OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article is to present the most common causes of spontaneous abdominal hemorrhage and to review the CT findings that are important in establishing the correct diagnosis and in guiding appropriate therapy. CONCLUSION Knowledge of the common CT manifestations of various causes of spontaneous abdominal hemorrhage allows their accurate diagnosis and has a direct impac...

Introduction. To report the robotic-assisted abdominal cerclage performed in two nonpregnant women and the success of live birth outcomes. Presentation of Cases. A 36-year-old woman with a complaint of recurrent second trimester pregnancy losses and a 35-year-old patient with a complaint of preterm deliveries and cervical insufficiency underwent robotic assisted abdominal cervicoisthmic cerclag...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate whether a nursing intervention program using abdominal palpation would improve maternal-fetal relationships of pregnant women. METHODS The subjects were Japanese women aged less than 40 years with singleton pregnancies. A nursing intervention involving abdominal palpations of Leopold's Maneuvers was performed for the intervention group (n = ...

Introduction. Little is known about physical symptoms in peritoneal dialysis (PD) Patients. This study aims to determine the prevalence of symptoms (general and abdominal) in PD patients. Methods. A cross-sectional study, with subsequent followup, using an author-designed 21 symptoms questionnaire (15 nonabdominal and 6 abdominal). Each symptom was assessed on a scale 0-3 for severity (none-sev...

Seven of the nine people present at the barbeque developed diarrhea with abdominal cramps between 3 to 10 days following the barbeque (Fig.1). Two had bloody diarrhea. The two children with bloody diarrhea (an 11-month-old male and a 15-year-old female) and one with non-bloody diarrhea (a 4-year-old female) sought medical attention. There was sufficient stool from two of these children (the 11-...

L’appendagite épiploïque primitive: une cause rare de douleur abdominal Issam Yazough, Hecham El bouhadouti, Khalid Mazaz Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès, Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Département de Chirurgie, CHU Hassan II, Fès, Maroc Corresponding author: Issam Yazough, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès, Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Département de Chiru...

Textiloma or gossypiboma is a retained surgical swab in the body after an operation and is a complication that can remain undetected for many years and may represent a diagnostic dilemma depending on its location. It may be confused with several focal lesions and an accurate history taking, combined with clinical and instrumental data, is key to suspecting the diagnosis. We report a case of abd...

The increased use of imaging modalities in the last years has led to a greater incidence in depicting abdominal incidental lesions. In particular, "incidentalomas" of the kidney are discovered in asymptomatic patients or patients who suffer from diseases not directly related to the kidneys. The aim of this paper is to provide the radiologist with a useful guide to recognize and classify the mai...