The rupture of an intra-abdominal testicular neoplasm is a rare cause of acute abdomen and massive intra-abdominal haemorrhage. We report the case of a 70-year-old male presenting a massive intra-abdominal bleeding caused by a Leydig cell tumour in an undescended testis. The clinical details and pathology of this rare testicular tumour are discussed.

BACKGROUND Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm is a rare cystic tumor of the exocrine pancreas. Abdominal pain or discomfort is the most common symptom, usually in young females. CASE PRESENTATION Herein we report the case of an 8 - year old child presenting with symptoms of gastric outlet obstruction. CONCLUSION A solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreatic caput was diagnosed and surgical...

BACKGROUND It is unclear whether there is a benefit to resection of primary gastrointestinal carcinoid neoplasm with hepatic metastases. We investigated whether primary tumor resection in this setting led to a significant difference in outcomes. METHODS A retrospective review of patients with abdominal carcinoid neoplasms between 1995 and 2006 was performed. Data collected on patients with pr...

BACKGROUND Retroperitoneal lipoma is an extremely rare neoplasm. AIMS The authors report a case of giant retroperitoneal lipoma in a 32-year-old white female, with a history of pain and an abdominal mass over a 2-year period. Total abdominal ultrasonography and barium enema showed a large mass located in the retroperitoneal space behind the ascending colon. Laparotomy showed a large encapsula...

CONTEXT Pancreatic heterotopia in itself is rare in the colon and to the best of our knowledge a neoplasm arising in a heterotopic tissue in the colon has not been reported. We herein report a pancreatic cystic neoplasm arising from heterotopic pancreatic tissue in colon. CASE REPORT A 44-year-old lady presented with a history of lower abdominal colic, associated with mucoid loose stools 10-1...

Retroperitoneal malignant mesenchymoma is a rare retroperitoneal neoplasm with poor prognosis. Here we present a patient with retroperitoneal malignant mesenchymoma. A 32year-old man presented with progressive painful swelling on his left lower leg, abdominal fullness and a palpable left abdominal mass. Imaging studies of abdomen included sonography, contrastenhanced computed tomography (CECT) ...

Primary hepatic angiosarcoma (PHA) is an exceedingly rare and aggressive neoplasm of mesenchymal origin. PHA makes a very small portion primary liver tumors conveys poor prognosis. Symptomatology can be vague often mimics hepatocellular carcinoma upon presentation. Diagnosis requires careful immunohistopathologic confirmation. We present case in patient with abdominal pain suspected underlying ...

Mesenteric cysts are rare intra-abdominal lesions. The lack of characteristic clinical features and radiological signs may present great diagnostic difficulties. Lymphangiomas can originate in any organ with less than 5% occurring the abdominal cavity. They occur anywhere small bowel or colonic mesentery. Here we a 58-years-old female discomfort, mild pain fullness for four months. Radiological...

A case of a very rare adipocytic tumor found during corrective surgery for incisional abdominal hernia is presented. Because of uterine leiomyomas the patient underwent total abdominal hysterectomy 14 years before. During surgery of incisional hernia, a part of small intestine along with a pedunculated tumor was found in hernial sac. The tumor was attached to the medial intra-abdominal peritone...