Gastric schwannoma: a rare but important differential diagnosis of a gastric submucosal mass [0.03%]
胃施万细胞瘤：一种胃壁粘膜下肿物的罕见但重要的临床诊断对象
William Yoon,Kari Paulson,Paul Mazzara et al.
William Yoon et al.
Schwannomas are generally slow growing asymptomatic neoplasms that rarely occur in the GI tract. However, if found, the most common site is the stomach. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the g...
Hamza Cinar,Ali Naki Ulusoy,Emir Fatih Kaya et al.
Hamza Cinar et al.
Median sternotomy is the most commonly used incision in cardiothoracic procedures. Development of breast abscess after sternotomy is a very rare situation. We present a case of sternal wound infection with recurrent bilateral breast abscess...
Posttraumatic parotid fistula treated with transdermal scopolamine: a case report [0.03%]
肉毒碱治疗创伤性腮腺瘘1例报告
Giulio Pagliuca,Salvatore Martellucci,Chiara Rosato et al.
Giulio Pagliuca et al.
A parotid fistula is a rare and extremely unpleasant condition. In this paper, we present the case of a 53-year-old woman with a diagnosis of posttraumatic fistula of the parotid gland. After exclusion of other therapeutic alternatives, it ...
Orhan Hayri Elbir,Kerem Karaman,Ali Surmelioglu et al.
Orhan Hayri Elbir et al.
Benign anastomotic stricture after hepaticojejunostomy is one of the serious complications of biliary surgery. If left untreated, jaundice, cholangitis, or cirrhosis may develop. A 58-year-old male patient was admitted with benign hepaticoj...
Sante Capitano,Gianfranco Donatelli,Gianfranco Boccoli
Sante Capitano
We present a case of a man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis who developed superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) following the confection of feeding jejunostomy. He was successfully managed by conservative treatment. Left lateral posi...
Beyond a gossypiboma [0.03%]
超越棉絮异物留存症
Abdul Haque M Quraishi
Abdul Haque M Quraishi
Gossypiboma or a retained surgical sponge is a rare but avoidable surgical complication. It leads to considerable morbidity and at times even mortality. We report a case of a 24-year-old lady who presented one month after a Caesarean operat...
Rare hepatic arterial anatomic variants in patients requiring pancreatoduodenectomy and review of the literature [0.03%]
胰十二指肠切除术患者罕见的肝动脉解剖变异及文献复习
Smita Ramanadham,Seth M Toomay,Adam C Yopp et al.
Smita Ramanadham et al.
Normal hepatic arterial anatomy occurs in approximately 50-80% of cases; for the remaining cases, multiple variations have been described. Knowledge of these anomalies is especially important in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery in order...
Rajiv Mahendru,Geetinder Gaba,Shweta Yadav et al.
Rajiv Mahendru et al.
Introduction. Leiomyoma uteri is one of the most common benign conditions for which women undergo hysterectomy every year. Fibroids found retroperitoneally are a rare entity, especially, primary retroperitoneal fibroid. Case Presentation. W...
Heterotopic ossification in vertebral interlaminar/interspinous instrumentation: report of a case [0.03%]
椎板间/棘突间内固定的异位骨化：1例报告
Giuseppe Maida,Eleonora Marcati,Silvio Sarubbo
Giuseppe Maida
We present here a rare case of heterotopic ossification in interspinous/interlaminar Coflex device. The classical surgical indications for these implants are degenerative canal stenosis, discogenic low back pain, disk herniations, facet syn...
Alexandria Conley,Elizabeth Klein,E Edhayan et al.
Alexandria Conley et al.
Myelolipomas are rare benign lesions composed of mature adipose tissue and immature hematopoetic cells. The adrenal gland is the most common location for these lesions, but cases of extra-adrenal myelolipomas have been described. The predom...