Publications by authors named "Sandhya Palit"
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- The abdomen is commonly affected in trauma cases, with blunt trauma being more dangerous than penetrating trauma, often leading to serious outcomes.
- Diagnostic challenges in blunt abdominal trauma can result in delayed treatment, increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality, especially for hollow viscus and mesenteric injuries.
- A case study highlights a 48-year-old male with a mid-ileal mesenteric tear and perforation who was treated successfully after a 96-hour delay post-injury through laparotomy and primary anastomosis.
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- Caecal volvulus (CV) is a rare cause of large bowel obstruction caused by the twisting of the caecum and nearby structures, often leading to vague symptoms.
- A 37-year-old man presented with symptoms similar to an obstructed hernia and was diagnosed with CV after imaging showed a dilated ileum and collapsed colon, followed by emergency surgery.
- Successful recovery post-surgery emphasizes the importance of considering rare conditions like CV in abdominal pain cases and highlights the need for effective imaging and diagnostic strategies.
Benign adnexal neoplasms are quite a common occurrence in adults, especially in the head and neck region. They raise suspicion for malignancy if there are red flag signs like rapid increase in size, pain, ulceration or recurrence. We hereby report a case of a middle-aged gentleman who consulted our surgical OPD with right-sided neck swelling, which was initially thought to be a dermoid cyst; on further evaluation, found to be a dermal sweat gland tumour with features of nodular hidradenoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn inguinal bladder hernia (IBH) is a common ailment in males above 50 years of age, with serious consequences of strangulation, if neglected. It is highly uncommon to have a strangulated inguinal hernia and bladder gangrene. This case reports a strangulated sliding inguinoscrotal hernia with a gangrenous bladder and ileum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTrichobezoars are concretions of retained, undigested material, mostly hair or hair-like fibers in the stomach. Rapunzel syndrome is the condition when trichobezoars extend into the small bowel, leading to various complications including bowel obstruction, and perforation due to pressure necrosis. We present an interesting case of trichobezoar in a 15-year-old female patient, who presented with abdominal pain for one month duration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPersistent mesocolon is a rare embryological anomaly that occurs when the primitive dorsal mesocolon fails to fuse with the posterior lateral parietal peritoneum allowing for volvulus of the cecum and colon. In malrotation of the gut, the normal rotation of the embryonic gut is arrested or disturbed during in-utero development. To our knowledge, this is the first case of isolated colon gangrene with persistent ascending mesocolon to be reported, although earlier studies have documented cases of persistent mesocolon of both ascending and descending mesocolon.
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