Publications by authors named "Kacem Salma"

Introduction: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common mesenchymal malignancies in the digestive tract. Despite the stomach being their site of predilection, only a few giant GISTs have been discovered in hypovolemic shock and require urgent surgery.

Case Presentation: A 62-year-old patient was admitted for hematemesis.

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Background: Parastomal evisceration represents a preventable surgical complication that should not occur with appropriate technical diligence and surgical skills. While late parastomal hernias are well described in the literature, there is a paucity of reports on the early postoperative occurrence of parastomal intestinal evisceration.

Case Presentation: An urgent laparotomy was performed on a 58-year-old female patient for an acute cecal perforation with generalized peritonitis related to underlying colon cancer.

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Introduction: Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital malformation of the digestive tract, but the odds of stumbling on MD exceeding 10 cm are rare. Although obstruction is described in the literature, its occurrence due to an internal hernia caused by a fibrous band generated from a gigantic diverticulum is exceptional. This presentation aims to illustrate an exceptionally rare case of a gigantic MD responsible for a bowel obstruction due to the constriction caused by a fibrous band.

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Introduction: The abdominal wall is an extremely rare location for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs). Besides presenting a rare location of MPNST, the peculiarity of our case lies in its association with Lynch syndrome, which is to our knowledge the first reported case of its kind.

Presentation Of Case: We present a case report of a 39-year-old male with a personal history of colonic cancer.

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