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Midgut Volvulus A Rare Cause Of Acute Abdomen In The Adult Patient, Mason S. Deinema, Saptarshi Biswas
Midgut Volvulus A Rare Cause Of Acute Abdomen In The Adult Patient, Mason S. Deinema, Saptarshi Biswas
South Atlantic Division Research Day 2023
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Omental Infarction: A Rare Cause Of Abdominal Pain, Eric Doane, Emily Nguyen
Omental Infarction: A Rare Cause Of Abdominal Pain, Eric Doane, Emily Nguyen
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
Omental infarction is a rare cause of acute abdomen pain first described by Eitel in 1899 and has been described in the literature with total numbers ranging from 250-400 worldwide with many coming from individual case reports. Risk factors for developing omental infarction are thought to be obesity, trauma, intense exercise or secondary to torsion from adhesions. Historically, the diagnosis of omental infarction was made incidentally in the operating room for patients with an acute abdomen with a different suspected diagnosis. Most often being appendicitis with associated right lower quadrant abdominal pain and smaller subset from suspected diverticulitis and cholecystitis …
A Rare Case Of Perforated Jejunal Diverticulitis, Mohamed Nagi Md, Stanley Deturris Md, Ang Darwin
A Rare Case Of Perforated Jejunal Diverticulitis, Mohamed Nagi Md, Stanley Deturris Md, Ang Darwin
General Surgery
Introduction: Jejunal diverticulosis is a rare condition with clinical incidence of 0.5%. It is less common than colonic and duodenum diverticulosis. It is usually asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally but it may cause chronic symptoms and acute complications. The aim of the case report to increase the awareness about the disease Case Report: This is a 56-year-old Caucasian male who presented with abdominal pain and fever and was diagnosed with transverse colon diverticulitis with microperforation on CT scan. Patient was treated nonoperatively with antibiotics and was discharged home. Two months later, he presented with similar recurrent abdominal pain and was found …
Not Just A Cyst: A Rare Presentation Of Luq Pain, Richard Henriquez, Isin Y. Comba Md, Sundeep Kumar Md, Khawaja Arsalan Bashir, Maria Wallis-Crespo Md, Lakhinder Bhatia Md
Not Just A Cyst: A Rare Presentation Of Luq Pain, Richard Henriquez, Isin Y. Comba Md, Sundeep Kumar Md, Khawaja Arsalan Bashir, Maria Wallis-Crespo Md, Lakhinder Bhatia Md
Gastroenterology
Lymphangioma is a benign congenital malformation of the lymphatic system that is relatively common in juvenile population. Rarely, it can be seen in adults and majority of the cases are reported in the head and neck region (70-75%). Typically, these malformations are asymptomatic. In this report, we present a rare case of splenic lymphangioma presenting with severe, intractable abdominal pain.