Background: Caecal volvulus accounts for 30% of all cases of volvulus of the colon.
Methods: We recorded clinical data and accurate images of volvulus of the cecum.
Results: A detorsion with resection and primary anastomosis was performed.
Injuries of the extra hepatic biliary tree following blunt trauma to the abdomen are rare. We present a case of avulsion of the intrapancreatic common bile duct. Very often the lesion is not identifiable until the signs of jaundice and biliary ascites occur.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAneurysms of pancreaticoduodenal arteries represent only 2% of all aneurysms of digestive arteries. Occurrence of these aneurysms are favoured by stenosis or occlusion of the celiac axis. Aneurysm rupture is frequent and carries a mortality rate of 20%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTalus bipartitus is an exceptional congenital malformation consisting in the presence of two non-fused bony talar fragments. We report the case of an adolescent girl who complained of mechanical pain in the left ankle which became increasingly invalidating. Plain radiographs, CT-scan and MRI led to the diagnosis of this congenital anomaly: talus bipartitus.
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