Perianalinis pūlinys, diagnozuotas praėjus daug laiko po praryto svetimkūnio: klinikinis atvejis

Abscesses and fistulas are common findings of the perianal space in surgery. In most cases, they are cryptogenic, though can be caused by other pathological events. It could be an impaction of a foreign body. While retrogradally inserted artefact immediately causes pain, an ingested foreign body can persist in an organism a long time before the significant symptoms appear. A rare clinical case: 42-years-old female presented to Vilnius University Hospital “Santariškių klinikos“ with chronic pain and discomfort in a sacrococcygeal region due to a purulent wound after pilonidal sinus abscessotomy performed 7 months ago. Following thorough examination – a wide local excision of the perianal tissue was performed. Abscesses and both fistula canals which were found during examination were removed. During the operation, dental bur was found inside one of the abscesses – predominantly causing the infection. Ingested foreign body may persist in an organism undetected for a considerable period of time. When impacted into perianal space it causes infection of soft tissue. Carefully collected medical history could help consider this cause even though no fistulas in ano are found.Abscesai bei fistulės – dažnai pasitaikantys perianalinės srities dariniai. Paprastai jie būna kriptogeninės kilmės, tačiau juos gali išprovokuoti ir kitos priežastys. Viena jų – į perianalinius audinius patekęs svetimkūnis. Retrogradinis patekimas pastebimas ir iškart sukelia skausmą, o pro burną patekęs svetimkūnis gali likti nepastebėtas ir išbūti organizme ilgą laiką, kol atsiranda ryškūs simptomai. Aprašome retą klinikinį atvejį, kai 42 metų moteris kreipėsi į Vilniaus universiteto ligoninės Santariškių klinikas dėl 7 mėnesius po atliktos pilonidinio sinuso abscesotomijos pūliuojančios pooperacinės žaizdos ir su tuo susijusio skausmo bei diskomforto uodegikaulio srityje. Po papildomų tyrimų atlikta plati abscesotomija ir pašalinti abu tyrimų metu rasti fistulių kanalai. Operacijos metu pūlinio ertmėje rastas svetimkūnis – odontologinis grąžtas, kuris, numanoma, sukėlė abscesus bei fistules. Nurytas svetimkūnis gali ilgai išbūti organizme nepastebėtas. Įsitvirtinęs perianalinėje srityje, sukelia aplinkinių audinių uždegimą. Tinkamai surinkus anamnezę reikėtų įvertinti šios uždegimo etiologijos tikimybę netgi nesant fistulės angų analiniame kanale bei išangėje

Primary Ewing's sarcoma in a small intestine - a case report and review of the literature

Background Ewing's sarcoma usually presents in paediatric patients with its primary location being bone tissue. Nevertheless, we present such an adult case which arises from the small intestine. We registered thirty one cases of such origin published so far excluding ours. Case presentation We report a case of 30 year old female who was admitted due to the persistent anaemia. Whole body computed tomography scan revealed abdominal mass in her left upper abdominal compartment. Surgery on the mass originating from jejunum was performed, although due to extremely complicated postoperative period and rapid dissemination no additional therapy had been performed. The tumour was positive for CD99, ERG, CD56, Synaptophysin, PanCK, Cam5.2. Conclusion Extraosseus Ewing's sarcoma is extremely rare entity, with poor prognosis

Global economic burden of unmet surgical need for appendicitis

Background There is a substantial gap in provision of adequate surgical care in many low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to identify the economic burden of unmet surgical need for the common condition of appendicitis. Methods Data on the incidence of appendicitis from 170 countries and two different approaches were used to estimate numbers of patients who do not receive surgery: as a fixed proportion of the total unmet surgical need per country (approach 1); and based on country income status (approach 2). Indirect costs with current levels of access and local quality, and those if quality were at the standards of high-income countries, were estimated. A human capital approach was applied, focusing on the economic burden resulting from premature death and absenteeism. Results Excess mortality was 4185 per 100 000 cases of appendicitis using approach 1 and 3448 per 100 000 using approach 2. The economic burden of continuing current levels of access and local quality was US $92 492 million using approach 1 and$73 141 million using approach 2. The economic burden of not providing surgical care to the standards of high-income countries was $95 004 million using approach 1 and$75 666 million using approach 2. The largest share of these costs resulted from premature death (97.7 per cent) and lack of access (97.0 per cent) in contrast to lack of quality. Conclusion For a comparatively non-complex emergency condition such as appendicitis, increasing access to care should be prioritized. Although improving quality of care should not be neglected, increasing provision of care at current standards could reduce societal costs substantially