Objective: To find out the various causes of acute abdomen in patients suffering from acute dengue illness and its correlation to the disease severity. Material and method: In this study, confirmed dengue patients with severe acute abdominal pain admitted to Mayo Hospital and Services Hospital, Lahore, were included for analysis. The severity of DF was categorized in accordance with the World H...

background: acute mesenteric ischemia (ami) is a catastrophic disorder of gastrointestinal tract with high mortality. due to recognition in advanced stages and late treatment of patients, the disease is still a highly fatal one. this study was conducted to determine the characteristics of the disease in the region. â  methods: in a retrospective study, all patients’ records of public and priv...

aim : the aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of preoperative abdominal ultrasonography in suspected appendicitis, and equivocal exam. background : acute appendicitis is a common problem and occasional challenging diagnosis in emergency department of every general hospital. patients and methods : within a period of one year from march 2007 through march 2008, all patient with suspecte...

Abdominal pain is a common symptom of various diseases and conditions of different aetiology. The aim of the interpretation of abdominal pain is to reach an early and accurate diagnosis, thereby enabling appropriate treatment. Acute abdominal pain may be the result of a number of abdominal, as well as extra-abdominal causes, lead poisoning being one such extra-abdominal cause. Here, we report t...

The differential diagnosis of right lower quadrant abdominal pain includes both ureterolithiasis and acute appendicitis. Surgical treatment can be undergone without confirmatory imaging studies after a clinical diagnosis is made. For this reason, an occult, second abdominal process may be present. A 47-year-old male presented with a three-day history of acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain...

Acute pancreatitis and diabetic ketoacidosis are unusual adverse events following chemotherapy based on L-asparaginase and prednisone as support treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. We present the case of a 16-year-old Hispanic male patient, in remission induction therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia on treatment with mitoxantrone, vincristine, prednisone, and L-asparaginase. He was ...

Methimazole (MMI)-induced acute pancreatitis is very rare but severe adverse reaction. A 51-yr-old male developed a high fever, chills, and abdominal pain, two weeks after commencement on MMI for the treatment of Graves' disease. There was no evidence of agranulocytosis, and fever subsided soon after stopping MMI treatment. However, 5 hr after taking an additional dose of MMI, abdominal pain an...

We present a rare case of an endometrioma present within and firmly adherent to the broad ligament in a patient who experienced an episode of acute abdominal pain. The endometrioma was excised laparoscopically and the broad ligament repaired.

Reverse PD—a rare cause of acute renal failure in a transplanted patient Sir Spontaneous bladder rupture is a known cause of abdominal pain and acute renal failure [1]. Alcoholics and other substance abusers are particularly prone to developing this syndrome [2, 3]. Some patients may present with a history of pelvic surgery, irradiation or a tumor in the lower abdomen [4, 5]. If unrecognized, t...

It is crucial to realize that both omental infarction and acute appendicitis can occur simultaneously in the children as both diseases are managed differently. Omental infarction itself is rare in the pediatric group, and its association with acute appendicitis is even rarer. Both diseases usually present with right sided abdominal pain. Ultrasound is the choice of imaging modality in the inves...