conclusions in hemodynamically stable patients with a ruptured raml, early detection by ct followed by selective arterial embolization may be lifesaving. introduction renal angiomyolipoma (raml), is a rare, benign tumor arising from renal mesenchymal cells. frequently, it is asymptomatic and found incidentally. spontaneous rupture with consequent retroperitoneal hemorrhage is an uncommon but ca...

BACKGROUND Omental torsion is a rare and very unusual cause of acute abdominal pain. If often mimics other acute pathologies and it is very difficult to diagnose preoperatively, which can lead to deterioration of the patient. It is seldom reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION We report a well-documented case of a 67-year-old white woman who complained about abdominal pain, which was s...

We present a case study of a 29-year-old male who presented with abdominal pain typical for pancreatitis. Detailed history and investigations revealed that the cause of abdominal pain was secondary to the raised triglyceride levels. It was difficult to distinguish whether he had hypertriglyceridemia-induced abdominal pain or acute pancreatitis, given that he had only a mildly raised lipase and ...

Intestinal malrotation is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain and normally presents during infancy. Familial cases of malrotation are extremely rare in the absence of other congenital malformations. We present the case of a 22-year-old woman with undiagnosed chronic abdominal pain and her previously well 16-year-old brother who presented within 18 months of each other with acute midgut volvulu...

BACKGROUND Patients with chronic abdominal pain occasionally suffer from the anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES). A substantial number of patients report previous visits to an emergency department (ED) with acute pain. Aim of this study was to obtain the incidence of ACNES in patients presenting with abdominal pain in the ED of a Dutch teaching hospital. METHODS In this obser...

A girl, uged 12 years, was brought to the outpatient department on the morning of 3rd September, 1945, complaining of sudden abdominal pain, vomiting and constipation for the last two days. She was in acute pain, and was restless, her look was anxious and the abdomen was distended. The patient gave a history of fever with rigors for six days. The fever came down every night with sweating. On th...

linguatula serrata (l. serrata), an aberrant arthropod of the pentastomida phylum, inhabits the canine respiratory system as its final host. intermediate hosts include humans and herbivores. humans can be infected via consumption of raw or under-cooked liver or lymph nodes of sheep, goats, and cattle. a few human cases have been reported from iran. here, we have reported a case of pentastomiasi...

primary hepatic lymphoma (phl) was a rare malignancy usually presenting with abdominal pain, malaise, hepatomegaly, b-symptoms, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and jaundice. it mostly involves liver without any palpable lymphadenopathy and leukemia in peripheral blood smear. on july 22, 2014, a 64 year old man presented with abdominal pain localizing in right upper quadrant and fullness from 2 years ...