three-year-old boy came to emergency room of soraya medical center with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and distended abdomen for a period of three days. x-ray showed fluid in the peritoneal cavity and at pleural space, mild elevation of the hemi diaphragm, and thick left diaphragm. surgery showed sub diaphragmatic abscess under in the hemi diaphragm and peritonitis. the autopsy showed several...

Intra-abdominal abscesses usually occur following any intra-abdominal surgery, trauma, Gastrointestinal infection or intestinal perforation. In particular, the diagnosis of sub-phrenic collection can be notoriously difficult. This fact is expressed by well-known aphorism: 'Pus somewhere, pus nowhere else, under diaphragm'. Sub-diaphragmatic form between diaphragm and abdominal organs, such as l...

Subphrenic abscess though a common presentation itself encountered in surgical practice due to various cause, tubercular subphrenic the absence of coexisting tuberculous abdomen presenting as complication pulmonary tuberculosis is extremely rare. Only very few cases have been reported an extrapulmonary manifestation so far. We report case isolated sub-diaphragmatic which responded well with ant...

Neonatal diaphragmatic abscesses are extremely rare and they usually develop by direct extension from a liver abscess. The first case of primary diaphragmatic abscess in a neonate is reported and the difficulties of diagnosing this rare entity are discussed.

Background The present study aimed at discussing the role of ultrasonography for differential diagnosis of some reticular affections in 18 buffaloes suffered from traumatic reticuloperitonitis, diaphragmatic hernia and perireticular abscess. Material and Methods A 3.5 MHz convex transducer was used for examination of the reticular area from left and right side. B and M mode display were used fo...

UNLABELLED A fatal complication of an incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia: pyo-pneumopericardium due to a gastro-pericardial fistula, case report and literature review INTRODUCTION The pyo-pneumopericardium is a very rare complication of an incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia. Usually, it depends on the existence of a gastropericardial fistula and, in most cases, it is a deadly complication. CA...