Publications by authors named "Ahmad Y Karim"

This case report presents a rare instance of small bowel obstruction due to a transmesenteric hernia in a 47-year-old male with a complex medical history. The patient presented with acute abdominal pain, constipation, and urinary retention. Diagnostic laparoscopy revealed bowel ischemia, and open laparotomy confirmed a transmesenteric hernia with necrotic small bowel requiring resection.

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A double right coronary artery is one of the rarest variations of the coronary arterial system. This case report presents a unique variation: a right coronary and an accessory coronary artery arise from a single ostium within the right aortic sinus. The two vessels appeared externally to have a common trunk but were partitioned internally by a carina-like septum.

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This case report presents a rare variation of the arc of Bühler (AOB) in a cadaver during the abdominal dissection assignment in the Ross Anatomy Lab at William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine. The AOB is a patent anastomotic channel between the celiac trunk and the superior mesenteric artery independent of the gastroduodenal artery and dorsal pancreatic artery. This report describes in detail a complex and extensive branching pattern of a unique AOB variant.

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