[Management Of Colonic Pseudotumor Anecdotal In Peace Hospital Of Ziguinchor].

Colonic pseudotumors secondary to fishbone perforation are rare and not easily diagnosed, as the clinical presentation is often misleading. We report the case of a 61-year-old man patient with no medicalhistory, whose clinical picture was in favor of a colonic tumor. The diagnosis of colonic perforation by fishbone was not possible preoperatively due to lack of CT scan.

[Breast abscess: epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic features in patients hospitalized in the Main Hospital in Dakar].

Breast abscesses are neoformed collections of purulent matter occupying the mammary gland and the periglandular tissue. They can occur both in lactating or non-lactating women. The purpose of our study was to describe the epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic features of breast abscesses in patients hospitalized in the Division of General Surgery at the main hospital in Dakar.

The "pouch" of the Douglas's pouch.

Hernia is described as the protrusion of an organ into the wall of its normal containing cavity. Internal hernia (IH) involves protrusion of viscera through: a peritoneal or mesentery defect, a normal or abnormal compartment of the peritoneal cavity. Hernias occurring in the pelvis cavity are usually classified according to the fascial margins breached and include sciatic, obturator and those through the rectouterin pouch: elytrocele and enterocele.

Idiopathic sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis: a case in an adolescent girl.

Encapsulating peritonitis or "abdominal cocoon" is characterised by part or all of the digestive tube being encased in a thick membrane forming a sort of "cocoon". In addition to secondary forms related to peritoneal dialysis or those with drug related, inflammatory or tumour aetiologies, rare idiopathic forms have been described. We report here a case of an idiopathic form in a 15-year-old adolescent girl.