12 research outputs found

    Massive gastrointestinal bleeding due to splenotic nodule of the gastric wall. A case report

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    Splenosis results from autotransplantation tissue sfter traumatic splenicrupture or surgery. usually asymptomatic, splenosis is an incidental finding at surgery.unrelated to the splenosis, for intestinal obstruction or suspected appendicitis or gynaecological pathology.Thi article describes a unique case of massive gastrointestinal bleeding caused by deep invasion of a splenotic nodule into the gastric wall

    "Syndrome in Syndrome" Wernicke syndrome due to afferent loop syndrome.Case report and review of the literature.

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    Vernicke syndrome is a rare neurological pathology due to a deficit in vitamin B1 The syndrome is common among alcohol abusers,patients with malignant tumor or gastrointestinal diseases,those who undergo hemodialysis or long-term peritoneal dialysis,pregnant women with hyperemesis,women who breast-feed,patients with hyperthyroidism or anorexia nervosa or gastric or jejunal-ileal bypass surgery for obesity,patientssubmitted to gastric surgery or prolonged total parenteral nutrition or prolonnged intravenous therapy.We report a case of Wernicke syndrome due to afferent loop syndrome characterized by incoercible vomiting

    Case report of a primary multiloculate muscular cystic hydatidosis

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    Hhydatidosis is a zoonosis caused by the ingestion of Echinococcus granulosus eggs,released though the feces, from infected dogs to humans. Primary localization is mostly hepatic and/or pulmonary,whereas muscular involvement is very rare,even more so in muscular stiated tissue. this is the report of a case of a primery intramuscular hydatidcyst in a 79-year-old woman who presented with a 3-year history of a painful lump in her proximal medial left thigh. The authors document the exceptional giant dimensions of the cyst, which have not previously been reported in a case of striated muscular hydatid disease

    Pancreatic trauma: The role of computed tomography for guiding therapeutic approach

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    To evaluate the role of computed tomography (CT) for diagnosing traumatic injuries of the pancreas and guiding the therapeutic approach
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