Publications by authors named "Meisam Refaei"
Article Synopsis
- Inferior vena cava agenesis (IVCA) is a rare condition that accounts for about 5% of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) cases and can lead to significant complications if not properly diagnosed.
- The article presents two case studies of young males diagnosed with absent inferior vena cava, one treated with Heparin and Rivaroxaban and the other with warfarin and compression therapy, both showing symptom resolution.
- Early detection of AIVC is crucial in young patients with unexplained DVT, as it can guide appropriate long-term management strategies to prevent recurrent issues and chronic complications.
Renal artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare complication of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) with symptoms of flank pain and hematuria. Endovascular coil embolization has been proposed as a safe management option. We report Seven male patients, aged 36 to 65 years, with post-PCNL pseudoaneurysms presenting as gross hematuria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Behçet disease (BD) is a multisystemic recurrent inflammatory disorder that was originally described as a triad of oral and genital ulcerations with uveitis (Behcet, 1937 [1]). Arterial involvement is the most common cause of mortality in patients with BD. Aneurysms are common among the arterial lesions and affect various arteries, but mostly the abdominal aorta.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWandering spleen results from abnormal ligamentous laxity and is often symptomatic, presented with abdominal pain and other non-specific symptoms. These symptoms, make the diagnosis very difficult and most of the times even impossible. As such, keeping in mind this pathology, can make further complications less frequent.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) coincidence is considered a rare phenomenon. Moreover, the inflammatory nature of aneurysm increases the rarity of the case.
Presentation Of Case: Our case was a 66-year-old man complaining of constant abdominal pain with a periumbilical pulsatile mass on examination.
Introduction And Importance: Retroperitoneal Schwannoma is unlikely to be considered in the differential diagnosis of a young patient with unexplained abdominal discomfort with no previous medical history. Tissue sampling is required for a definitive diagnosis.
Case Presentation: A young male presented to the emergency room with abdominal pain.