BACKGROUND Malignant bowel obstruction affects an estimated 3% to 15% of patients with cancer, with a mean survival of <4 weeks reported in patients with inoperable malignant bowel obstruction. In the current study, the authors assessed predictors of survival and the influence of treatment modality in US patients with cancer who were hospitalized for malignant bowel obstruction. METHODS All t...

Intestinal obstruction complete or incomplete has been found commonly in patients with cystic fibrosis all age groups variable presentation. Prevalence of intestinal children is 7-8%. Neonates present meconium ileus due to inspissated and obstruction. This case demonstrates similar presentation a pediatric patient. A six day old male patient presented the surgery department abdominal distention...

CONTEXT Article analyzes current data on macroamylasemia and splenosis, their etiology and diagnostics in particular. CASE REPORT Authors presented their own clinical observation of a young woman who was diagnosed to have macroamylasemia on the background of splenosis due to the splenectomy after blunt abdominal injury. CONCLUSION This is the first time such a combination of macroamylasemia...

INTRODUCTION Intussusception in adults is a rare cause of bowel obstruction. Endometriosis of the bowel is also a rare entity that can be the cause of bowel obstruction. Here, we report a rare case of intussusception secondary to endometriosis of the cecum. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 40-year-old woman presented to the hospital with a one-week history of intermittent epigastric pain. On physical e...

Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the most well-known helminthic parasites affecting humans, and ascariasis remains common with > 1.2 billion infections globally [1]. It is endemic in the Middle East and South America especially in under-developed countries where poor sanitation, the most important risk factor for infection [2], is common [3]. A. lumbricoides infection occurs in all age groups but...

BACKGROUND A small bowel obstruction is classified as simple (nonstrangulated) or strangulated. The early recognition with correct diagnosis of small bowel obstruction is a critical issue as the release from strangulation requires surgical emergency. METHODS To evaluate the physiological effect on small bowel obstruction, a metallic ring was put in the small intestine (simple ileus) and a loo...

Statin Use at Intra-abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Adhesion-Related Complications Small-Bowel Obstruction

Sclerosing mesenteritis falls within a spectrum of primary idiopathic inflammatory and fibrotic processes that affect the mesentery. The exact etiology has not been determined, although the following associations have been noted: abdominal surgery, trauma, autoimmunity, paraneoplastic syndrome, ischemia and infection. Progression of sclerosing mesentritis can lead to bowel obstruction, a rare c...

BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal stromal (GIST) tumors make <1% of all gastrointestinal neoplasms and 20% of small bowel neoplasms. The most common acute presenting symptom of these tumors is gastrointestinal hemorrhage with obstruction being rare. We discuss our laparoscopic approach to 2 patients with small bowel GIST tumors that presented to our institution with obstruction of the small bowel. ...

Splenosis, the autotransplantation of splenic tissue following splenic trauma, is uncommonly clinically significant. Splenosis is typically diagnosed incidentally on imaging or at laparotomy and has been mistakenly attributed to various malignancies and pathological conditions. On the rare occasion when splenosis plays a causative role in a pathological condition, a diagnostic challenge may ens...