90% of cases of intestinal obstruction caused by intestinal malrotation occur in children under 1 year of age, being very uncommon in adults. A female patient of 27 years of age consults with abdominal pain, vomiting, abdominal distention, dehydration and signs of severe malnutrition. After EGDS, CT scan, and 48 hours of clinical expectation, surgical intervention was decided with diagnosis of high intestinal obstruction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRhabdomyosarcomas are rare and malignant tumors. There have been reported two histological types of gastric rhabdomyosarcomas, the pleomorphic and embryonal cell types. We report the case of a 53-year-old male with endoscopic diagnosis of a Bormann type III ulcer which revealed a gastric primary rhabdomyosarcoma.
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