International journal of surgery case reports

Int J Surg Case Rep · ISSN (print) 2210-2612 · 309 papers in corpus
case-report 2023
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108689 ·PMID:37611398

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Malformations of the uterus are generally rare and are due to defective fusion of Mullerian duct. These include the unicorn uterus, with or without a rudimentary horn. Pregnancy in a unicornuate uterus is a rare…

case-report 2023
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108308 ·PMID:37290384

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Benign multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma is rare, with around 200 cases reported in the literature. We report the case of a patient operated on for the diagnosis of cystic lymphangioma but the pathology examin…

case-report 2023
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108682 ·PMID:37647759

INTRODUCTION: The transverse vaginal septum is a rare anomaly of the müllerian ducts whose pathophysiology is linked to a defect in the resorption of the embryological tissue located between the vaginal dome and the caudal terminal part of …

case-report 2023
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108772 ·PMID:37666166

INTRODUCTION: The report on Levonorgestrel⁃releasing intrauterine system (LNG⁃IUS) suture under hysteroscopy is very rare, and currently only three articles have been reported. We reported a patient with adenomyosis who had previously had L…

case-report 2023
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108494 ·PMID:37487348

INTRODUCTION: Tumors of the uterine tube are rare pathologies representing less than 1 % of all gynecologic cancers; they are dominated by adenocarcinomas. Secondary metastatic forms are the most frequent, whereas primary tumors are very ra…

case-report 2023
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108296 ·PMID:37148730

INTRODUCTION: Endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) is a rare malignancy of uterine in middle aged women. There are numerous subtypes for ESS which share the same clinical picture of uterine bleeding and pelvic pain. Consequently, diagnosis and…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106979 ·PMID:35367945

INTRODUCTION: Abdominal wall masses have different aetiologies. Diagnosis includes desmoid tumors (DTs) and other benign and malignant lesions, among which abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE). Diagnosis is challenging if symptoms are aspecif…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107852 ·PMID:36584626

INTRODUCTION: Scar endometriosis is a rare entity characterized by presence of functional endometrial tissue in the site of surgical scar. Cesarean section scar is the most common reported site. We herein report a case of cesarean scar endo…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106997 ·PMID:35366611

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Mucinous cell neoplasia are rare and conceivably fatal causes of surgical abdomen. Adult manifestations can be obscure and ill-defined, yielding misdiagnoses and wasting precious time and effort to reach the cor…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107665 ·PMID:36126462

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Peritoneal benign cystic mesothelioma is a rare benign tumor that originates from a mesothelial proliferative lesion of the peritoneum. However, proper surgical management remains unclear due to its low incidenc…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106994 ·PMID:35367952

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Endometriosis is a gynecological condition referring to the presence of endometrial tissue outside the endometrium with the potential of progressing to malignancy. It mostly affects pelvic organs; however, it ha…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107601 ·PMID:36270208

INTRODUCTION: Transverse vaginal septum found in 1/2100 dan 1/72.000 women. The classical management for transvers vaginal septum was septum excision, with risk for vaginal narrowing and vagina shortening after surgery. We reported four cas…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106862 ·PMID:35231741

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Scar endometriosis is an uncommon variant of extra pelvic endometriosis, which develops at the scar site of previous abdominopelvic surgery and is seen in women during their reproductive period. CASE PRESENTATI…

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case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107141 ·PMID:35658307

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Mucinous cystadenoma occurs in 10-15% of all ovarian tumors. Diagnosis and treatment should be decided precisely as it has a chance to develop into pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). Management of PMP might be challe…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107046 ·PMID:35421724

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Lesions which project from the gallbladder wall into its lumen are known as gallbladder polyps. Nearly 5% of all adults have gallbladder polyps, the majority are pseudo-polyps with no neoplastic potential. Altho…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107571 ·PMID:36058158

Introduction and importanceFollicular cholecystitis (FC) is a rare entity found, it is found in 0.1-1 % of patients with chronic cholecystitis. 1,2 This pathologic finding has been associated with extrahepatic biliary obstruction distal to …

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106781 ·PMID:35093707

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease that affects approximately 10% of reproductive-age women. Inguinal endometriosis is uncommon, affecting only 0.6% of all patients with endometriosis. We present a case of inguina…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106757 ·PMID:35149283

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Small bowel volvulus (SBV) represents a rare and life-threatening cause of gastrointestinal obstruction among adults. SBV can be classified as primary and secondary subtypes. Preoperative diagnosis of SBV is a c…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107744 ·PMID:36265424

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: The isolated complete transverse vaginal septum (TVS) is a rare congenital abnormality. Which can completely obstructed the vagina, can cause a hematometrocolpos associated with cyclic severe pelvic pain and pri…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107762 ·PMID:36302313

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Report of an extremely rare case of triple Mullerian anomaly consisting of cervical agenesis, partial vaginal agenesis and complete bicorporeal uterus with functioning endometrium associated with adenomyosis and…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107604 ·PMID:36099767

INTRODUCTION: Brenner's tumors are transitional cell ovarian tumors composed of mature cells similar to urothelial cells forming nests within a fibromatous stroma. CASE REPORT: In this observation we report the case of a brenner's tumor di…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107508 ·PMID:35985118

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Endometriosis is a common cause of infertility in women. In this case report we explain successful conception in deep-infiltrating ovarian endometriosis following robot-assisted surgery and androgenic agonist tr…

case-report 2022
doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106953 ·PMID:35339035

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a chronic benign recurrent gynecologic disease commonly affecting 10% of women worldwide wherein endometrial glands implant and mature outside the uterine cavity causing symptoms such as dysmenorrhea, dyspareu…