We report the case of a 37 years old woman who presented to emergency department because of a 3 days history of abdominal disconfort and distension. After physical examination and a CT scan of the abdomen she was diagnosed of Distal Intestinal Obstruction Syndrome (DIOS) in the context of her underlying cystic fibrosis. Conservative management was attempted with no improvement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEHE) is a rare neoplasm of vascular origin, with nonspecific presentation and unpredictable clinical course. Several therapeutic options are available according to the literature, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, liver resection (LR), and liver transplantation (LT).
Methods: We present 2 cases of patients with HEHE treated with liver transplantation in our center, a 30-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman, diagnosed with several lesions involving both liver lobes.
Splenic rupture (SR) after colonoscopy is a very rare but potentially serious complication. Delayed diagnosis is common, and may increase morbidity and mortality associated. There is no clear relation between SR and difficult diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, but it has been suggested that loop formation and excessive torquing might be risk factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe diagnosis of cystadenoma is rare, even more so when located in the extrahepatic bile duct. Unspecific clinical signs may lead this pathology to be misdiagnosed. The need for pathological anatomy in order to distinguish cystadenomas from simple biliary cysts is crucial.
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