Journal of Surgical Case Reports Volume 2010 Issue 8

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Successful Resection of a Large Incidentally Found Primary Mediastinal Liposarcoma

Chaput-Dugas, Marie-Elaine; Chughtai, Talat; Liberman, Moishe; Duranceau, Andre; Martin, Jocelyne;

2010 Journal of Surgical Case Reports

doi:10.1093/jscr/2010.8.1 pmid:24946344

Primary liposarcoma of the mediastinum is an uncommon tumour. We report a case of a 45-year-old female who was found incidentally to have a large anterior mediastinal mass. Complete removal of the tumour was accomplished successfully. Appropriate immunohistochimical stains were performed,...

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Perinephric Capsular Haematoma Associated with Complicated Pyelonephritis in a Patient with HIV

Lee, Seong K.; Carrillo, Eddy; Rosenthal, Andrew; Sanchez, Rafael; Pepe, Antonio;

2010 Journal of Surgical Case Reports

doi:10.1093/jscr/2010.8.2 pmid:24946345

A 53 year-old-male patient presented with 24 hours of left flank pain. He was an undiagnosed HIV positive individual with no history of trauma. He was anaemic and in acute renal failure with a serum creatinine of 4.14 mg/dL. A CT scan demonstrated a left perinephric capsular haematoma with...

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A Rare case of Intestinal Malrotation presenting as Appendicitis in Late Adulthood

Au, ACY; Syed, A; Bradpiece, HA

2010 Journal of Surgical Case Reports

doi:10.1093/jscr/2010.8.3 pmid:24946346

Appendicitis is a common surgical condition with various clinical presentations. The diagnosis could be obscured by underlying undiagnosed anatomical anomalies like intestinal malrotation. Intestinal malrotation is a rare foetal anomaly resulting from an incomplete, or failure of midgut rotation...

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Management of Ampullary Carcinoid Tumors with Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Jaoude, Wassim Abi; Lau, Christopher; Sugiyama, Gainosuke; Duncan, Albert

2010 Journal of Surgical Case Reports

doi:10.1093/jscr/2010.8.4 pmid:24946347

A 66 year old female was found to have an ampullary mass on endoscopic examination. A pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed and the pathology was consistent with carcinoid tumor. Carcinoid tumors of the ampulla of Vater are rare tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, accounting for 0.3-1% of...

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Liver abscess or neoplasm? A diagnostic and surgical dilemma

Ahmadzai, Hasib

2010 Journal of Surgical Case Reports

doi:10.1093/jscr/2010.8.5 pmid:24946348

Hepatocellular carcinoma can is often associated with hepatitis B infection. With localised tumours, liver resection can result in a cure. This case presents an unusual finding of concurrent hepatitis B and liver fluke infection with hepatocellular carcinoma in a 50 year old man from Thailand....

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Hearing loss as an unusual consequence of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma

Owers, CE; Stewart, DJ; Stone, J; Kelty, CJ

2010 Journal of Surgical Case Reports

doi:10.1093/jscr/2010.8.6 pmid:24946349

A sixty-one year old man was referred with a history of progressive dysphagia, vomiting and weight loss with some back pain. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and biopsies revealed a gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. Despite the absence of metastatic disease on computed tomography,...

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Migratory abdominal pain

Kieffer, Will

2010 Journal of Surgical Case Reports

doi:10.1093/jscr/2010.8.7 pmid:24946350

A 63 year old woman, presenting as an emergency provides an useful example of the difficulties in diagnosing acute appendicitis when faced with an atypical history. This patient underwent plain radiography, computed tomography, repeat biochemical investigations and finally an exploratory...

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Use of TissuePatchDural™ in the closure of an iatrogenic fistula following posterior semicircular canal occlusion surgery for intractable benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Sandhu, Jaswinder Singh; Carr, Esmond; Rea, Peter

2010 Journal of Surgical Case Reports

doi:10.1093/jscr/2010.8.8 pmid:24946351

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common disorder caused by the dislocation of otoconia most commonly into the posterior canal. The primary symptoms are brief episodes of head-position related vertigo which may be accompanied by nausea and disequilibrium. BPPV is usually managed...

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Management of a giant inguinoscrotal hernia with an ulcerated base in a patient with cardiac disease

Turner, E Jane H; Malhas, Amar; Chisti, Imran; Oke, Tayo

2010 Journal of Surgical Case Reports

doi:10.1093/jscr/2010.8.9 pmid:24946352

Giant inguinal herniae pose a surgical challenge, though not uncommon in the developing world they are a rare presentation in the UK. We present a patient with cardiac disease who presented with a giant inguino-scrotal hernia complicated by a bleeding scrotal ulcer. We describe his medical...

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