Publications by authors named "Aghyad Danial"

Introduction: Bronchogenic cysts (BCs) are congenital lesions from abnormal foregut development, usually located in the mediastinum or lungs. While often asymptomatic and benign, they can cause complications. Surgical excision is the definitive treatment.

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Introduction: Gangrenous cholecystitis is a serious complication of untreated gallbladder inflammation, necessitating immediate intervention. The primary resolution involves cholecystectomy, the surgical removal of the gallbladder.The Billroth II gastrectomy, named after Theodor Billroth, addresses gastric conditions by removing a portion of the stomach and reconnecting the remaining section to the small intestine.

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Introduction And Importance: Hydatid cysts are a parasitic disease that occurs when humans ingest contaminated food or water containing parasitic eggs. It is a common disease worldwide, especially in cattle breeding areas. In rare cases, the primary cysts contain daughter cysts inside them, as seen in this case.

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Introduction: Gossypiboma is a term used to describe a condition of leaving a surgical sponge or any other foreign object in a body cavity after surgery. Gossypiboma is a rare but serious medical and legal problem, as it may cause no symptoms or severe complications in the digestive system. In some cases, Gossypiboma may migrate through the wall of an organ and cause damage, such as perforation, obstruction, or fistula formation.

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Adrenal cysts are rare lesions that make up 4% of all adrenal masses. They are often found incidentally during imaging or surgery and can vary in symptoms depending on their size and location; with cysts < 10 cm often being asymptomatic. These cysts are more common in adults in their 30s or 60s and can be divided into four histological subtypes, with epithelial cysts being less common.

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Unlabelled: The association of multicystic renal dysplasia with ureteropelvic junction obstruction is noteworthy in newborn. However, the possibility of conservative management is still a primary requirement, unless there are complications that suggest surgery. The authors are studying a case of a newborn in which an incorrect nephrostomy led to complications that required emergency surgery.

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Introduction And Importance: Primary Gallbladder hydatid cysts are a very rare phenomenon caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Hydatid cysts usually present as hepatic or pulmonary lesions, but in our case, it presented in the gallbladder with three symptomatic daughter cysts in the CBD. Echinococcus caused by E.

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Dermoid cysts are a rare case of developmental abnormality that results in benign tumors, which are classified into three categories based on their cause and appearance. Dermoid cysts tend to present within the first year after birth and are most commonly diagnosed by the age of 5. A 15-year-old girl presented with a complaint of localized, paroxysmal pain and malodorous fluid oozing from the left shoulder for the last 2 weeks.

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Congenital lumbar hernia is a rare disease affecting mainly infants. Its association with lumbo-costo-vertebral syndrome (LCVS) is hardly seen in the literature. We present a case of LCVS in a 1-month-old female infant presenting with a soft bulge in left lumbar region.

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Primary abdominal wall actinomycosis is rare, but even rarer when it comes to intestinal infiltration; it is usually misdiagnosed as a neoplasm in computed tomography till proved otherwise with pathological examination. We report a 59-year-old diabetic male presented with a year-old abdominal wall mass, diagnosed by pathology after surgical excisional biopsy, and treated with penicillin for 6 months. We recommend consideration of actinomycosis in cases of abdominal wall mass, especially in immunocompromised patients, as a differential diagnosis of neoplastic lesions.

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Blunt abdominal trauma is the most frequent external injury to the abdomen, which is rarely due to falling. However, not often does a blunt trauma cause injury to the common hepatic artery. Isolated injury of the common hepatic artery has rarely been reported in the literature.

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Introduction: When hair accumulates inside the stomach, it causes what is called a Trichobezoar, which leads to a stomach blockage. When the accumulated hair extends into the small intestine, it causes a rare disturbance called Rapunzel syndrome (RS).

Discussion: Affected patients infrequently remain asymptomatic for several years.

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Introduction: Primary breast tuberculosis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis even in endemic regions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Primary breast tuberculosis from Syria.

Case Presentation: We report a case of a 37-year-old female who admitted to the surgical clinic with a 4-month history of gradually growing mass in the breast.

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Introduction: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) is the term used to describe rare stromal neoplasms that are located in the gastrointestinal tract, it most commonly arises in the stomach. GIST is usually asymptomatic and discovered incidentally by Computed Tomography (CT) or Endoscopy.

Presentation Of Case: We report a case of incidental finding of GIST during Sleeve gastrectomy in a 56 year-old female that presented with a complaint of sever obesity and articular pain in lower limbs.

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Congenital transmesocolic hernia of the transverse colon is a very rare type of internal hernia. In addition, intestinal malrotation is very rare in adults. Most of these patients do not have clear clinical manifestations.

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Intussusception is the invagination of a segment of the bowel into an adjacent segment. Here, we describe a middle-eastern case of an 11-year-old boy who presented to our institution with an intussusception caused by lymphoma but with nonspecific symptoms such as acute abdominal pain and a history of weight loss. His abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) showed ileocolic intussusception with a mass leading it.

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Small bowel diaphragm disease is a rare complication related to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use. It presents with non-specific symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal pain, subacute bowel obstruction and occasionally as an acute abdominal condition. We report a case of diaphragm disease in a 33-year-old female who presented with vomiting, constipation and abdominal pain started 5 days earlier.

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