A ruptured mesenteric lymphangioma causing peritonitis: a case report.

Cystic lymphangioma is a rare disease that is mainly diagnosed in childhood. When diagnosed, the lesion presents an indication for surgery due to the risk of serious complications. Herein, we report the case of a 32-year-old patient who presented to the emergency room for abdominal pain that developed 2 days before with worsening symptoms and abdominal pain in the last 24 hr.

Foramen of Winslow hernia: a case report of a rare life-threatening situation.

Internal hernias through the foramen of Winslow are considered as rare events. A 66-year-old female patient presented to our emergency department with epigastric and right upper quadrant pain associated with abdominal distention, nausea and vomiting and signs of shock. A computed tomography scan showed bowel strangulation with distended loops identified within the lesser sac.

Correction to: Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis induced by the alpha-glucosidase inhibitor complicated from sigmoid volvulus in a diabetic patient.

The name and the email information of one of the author on the original published version of this article were presented incorrectly. The author name "Hamdi Brham" with email information Hamdi.brham@ch-simoneveil.

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis induced by the alpha-glucosidase inhibitor complicated from sigmoid volvulus in a diabetic patient.

Introduction: We present the case of a diabetic patient on treatment with acarbose who had presented a sigmoid volvulus with localized cystic pneumatosis of the sigmoid colon.

Case Report: A 72-year-old patient with a medical history of atrial fibrillation, DNID in treatment since 10 years by acarbose. The patient was admitted to the emergency for abdominal pain and occlusive syndrome since 48 h without fever or nausea or vomiting.

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Predictive Factors for Weight Loss and Band Removal After More than 10 Years' Follow-Up in a Single University Unit.

Background: Weight loss and overall outcomes following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) are more variable than with other bariatric procedures. Our aim was to investigate the predictive value of certain parameters in a cohort of 794 patients with 10 years' minimum follow-up after LAGB.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 794 patients undergoing LAGB performed by the authors between April 1996 and December 2004.

Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a human pathogen: a case report and literature review.

Streptococcus uberis is an environmental bacterium responsible for bovine mastitis. It is occasionally described as a human pathogen, though in most cases the identification was based on biochemical phenotyping techniques. This report shows that the biochemical phenotyping may incorrectly identify Enterococcus faecium as S.