Background: A congenital band is an uncommon abnormality that can be found anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract. Intestinal obstruction caused by an anomalous congenital band is very rare in children. To the best of our knowledge, no cases of congenital bands extending from the descending colon to the jejunum have been reported in the English literature CASE PRESENTATION: Herein, we present the case of a 12-year-old Syrian patient with intestinal obstruction due to a congenital band extending from the mesentery of the descending colon to the mesentery of the jejunum with an entrapped loop of jejunum between the band and the mesentery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Importance: Acute appendicitis associated with ovarian epidermoid cyst torsion is extremely rare. To our knowledge, there are about 7 cases that have been reported in English literature, and there was no epidermoid cyst in any of them.
Case Presentation: Herein, we present the case of a 2.
This report examines the case of a 3-year-old child presenting with a 1-month history of swelling in the right groin. The boy had no associated nausea or vomiting, was afebrile and had had normal bowel movements. Attempts to reduce the swelling were only partially successful.
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