BACKGROUND Large cystic ovarian masses pose technical challenges to the laparoscopic surgeon. Removing large, potentially malignant specimens must be done with care to avoid the leakage of cyst fluid into the abdominal cavity. CASE We present the case of a large ovarian cystic mass treated laparoscopically with intentional trocar puncture of the mass to drain and remove the mass. DISCUSSIO...

Introduction Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy of abdominal masses is an increasingly common diagnostic procedure in oncology. Various imaging modalities like lymphography, fluoroscopy and computerized tomography (CT) have been utilized in the evaluation of abdominal masses. The advantages of ultrasono-graphy is that it is rapid, inexpensive, versatile, no ionizing radiation is ap...

Primary adrenal lymphoma is extremely rare. We report a young patient who presented with non- specific symptoms of fever and abdominal pain. Conventional imaging modalities demonstrated bilateral bulky adrenal masses, and whole-body fluorine-18-fluorodesoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography showed intense (18)F-FDG-avid bilateral adrenal masses with no evidence...

abectract introduction & objective: acute urinary retention is an unusual symptom among women. this is a case report of acute urinary retention due to endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman. case: the patient was a 49 – years old woman who had referred with dull abdominal pain and acute urinary retention for a few weeks. in physical examination, cervix was displaced anteriorly and superiorly a...

A 66-year-old man with a history of asthma presented with abdominal distension of one month in duration. Computed tomography revealed jejunal wall thickening and distended loops of small bowel (Picture 1). Double-balloon enteroscopy revealed numerous polypoid, worm-like, 1-5 cm masses, while the mucosa in the duodenum and ileum had a normal appearance (Picture 2, 3). One of the masses was remov...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of abdominal and retroperitoneal masses in children on this study. In 53 cases of childhood abdominal and retroperitoneal masses within a 4 year period (19982001) preoperative fine needle aspiration was done under the guide of CT scan. 2 pathologists reviewed fine needle aspiration smears. In all ...