Bilateral renal infarction following atrial fibrillation and thromboembolism and presenting as acute abdominal pain: a case report.

Introduction: Renal infarct is rare and often misdiagnosed because the symptoms are misleading. The mechanisms are various, mainly thrombotic and embolic.

Case Presentation: In this review, we report the case of a 61-year-old Tunisian woman presented to the emergency unit with a 4-hour history of abdominal pain diffused at both flanks, ultrasounds was performed to remove a surgical emergency, showed a peri-renal fluid collection with heterogeneous parenchyma.

[Benign schwannoma, a rare retroperitoneal tumour].

Primary retroperitoneal tumours are rare in adults. Among retroperitoneal tumours derived from nervous tissue, schwannoma is defined as a tumour arising from neurilemma or Schwann nerve sheath cells. It is a very rare tumour, especially in the retroperitoneal site (0.

[Urachal cyst in the adult. A case report and review of the literature].

Simple urachal cyst is a rare pathology in the adults. The diagnosis is rarely established clinically, it is based on ultra sonography and confirmed by anatomo-pathology. The authors report one case of urachal cyst in a 42-year-old patient who present bladder irritation symptom.

[Surgical treatment of penile-scrotal elephantiasis].

Penoscrotal elephantiasis is a rare disease outside of filariasis endemic regions. The authors report a case of primary penoscrotal elephantiasis treated by complete surgical resection of the pathological tissue and penoscrotal reconstruction, with a good functional and cosmetic result. The complementary investigations indicated and the various treatment options are analysed in the light of a review of the literature.

[Renal oncocytoma: report of 5 cases].

Renal oncocytoma is a rare, benign tumour, which is rarely diagnosed preoperatively. The authors report 5 cases of renal oncocytoma operated over a 10-year period. Based on a review of the literature, the various complementary investigations allowing a preoperative diagnosis and the indications for conservative surgery are discussed and analysed.