Pneumonia presenting with lower right abdominal pain and migratory polyarthritis

Small bowel obstruction by a terminal ileum carcinoid tumor: a case report

Abstract Carcinoid tumors are well differentiated neuroendocrine tumors with secretory components. These tumors are uncommon but the most common primary tumors of the distal small intestine. We present a rare terminal ileum carcinoid tumor presenting with a small bowel obstruction. A 65 years old man presented with intermittent, gen-eralized, dull and colicky abdominal pain accompanied with int...

Isolated Splenic Metastasis Presenting with Continuous Fever and Abdominal Pain

Where Suspicion Bore Fruit- An Unusual Cause Of Abdominal Pain In A 46-Year-Old Man

Abdominal pain is a common presenting complaint among adult patients presenting to the emergency department. Triage to medical versus surgical management is crucial for improved outcome. Here, we present the case of a 46-year-old man who presented with subacute onset of migratory abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and hematochezia. Abdominal x-ray was normal but a CT scan revealed intussusception...

Pneumonia presenting as acute abdomen in children: a report of three cases.

From 10th September 1998 till 5th June 1999, the Paediatric and Cardiothoracic Surgery Units of Sultanah Aminah Hospital Johor Bahru managed three children with lung collapse secondary to pneumonia. The dominant initial clinical presentation in all three cases was acute abdominal pain. Basal pneumonia was diagnosed in two cases post-operatively after surgical contributory causes were excluded i...

Alvarado Score in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis: Correlation with the Tomographic and Intra-Operative Findings

Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common causes of abdominal pain, accounting for about one-third of patients presenting to emergency services with acute abdomen. Surgeons perform about 280,000 appendectomies per year in the United States [1-3]. Despite the high prevalence, its diagnosis remains a challenge mainly among young, elderly and women of childbearing age, where a number of ot...