This case report presents a young male patient with a 3-month history of a rapidly growing lower abdominal mass associated with lower urinary tract symptoms and recurrent urinary tract infection. Pelvic magnetic resonance imaging showed a large congenital cyst in the right seminal vesicle having a mass effect on the urinary bladder, rectum, and left ureter. Histopathologic findings from exploratory laparotomy showed an epidermal inclusion cyst with secondary inflammation and suppuration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA reduced and limited number of myenteric ganglia and low acetylcholinesterase activity in the lamina propria characterizes an unusual form of intestinal innervation disorder known as acquired or adult-onset hypoganglionosis. Only a few cases have been observed in adults, while the majority are diagnosed in infancy or youth. We report a rare case of colonic hypoganglionosis that presented as sigmoid volvulus in a 25-year-old female brought in to the ER.
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