SECTION 1 A 39-year-old lawyer presented with intermittent spasms and pain in his abdominal muscles, particularly the right upper quadrant. These had occurred since his mid-20s and there had been long asymptomatic periods, including 8 years prior to the most recent 4-month exacerbation. Trivial movement triggered a spasm of the abdominal muscles, leading to severe pain, which made breathing unc...

A mobile caecum and ascending colon is a rare congenital abnormality. Its presentation as a cause of right lower abdominal pain in an adult is usually mis-diagnosed as acute appendicitis. A 42-year-old civil servant presented with a 2-year history of recurrent right lower quadrant pain of the abdomen. The pain was sharp in nature and persistent in the last 2 weeks and centered mainly in the rig...

Crossed renal ectopia is a rare urinary system anomaly which mostly is asymptomatic and is diagnosed incidentally. Urinary obstruction, infection, and neoplasia of the urinary system and nephrolithiasis are main complications of this anomaly. A 6-year-old boy admitted to the hospital with colicky abdominal pain and nausea. Abdominal examination revealed tenderness in right lower quadrant. Urine...

A rare differential diagnosis for severe abdominal pain is acute epiploic appendagitis. Its symptoms resemble those of diverticulitis, appendicitis, or omental infarction quite a bit. The primary imaging method used computed tomography (CT). We are describing the case 27-year-old guy who underwent an ultrasonography after complaining left lower quadrant pain. It identified oval and non-compress...

conclusions it is important to keep in mind that even peritoneal involvement may be seen despite intact hepatic cysts. careful excision of these cysts is the treatment of choice. case presentation a 40-year-old man was referred to the emergency department with dull and intermittent periumbilical pain in the left and right lower quadrant regions accompanied by moderate tenderness and rebound wit...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the changes in static and dynamic postural control after the development of acute low back pain. METHODS Thirty healthy right-handed volunteers were divided into three groups; the right back pain group, the left back pain group, and the control group. 0.5 mL of 5% hypertonic saline was injected into L4-5 paraspinal muscle for 5 seconds to cause muscle pain. The movement ...

Acute appendicitis is common surgical conditions, requiring an emergency operation and accounting for 4% to 8% of all department visits. The diagnosis depends on clinical manifestation, radiological findings, surgeon experience. Appendicitis causing pain in the left lower quadrant rare can occur with congenital abnormalities that include a true left-sided appendix or as atypical presentation ri...