Small Intestine's diverticulosis is an uncommon pathology of intestine. It's more evident at jejune and can be complicated by intestinal perforation, obstruction or diverticulitis, increasing the mortality. We describe a forty years old female patient that arrived at emergency service complained of diffuse abdominal pain. There aren't signals of peritonitis and the radiological evaluation showe...

A case of a patient who developed an intestinal perforation secondary to a charcoal stercolith is reviewed. The case involves a young female on methadone maintenance who received multiple-dose charcoal therapy for an amitriptyline ingestion. Peritoneal signs developed several days after admission, and an exploratory laparotomy was done. A perforation measuring 4 cm in diameter was found in the ...

Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) is rare, rapidly growing, and highly aggressive. Urgent commencement of chemotherapy is vital to prevent complications and promote a favourable prognosis. Any factor causing a delay in the initiation of chemotherapy will affect prognosis significantly. Intestinal perforation is a well-known complication with devastating consequences. It inevitably leads to a delay in the...

Numerous complications after septoplasty have been identified in the literature. Blindness and palatal perforation are among the rarest complications. The palatal perforation experienced by the presented patient was because he was not thoroughly examined before surgery. Secondly, we wanted to emphasize the fact that care must be taken during septoplasty operation, particularly while performing ...

Bezoars can result from any indigestible or poorly digestible substance that is capable of forming concretions within the gastrointestinal tract including stomach and small intestine. Phytobezoars are composed of concretions of vegetable matters [1]. Most of patients with bezoars are asymptomatic but intestinal obstruction has been reported [2]. Small intestinal phytobezoars are almost always o...