An abdominal mass may present with a myriad of symptoms resulting from compression of surrounding organs. A major clinical challenge with practical implications is accurate preoperative identification of the origin of the mass. Here, we present the case of a 29-year-old female patient with abdominal distension and shortness of breath for approximately 6 weeks before presentation. A large abdomi...

background: neuroblastoma is the most common tumor in infancy and wilms’ tumor is the most common malignant tumor of kidney in childhood. both the tumors are usually within the differential diagnosis of each other. this study compares the clinical manifestations, sex and age distribution of childhood wilms’ tumor and neuroblastoma at one of tehran children hospitals. materials and methods: the ...

This case study aims to report an unresolved abdominal mass in an adult with cryptorchid testis and provide a review of related literature. We investigated a 54-year-old man who had cryptorchidism with a history of left orchiectomy 18 years prior. He was diagnosed with an intra-abdominal testicular mass after referring to the emergency ward with pelvic pain. The incidence of testicular cancer i...

Background. Visceral metastatic spread of ocular melanoma most commonly occurs via hematogenous route to the liver. Lymphatic spread of ocular melanoma into abdominal lymph nodes has not been reported previously. Case Presentation. A 47-year-old man with a history of ocular melanoma presented with a soft tissue mass on CT scan. The mass encased the portal structures of the hepaticoduodenal liga...

Adult giant hydronephrosis is a rare clinical entity. His diagnosis not obvious. We report case of 42-year-old man, who was admitted for large intra-abdominal mass, painless, evolving about 8 months. The examination showed very distended abdomen. abdominal CT confirms the left on ureteral lithiasis. Surgical treatment consisted an emergency percutaneous nephrostomy followed by secondary nephrec...

A 65 year old postmenopausal female presented with left sided abdominal pain. Sonogram revealed an intra-abdominal 7.4 x 5.7 cm heterogenous mass. On laparotomy, approximately 10 X 10 cm mesenteric mass was seen adherent to the descending colon. Multiple omental tumor deposits were also noted. Gross examination showed solid and cystic tumor with sebaceous material admixed with hair. Histopathol...

Background: Gossypiboma is a term for a surgical complications resulting from foreign materials, such as a surgical sponge, accidentally left inside a patient's body. Methods: We report a rare case of woman who presented with multiple gossypibomas resulting in intra-abdominal abscess and intestinal fistula after caesarean section. Results: A 35-year-old Chinese woman was referred to our hospita...