July 2000 representing 0.77% of gallstone