Publications by authors named "Anastasios Tsitlakidis"
Article Synopsis
- Retroperitoneal abscesses are rare but serious infections in the abdomen that can be difficult to diagnose due to vague symptoms.
- The condition can lead to severe health complications if not identified and treated promptly.
- The case presented involves a 32-year-old intravenous drug user who developed a retroperitoneal abscess after injecting drugs into a vein, experiencing high fever, hiccups, and back pain as primary symptoms.
Introduction: A vermiform appendix in an inguinal hernia, inflamed or not, is known as Amyand's hernia. Here we present a case series of four men with Amyand's hernia.
Case Presentations: We retrospectively studied 963 Caucasian patients with inguinal hernia who were admitted to our surgical department over a 12-year period.
Introduction: Injury of the gallbladder after blunt abdominal trauma is an unusual finding; the reported incidence is less than 2%. Three groups of injuries are described: simple contusion, laceration, and avulsion, the last of which can be partial, complete, or total traumatic cholecystectomy.
Case Presentation: A case of isolated complete avulsion of the gallbladder (near traumatic cholecystectomy) from its hepatic bed in a 46-year-old Caucasian man without any other sign of injury is presented.