Publications by authors named "Amin Daghfous"
Groin hernia in adults is a frequent affection in digestive surgery. Many repair techniques have been described to date, including laparoscopic surgery. Two methods are quickly adopted by the various practitioners for the surgical treatment of groin hernia using laparoscopy: laparoscopic totally extra-peritoneal (TEP) technique and laparoscopic transperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TAPP).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: An infected urachal cyst is an uncommon finding in adults.
Aim: To report a case of a sigmoid- urachal- cutaneous fistula.
Case Report: A 51 years old adult male presented with fecaloid leaking from rupture of an infected urachal cyst.
Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas: a rare tumor with a particular clinical and paraclinical presentation.
Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol
May 2011
Acinar cell carcinoma (ACC) of the pancreas is a rare tumor with an extremely low incidence rate. While the number of reported patients with ACC is relatively small, a long-term survival rate has been noted in patients with neuroendocrine differentiation. A 39-year-old woman visited our emergency department for upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
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- The study focuses on peri-pancreatic sporadic gastrinoma, a condition linked to abnormal gastrin secretion that leads to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
- A 42-year-old patient with a bleeding duodenal ulcer was diagnosed with a primitive peri-pancreatic gastrinoma and subsequently underwent surgery to remove the tumor.
- The study concludes that sporadic gastrinoma is rare and highlights the importance of advanced imaging techniques for diagnosis, emphasizing that surgery is the only curative treatment available.