Publications by authors named "Atallah Aziz"
Article Synopsis
- High compliance with enhanced recovery programs (ERP) is correlated with better healthcare outcomes, specifically in liver surgery (LS) patients.
- A study analyzed 706 LS patients and found that those with over 70% ERP compliance had significantly higher rates of achieving textbook outcomes (TO) compared to those with lower compliance.
- Key factors negatively affecting TO achievement included having cholangiocarcinoma, undergoing high complexity LS, experiencing intraoperative hypotension, and suffering from postoperative ileus.
Introduction And Importance: Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCNs) of the liver are rare precancerous lesions, accounting for less than 5 % of all hepatic cysts. The coexistence of MCNs with idiopathic granulomatous hepatitis is exceedingly uncommon and lacks documentation in the existing literature.
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old Tunisian woman with no significant medical history presented with persistent right hypochondrium pain.
Purpose: Ansa pancreatica is an embryologic malformation where the accessory pancreatic duct is obliterated and replaced instead by a loop merging from the main duct. It is associated with recurrent acute pancreatitis.
Case Presentation: 1st case A 47-year-old male patient with a history of former alcoholism presented in the last three years five episodes of acute pancreatitis.
Article Synopsis
- - Nutcracker syndrome occurs when the left renal vein is compressed between the aorta and superior mesenteric artery, often seen in patients who have lost significant weight; this case reports a rare instance following complex biliary surgery.
- - A 32-year-old patient with a history of laparoscopic cholecystectomy developed persistent low back pain, and a CT scan revealed nutcracker syndrome due to weight loss that reduced the aorto-mesenteric angle; anticoagulant treatment resulted in improvement.
- - The syndrome has three types categorized by the angle of compression, and significant weight loss can worsen the condition; conservative management is effective in most cases, with 60-80% of patients seeing symptom resolution.
Hidden schistosomiasis unveiled by appendicular peritonitis: A case report.
Int J Surg Case Rep
October 2024
Introduction And Importance: Schistosomal appendicitis is a rare disease, with reported prevalence rates ranging from 1.31 to 3.2 %.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Desmoid-type fibromatosis, also known as desmoid tumors, are rare fibroblastic neoplasms that account for less than 3% of all soft tissue tumors. Although they are benign neoplasms without metastatic potential, they are known to be locally aggressive and may invade adjacent structures leading to fatal complications.
Case Presentation: We describe the case of a 26-year-old woman who presenting with the clinical picture of acute peritonitis.
Hepatic epithelioid angiomyolipomas are uncommon mesenchymal neoplasms. They are difficult to diagnose by imaging, especially when the fatty component is scant or absent. The gold standard for the diagnosis is histologic examination coupled with an immunohistochemical study.
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