Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) is considered the third most common source of infective endocarditis. Some of the published reports linked its origin to colorectal cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe rectum is a relatively unusual site for metastasis from invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) of the breast, and it carries dangers such as perforation and blockage. We reported a case of a 47-year-old female patient complaining of breast ILC for one year. Recently, the patient complained of abdominal distention, mild generalized abdominal pain, and weight loss.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Importance: Heterotopic mesenteric ossification is a benign bony tissue growth in the mesentery that mostly follows repetitive or severe abdominal injuries leading to reactive bone formation in the mesentery. There are only 73 cases (51 publications) identified in the literature up to the beginning of 2020.
Case Presentation: 45-year-old Saudi male underwent multiple laparotomies to manage complicated appendicitis which ended with a diverting ileostomy and a colostomy as a mucus fistula.