Publications by authors named "Asil Musleh"
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- Hernias that contain organs like the cecum or sigmoid colon are less common than standard inguinal hernias, which usually involve the small intestine and present as swelling in the groin area.
- A 53-year-old man with multiple health issues presented with vomiting and obstruction due to a large incarcerated inguinoscrotal hernia, which required surgery and resulted in complications, including abdominal compartment syndrome.
- Inguinal hernias can lead to serious conditions if not treated, and while they are usually diagnosed through physical exams, the presence of other organs in hernias is rare and often leads to intestinal blockage.
Introduction: Waugh's syndrome, characterized by the concurrent presence of acute intussusception and gut malrotation, is a rare clinical entity. The relationship between these conditions is not well-explored, and the true incidence may be underreported.
Case Presentation: A 4 month old male infant, with an uneventful medical history, presented to the pediatric emergency department due to irritability and rectal bleeding lasting one day.
Introduction And Importance: The spontaneous rupture of the splenic vein is indeed a rare occurrence, and it carries a high risk of mortality. To date, only a very limited number of documented cases of splenic vein rupture attributed to hepatic cirrhosis have been reported.
Case Presentation: A 17-year-old male patient was urgently referred to our hospital due to sudden severe abdominal pain.
Introduction And Importance: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is an infrequent, generally non-cancerous mesenchymal growth. IMT can affect individuals across various age groups, with a higher prevalence in children and adolescents. While it can emerge in any bodily region, it has a tendency to develop more often in the lungs and mesentery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Mucinous cystic neoplasm is a rare premalignant tumor of the pancreas typically affects middle aged women. Mostly it affects the body and the tail of the pancreas and in very rare cases it may affect the head.
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old female patient, previously diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and with an unremarkable medical and surgical history except for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy and multiple admissions due to colonic diverticular disease, which ultimately required a left hemicolectomy.
Introduction And Importance: Due to a decrease in the aortomesenteric angle, the third section of the duodenum can become acutely or chronically compressed in the superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS).
Case Presentation: A 31-year-old male patient complained of one-year-long recurrent postprandial abdominal pain, periumbilical, intermittent, and colicky. The pain increased in severity in the last 4 months and was relieved only with self-induced vomiting and partially with the knee-to-chest position.
Unlabelled: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) in pregnancy is a rare condition. Because of gestational physiologic changes, it is easily under-recognized; in some cases, patients may remain symptomless while maintaining high serum calcium levels, posing a risk to the health of both mother and fetus.
Case Presentation: Our patient is a pregnant woman in her 30th week of gestation admitted to the hospital with typical features of acute pancreatitis.
According to Todani's classification, a choledochocele is a cystic dilatation of the distal section of the common bile duct that protrudes into the duodenal lumen. It is also known as a type III choledochal cyst. There are not many cases, and the cause is still unknown.
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