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Front Pediatr
December 2024
Department of Neonatal Surgery, Shanxi Provincial Children's Hospital, Taiyuan, China.
Background: Intrathoracic kidney (ITK) is a rare congenital disease, with only about 40 pediatric cases reported worldwide to date. ITK associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is even rarer, and we report a case of an infant with ITK combined with a giant CDH.
Case Description And Management: A six-month-old male infant was hospitalized due to "vomiting for 4 days".
Front Med (Lausanne)
December 2024
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First People's Hospital of Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Introduction: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive genetic disorder primarily affecting cardiac and skeletal muscles, with gastrointestinal obstruction being an infrequent complication.
Case Report: We present a 17-year-old boy with DMD (G-to-T transversion at c.4150 in the gene encoding dystrophin protein) who developed severe colonic obstruction due to fecal impaction.
Am J Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Visceral Surgery, Hospital of the Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
BACKGROUND Brunneromas are among the rarest benign tumors of the upper gastrointestinal tract. They arise from the Brunner's glands and patients have a good prognosis if treated timely and radically. Because symptoms are rare, their diagnosis can be challenging, especially regarding the smaller ones.
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December 2024
Department of General Surgery, Nujiang Prefecture People's Hospital, Nujiang, Yunnan, China.
Rationale: Low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (LAMN) is a clinically rare tumor that predominantly occurs in females and presents with nonspecific symptoms, often resulting in misdiagnosis. While postoperative pathology remains the gold standard for diagnosis, accurate preoperative identification through various diagnostic methods is essential for effective treatment planning. To raise awareness of this condition, we present a case of a middle-aged male diagnosed with LAMN.
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October 2024
Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye.
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