Publications by authors named "Montasser Jameleddine Kacem"

Introduction And Importance: Amoeboma is a pseudotumoral presentation of amebiasis which is a parasitic infection caused by entamoeba histolytica. Its location in the gallbladder is extremely rare. Indeed, only one other case was found in the literature.

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Introduction: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is an inherited disorder distinguished by hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract and pigmented mucocutaneous lesions. Treatment of the polyps is never definitive, with most patients needing several laparotomies. For this reason, surgeons should be economical in terms of surgical resection to prevent a short bowel syndrome in the long run.

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Introduction And Importance: A common mesentery is defined by the persistence of an embryonic anatomical arrangement secondary to an anomaly of rotation of the primary umbilical loop. Caecal volvulus is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction, which account for 1 to 1.5 % of all intestinal obstructions.

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Introduction And Importance: Inflammatory fibroid tumors (IFT) or Vanek's tumors are scarce benign neoplasms. They can affect any part of the digestive tract. They are underdiagnosed conditions that are generally revealed by a life-threatening complication such as intussusception.

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Introduction And Importance: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory and suppurative disease of the apocrine sweat glands. Its transformation into squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is very rare.

Case Presentation: We describe 3 cases of males aged 57, 58 and 55-years-old.

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Introduction And Importance: Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease with complex pathophysiology and multiple complications, some of which can be fatal. We report herein the management of an unusual case of Crohn's disease revealed by two life-threatening complications.

Case Presentation: A 59-year-old patient presented with an acute abdominal pain evolving for one day with a clinical presentation in favor of peritonitis by perforation of the last ileal loop and acute limb ischemia.

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Hydatid disease is a major health problem worldwide. The liver is the most frequent location of hydatid disease. Acute pancreatitis secondary to liver hydatid cyst ruptured in the biliary tract is scarce and fewly described in literature.

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Introduction And Importance: T-cell lymphoma degeneration in pancolic crohn's disease is scarce. It is mostly related to long-standing inflammatory bowel disease in patients under immunosuppressants. We reviewed the clinical, endoscopic, radiological and histologic data of the patient as well as the literature dealing with T-cell lymphoma arising from pancolic crohn's disease.

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Introduction: Hydatid disease is a global zoonosis. Any organ of the human body can be involved. Single or multiple locations are reported.

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