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Front Oncol
January 2025
Department of Surgical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania.
This study presents a rare case of three synchronous colon tumors with metastasis to the left inguinal lymph node, challenging the conventional understanding of the metastatic pathways and highlighting the exceptional nature of such occurrences. This highlights the importance of considering alternative atypical metastatic routes for the management of colon cancer. A literature search was performed to identify similar cases.
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December 2024
Department of General Surgery, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, IND.
Enteroenteric fistula in the pediatric age group is an unusual presentation. It can create a diagnostic dilemma for the physician, particularly in the absence of any previous surgery, prolonged abdominal symptoms, or inflammatory bowel disease. The patient is a 10-year-old girl who presented with mild-grade fever, abdominal distension, scanty stool passage, and foul-smelling vomiting for the past 10 days.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Gastric leaks and gastrocutaneous fistulae (GCF) after digestive surgery are unusual in children. Common treatments are based on conservative measures and surgery but endoscopic techniques are not a widespread option in pediatrics.
Case Report: An underweight child developed a GCF after surgery (esophagocoloplasty with right colon).
Int J Clin Exp Pathol
December 2024
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Granular cell tumors are rare neoplasms originating from Schwann cells found in various organs. GCTs are seldom reported in the gastrointestinal tract. Pre-operative detection and diagnosis of colonic GCTs is challenging since the tumors are mainly asymptomatic, small, slow-growing, and submucosal.
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January 2025
Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Torrecárdenas, España.
Hydatidosis is a zoonosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus that typically affects the liver and lungs, with splenic involvement being rare. This case refers to a complication in the form of colonic fistulization of a splenic hydatid cyst, which required both medical and surgical treatment.
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