Internal hernia represents only a small fraction of the patients with intestinal obstruction, however 50% of paraduodenal hernia present as an acute intestinal obstruction. The case is a 28-year old man with presentation of complete bowel obstruction. Diagnosis confirmed through physical examination and abdominal radiography. Laparatomy was performed during which total herniation of small intes...

Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have a unique profile of neoplasms, with a higher incidence of leukemias and a lower incidence of solid tumors than seen in the general population. We recently encountered two cases of infants with DS with retroperitoneal teratoma. After reviewing the literature on teratomas in DS, we found that the incidence of retroperitoneal teratomas was higher and the in...

INTRODUCTION Retroperitoneal cysts are uncommon, with an estimated incidence of 1/5750 to 1/250,000. CASE PRESENTATION A male patient was admitted with an abdominal pain, jaundice and fever. Clinical examination and investigations confirmed an idiopathic benign retroperitoneal cyst. He underwent surgery and was discharged after making good recovery. CONCLUSION Retroperitoneal cysts are very...

BACKGROUND Retroperitoneal schwannomas are very rare and are usually found incidentally. CASES REPORT Two rare cases of retroperitoneal schwannomas are reported. Both were incidentally found during US scans for non-specific epigastric pain and were initially diagnosed as non-secreting retroperitoneal tumors. The diagnosis was confirmed by CT scan. In both patients the tumors were resected. Th...

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) were previously included in the "inflammatory pseudotumors" family, but have emerged as a distinct entity recently. The management of IMT may be challenging due to its intermediate malignant potential. We present a case of a young patient with an asymptomatic retroperitoneal mass with some imaging findings that could point to the IMT diagnosis pre-opera...

Background Chronic expanding hematoma is a rare condition that occurs after surgery, trauma, or injury. It can occur anywhere in the body with the absence of trauma. Clinical findings, various modalities will help in the differential diagnosis. Hematomas are usually absorbed naturally and rarely cause serious problems. However, hematomas developing slowly without a history of trauma, surgery an...

With acupuncture treatment becoming a widely used technique in medicine to control chronic pain, there have been increasing reports on its associated complications. Although pneumothorax is the most frequently reported, infectious complications may not be uncommon. However, retroperitoneal or intraabdominal abscess caused by acupuncture may be much more serious conditions than pneumothorax. We ...

This article educates the reader on idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis and emphasizes the importance of considering conditions that mimic this disease on PET/CT through an illustrative case of a 58 year-old man presenting with intermittent abdominal, back, and scrotal pain undergoing successive PET/CT scans, both for diagnosis and following treatment.

In the pathogenesis of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, disseminated intravascular coagulation and venous thromboembolism are one causes high morbidity mortality. Therefore, anticoagulant drugs play an important role in treatment. One rare complications therapy is bleeding retroperitoneal space. These hemorrhages require rapid diagnosis urgent approach. Re...