Lemmel syndrome is a rare entity that causes biliary obstruction due to compression of the common bile duct by periampullary diverticulum. It can manifest as acute cholangitis and often underdiagnosed. However, once identified, it be successfully treated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, being one most used methods. should considered in elderly patients diagnosis duodenal div...

A previously healthy 43-year-old woman presentedwithatypical chest discomfort. On physical examination, no abnormal findings were obtained. The electrocardiogram was not suggestive of ischaemia. Echocardiography revealed an aneurysm extending from the left ventricular posterior wall (Panel C). This pouch showed paradoxical contraction with a relatively thin wall. No thrombus was seen in the lef...

BACKGROUND Duodenal diverticulum is a little-known pathology. The duodenum represents second place in frequency for the presence of diverticula in the digestive tract after the colon. Duodenal diverticulum as a cause of hemorrhage of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract has been described as an infrequent complication, although it must be considered in patients with digestive hemorrhage withou...

A diverticulum of the right atrium was found on the floor of the coronary sinus in a neonate. The diverticulum was distinguished from a pericardial cyst by contrast echocardiography, and its relations with coronary sinus and coronary venous return were identified by coronary angiography. Because the diverticulum compressed the left ventricular inferior wall and prevented its growth, it was exci...

Zenker’s diverticulum is a pouch protruding posteriorly above the upper esophageal sphincter (1). A small diverticulum may be asymptomatic, while a large one may produce dysphagia, food regurgitation, weight loss, and gastroesophageal reflux symptoms. Pneumonia has been reported as a complication in 12% of cases (2). I present the case of an elderly man whose recurrent complications of a Zenker...

Most of the intussusceptions in infants are idiopathic in nature. The incidence of intussusception decreases as the age advances. On the contrary, the frequency of lead point (secondary cause) increases with age. Meckel’s diverticulum is the commonest anomaly of small bowel. There is 5% incidence of complications in patients having Meckel’s diverticulum. Inverted Meckel’s diverticulum, as a lea...

A Meckel's diverticulum is a remnant of the vitelline duct, which leads to the formation of a true diverticulum containing all layers of the small intestine. The diverticulum can contain ectopic gastric, duodenal or pancreatic tissue and is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract with estimates of prevalence ranging from 0.3% to 3%. The condition is usually clinically s...

INTRODUCTION Meckel's diverticulum is the commonest congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract. Most of them are asymptomatic but can rarely present with forms of complications such as bleeding, obstruction, diverticulitis, intussusception and neoplasm. Patients with a perforation of Meckel's diverticulum by a foreign body are rare and may present with right iliac fossa pain, which mi...

INTRODUCTION A temporary protective loop ileostomy is a routine procedure to protect the anastomosis in patients who undergo low anterior resection for rectal cancer. The aim of this case report is to present a rare complication caused by Meckel's diverticulum. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a case of a 71-year-old white man with dysfunctional ileostomy after low anterior resection for rectal ...

PURPOSE We present the management of 17 cases of urethral diverticulum in our department. We describe the various clinical presentations of urethral diverticulum, which may mimic other pelvic floor disorders and result in diagnostic delay. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed 17 cases of urethral diverticulum presented to the urogynaecology department between January 2006 and February 2011 retro...