Capsule endoscopy (CE) is a sensitive modality for examining the small bowel and is commonly employed to identify a variety of small bowel pathologies. We report a case of capsule retention leading to diagnosis of a chronic condition. A 60-year-old female presented with abdominal pain, nausea, and weight loss for 3 years. Physical exam revealed a mildly tender abdomen with hypoactive bowel soun...

INTRODUCTION Phytobezoars are concretions of poorly digested fruit and vegetable fibers found in the alimentary tract. Previous gastric resection, gastrojejunostomy, or pyloroplasty predispose people to bezoar formation. Small-bowel bezoars normally come from the stomach, and primary small-bowel bezoars are very rare. They are seen only in patients with underlying small-bowel diseases such as d...

We present a case of male patient, who was referred to our department because of acute intestinal obstruction, which was the initial clinical symptom of primary lung cancer. The abdominal computed tomography (CT) prior to the emergency operation showed small intestinal obstruction and metastases to both adrenal glands. The patient underwent an emergency abdominal exploratory laparotomy, that co...

INTRODUCTION Acute small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common surgical emergency in which the normal flow of intraluminal intestinal contents is interrupted.1 The two most common etiologies for SBO are postoperative adhesions and hernias; additional risk factors include tumors, foreign body ingestion, and inflammatory bowel diseases. Prolonged obstruction can lead to bowel dilatation proximal to...

Supravesical hernias are very rarely seen and reported as a possible cause of small bowel obstruction. The proper diagnosis which is usually made intra-operatively the preliminary despite availability advanced radiological investigations not helpful. We report case patient without previous abdominal surgery with an acute obstruction in laparotomy exploration revealed strangulatedinternalsuprave...

BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common and lethal disease with thousands of new cases of large bowel cancer diagnosed in the United States each year. Colorectal cancer frequently causes obstruction of the large bowel. Cases of obstructions and perforations have been documented with masses well below 6 cm in diameter. Obstruction and/or perforation are important predictors of prognosis w...

This report concerns the results in a series of children who have had a resection of small bowel for obstruction in the neonatal period. The recovery rate after this procedure has improved, particularly at special centres, but the presence of multiple abnormalities such as cardiovascular disorders and prematurity increases the risk of operation. The first few days of the post-operative period a...

Intestinal obstruction following Internal herniae is rare accounting for less than 4%, of which Paraduodenal hernias are the most common. A 42 yr male presented with abdomen pain & distension for two days, vomiting and obstipation for one day. Abdomen was distended with a tender mass in the left hypochondrium. X-ray showed dilated bowel loops. CT abdomen confirmed the diagnosis of small bowel o...

he incidence of the diverticulum of the small bowel varies from 0.2-1.3% in autopsy studies to 2.3% when assessed on enteroclysis. it occurs mostly in patients in the 6th decade of their life. of all the small bowel diverticuli, jejunal diverticulum is the most common type. this rare entity is usually asymptomatic. however, they may cause chronic non-specific symptoms for a long period of time ...