Journal of surgical case reports

Lymphangiomas in the peritoneal cavity are rare in adults, with most cases occurring in children. We present the case of a 49-year-old woman who was admitted with severe lower abdominal pain. The diagnostic assessment revealed a multilocula…

Hydrosalpinx is a common condition in women of reproductive age that correlates with infertility. A ureterocele is a dilatation of the terminal ureter within the bladder and/or urethra that occurs seldomly in adults, but can sonographically…

Minimally invasive surgical creation of a peritoneal window for the treatment of lymphoceles post-kidney transplant is an effective procedure that comes with an elevated risk of iatrogenic injury to the urinary tract. Here, we present indoc…

Appendiceal diverticulitis is known as a rare pathology and its etiology remains largely unknown. We describe a case of a 41-year-old woman with a past history of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who was admitted to the Emergency Department…

Meigs' syndrome is defined as a secondary triad of ascites, pleural effusion and benign ovarian tumor, usually fibroma. While pseudo-Meigs' syndrome is a rare condition that is associated with benign ovarian tumor-other than fibroma-or even…

The role of bacteria and breast implant illness is an emerging area of interest for surgeons and clinicians. The most common cause of surgical readmission remains post-operative infectious complications. Cutibacterium acnes is an anaerobic,…

Among intraabdominal lymphangiomas, colonic lymphangiomas are rare. These cystic tumors are generally asymptomatic and incidentally found but may present with bleeding or obstructive symptoms. Intussusception by such tumors is scarcely repo…

There has been a modest number of cases of bowel obstruction secondary to endometriosis reported. Delays in diagnoses can cause significant morbidity to patients. We describe the case of a 45-year-old female with a 2-year history of recurre…

Groin lumps in females can be challenging due to unique anatomy and vast differential diagnostic pathologies. We report the case of a 39-year-old female presenting with a six-month history of painful left groin lump. Laparoscopic total extr…

The application of indocyanine green (ICG) has recently been reported to aid in the resection of endometriosis in the bladder wall and/or involving the ureters. A symptomatic 41-year-old patient with dysmenorrhea and pollakisuria was referr…

Appendiceal inversion is a rare entity that can potentially mimic serious pathology and provide diagnostic uncertainty. They are mostly diagnosed intraoperatively or during endoscopies and scans for other reasons. We report a case of an asy…

Endometriosis is described as the implantation of ectopic, viable endometrium. Among the complications associated with this phenomenon, ectopic foci that localizes to the bowel can result in many presentations. An uncommon presentation of s…

Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is reported to be caused by the endometriosis of diaphragm, lung and parietal pleura. Therefore, the resection of endometriotic lesion in these organs is reported as effective surgical treatment. Overlooking of …

Multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma (BMPM) is a rare, usually benign tumor that arises from peritoneal mesothelial cells that most commonly occurs in women of reproductive age. Pathogenesis of these tumors is thought to come from chronic in…

Post-cholecystectomy syndrome (PCS) is a well-documented complication of incomplete cholecystectomy. The etiology is often post-surgical chronic inflammation from unresolved cholelithiasis, which is secondary to anatomical abnormalities, in…

Deep endometriosis, defined as external adenomyosis, is a late stage of endometriosis. Associated with very severe pain, in addition to probably being a cofactor of infertility, with a low prevalence, the diagnosis is integrated by high cli…

Caesarean scar endometriosis (CSE) is a rare type of abdominal wall endometriosis and is frequently missed on initial presentation. A case of CSE diagnosed and treated by surgical excision is presented. Although rare, CSE should be consider…

A 34-year-old female presented with colicky abdominal pain and symptoms suggestive of subacute small bowel obstruction in the setting of Crohn's disease (CD). She was on maximal medical therapy and had undergone endoscopic balloon dilatatio…

The presence of ectopic endometrial and myometrial tissue is referred to as endometriosis. The majority of cases of inguinal endometriosis are linked to prior uterine surgery. We present a 39-year-old female presented to the general surgery…

Benign peritoneal multicystic mesothelioma is a rare tumor of the visceral peritoneum. The authors present an atypical case of a 74-year-old man who presented with a multicystic mesothelioma of the ascending colon.

Multi-cystic peritoneal mesothelioma (MCPM) is a rare intra-abdominal neoplasm that occurs most commonly in young females. The disease usually presents as an incidental finding or with sub-acute abdominal pain. The mainstay of treatment is …

Endosalpingiosis is occasionally incidentally found on histopathologic examination of gynecologic or gastrointestinal specimen, most commonly in the ovary, fallopian tube, omentum and uterus. Recently an association between endosalpingiosis…

Gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) with cholelithiasis in the English literature are quite rare with a few published case reports. Their concurrent surgical management has also been debated as the clinical symptoms are often a…

Intussusception is a rare condition in adults that can lead to intestinal obstruction due to malignant or benign lesions in the wall of the colon. Among the benign causes, lipomas are adipose tissue tumors that are most frequently located i…

Endometriosis occurrence at a laparoscopic trocar-site incision is extremely rare with only 30 previous cases published. We present a 43-year-old female with surgical history of two cesarean sections and a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric byp…