International journal of surgery case reports

Primary vaginal cancers are rare and clear cell adenocarcinoma is a malignant tumor that is all the more rare when the woman has not been exposed in utero to synthetic diethylstilboestrol (DES). We report the case of a 60-year-old woman wit…

INTRODUCTION: Primary ovarian leiomyoma is a rare benign tumor of the ovary seen in women between 20 and 65 years old. Clinical, ultasonographic and tumor marker data remain the best preoperative approach currently available for ovarian tum…

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Leiomyosarcomas of the ovary are extremely rare neoplasia usually occurring in perimenopausal patients. CASE PRESENTATION: A 16-year-old female patient, with no particular pathological history, who presented wi…

INTRODUCTION: Primary peritoneal ectopic pregnancy is a rare condition that can be life-threatening. Herein, we report such a case which was managed by laparoscopy. PRESENTATION OF THE CASE: A 31-year-old G1P0 woman, who had a history of p…

INTRODUCTION: Umbilical endometriosis is the most common cutaneous form and is seen mostly secondary to surgical scar and rarely occurs as primary umbilical endometriosis. The objective of this retrospective case series evaluation is to rep…

INTRODUCTION: Uterine fibroids and endometriosis are independent causes of infertility/subfertility in women of reproductive age. Primary umbilical endometriosis is rare. PRESENTATION OF CASE: Here, we report a case of primary umbilical en…

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Schwannomas are benign tumors originating from Schwann cells of nerve fibers. Pelvic schwannomas are extremely rare. Here, we present a case of a 48-year-old woman with a pelvic schwannoma imitating degenerating…

INTRODUCTION: Processus vaginalis in females or the canal of Nuck was first described by the Dutch anatomist Anton Nuck in 1691 (Ranschaert and Worsley, n.d.; Brainwood et al., 2020 [1,2]). Its patency after birth predisposes to congenital …

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Compared to conventional laparoscopic surgery, robot-assisted surgery enables precise operation, with the aid of high-resolution 3D images and articulated forceps, even in cases where the uterus is very large. …

INTRODUCTION: Sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary is a rare benign tumor of the ovary belonging to the group of stromal and sex cord tumors, it mainly affects young women under the age of 30. OBSERVATION: In this article, we present the …

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Endometrial glandular tissue can implant in the thorax of women suffering from endometriosis. The clinical presentation is depends on site of implantation. Complications include pneumothorax, pneumohemothorax or…

INTRODUCTION: Abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE) is an understudied entity in which many women of childbearing age who have undergone pelvic obstetric surgeries suffer. In this series, we will present three cases of AWE and discuss the diag…

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…

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Pregnancy of Rudimentary Horn is a type of ectopic pregnancy, that is recognized almost always during surgical treatment of a rupture of the rudimentary horn. This is an obstetric case diagnosed preoperatively b…

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Abdominal wall endometriosis is a rare clinical condition associated with abdominal pain and psychologic disorders. It's pathophysiology remains unclear. Clinical history and imaging findings are necessary for t…

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: We reported a case of common channel anomaly complicated with vaginal agenesis and rectal stone, which is a long-term complication of PSARP, a combination of very rare conditions with high morbidity and especial…

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: The presentation of an acute abdomen has a wide range of differentials. Developmental anomalies are rarely considered as part of the clinical reasoning process due to it being a mimicker of other commoner diseas…

The gastrointestinal tract is the most common site of extra pelvic endometriosis, with the rectum and sigmoid colon being the most frequently affected areas. Its diagnosis is still very difficult, especially when it manifests itself as an a…

INTRODUCTION & IMPORTANCE: Ectopic adrenocortical tissue is the presence of accessory adrenal cortex tissue located outside of the adrenal glands. It is a rare, incidental finding during inguinal hernia repair. This case report aims to disc…

Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a congenital disorder involving reproductive, genitourinary, bone, and cardiac malformation. The incidence is 1 in 4000-5000 females livebirths. The phenotype is female 46 XX karyotype, norm…

INTRODUCTION: We present a very rare case with diffuse cardiac angiosarcoma. Because all symptoms are often non-specific, this diagnosis is difficult to establish. To our knowledge this is the first clinical description of this rare disease…

INTRODUCTION: Abdominal pregnancy though scarce is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Few cases till now have been diagnosed or managed by laparoscopy. CASE PRESENTATION: In this study, a case of an abdominal pregnancy i…

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Caesarean scar endometriosis (CSE) is a rare form of endometriosis due to previous surgical scars from obstetrical and gynecological procedures. The incidence of CSE was 0.08% and quite difficult to diagnose. C…

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Intestinal intussusception is rare in adults and it is associated with lead points affecting the colon in around 17% of patients. Lipomas are very rare benign tumors which may act as lead points for intestinal i…

INTRODUCTION: We report the experience with patients of urachal adenocarcinoma of the bladder, a rare malignancy in the urinary bladder, treated with laparoscopic partial cystectomy. AIM: Solitary transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the d…