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Complete traumatic laceration of the superior mesenteric vein after a blunt abdominal injury in a pediatric patient.
Acta Chir Belg
December 2024
Department of Surgery, Charles University, University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
Article Synopsis
- Isolated superior mesenteric vein (SMV) injuries from blunt abdominal trauma, though rare, can be life-threatening, especially in children, and lack established treatment guidelines.
- A 10-year-old girl suffered a complete SMV laceration after a severe car accident and underwent successful urgent surgery that included using a graft from her internal jugular vein to repair the vein.
- The report emphasizes that proper vascular repair can prevent intestinal damage and highlights the internal jugular vein as an effective graft option in serious SMV injuries.
Delayed diagnosis of proximal ureter injury after a blunt abdominal trauma in Korea: a case report.
J Trauma Inj
September 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
Article Synopsis
- - Traumatic ureteral injuries are rare, making up less than 1% of urologic injuries, and are more commonly caused by penetrating trauma than blunt trauma.
- - A 31-year-old man suffered a delayed diagnosis of a proximal ureter injury after a motorcycle accident that initially led to a liver and mesenteric injury requiring surgery.
- - Persistent flank pain and abnormal lab results prompted further imaging, ultimately revealing the ureter injury, highlighting the need for awareness of potential urological damage during abdominal trauma assessments.
Splenic rupture secondary to pancreatic malignancy invasion: A rare case.
Trauma Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Surgery, R Adam Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, 22 South Green Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States of America.
Article Synopsis
- Malignancy, especially from blood cancers, is a rare cause of spleen rupture, but there are very few cases from pancreatic cancer specifically.
- This report is about a 60-year-old man who hurt his spleen after a fall and needed surgery, where doctors found he had pancreatic cancer that spread to the spleen.
- It highlights how important it is for doctors to think about serious conditions like cancer, even when the injury seems simple or not severe.
Spontaneous haemoperitoneum caused by a bleeding gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumour.
BMJ Case Rep
September 2024
General Surgery, MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Spontaneous haemoperitoneum is described as a collection of blood in the peritoneal cavity due to non-traumatic aetiology. Common causes in the literature include splenic, hepatic and gynaecological pathology. Patients with spontaneous haemoperitoneum usually present with non-specific dull aching abdominal pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Endovascular technologies in the treatment of patients with blunt abdominal trauma].
Khirurgiia (Mosk)
August 2024
Botkin Moscow City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia.
Trauma is one of the leading causes of disability and mortality in working-age population. Abdominal injuries comprise 20-30% of traumas. Uncontrolled bleeding is the main cause of death in 30-40% of patients.
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