Simon Wabitsch, PD Dr. med. Timm Denecke, PD Dr. med. Dominik Geisel, Dr. med. Ann-Christin von Brünneck, Dr. med. Andreas Andreou, Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Biebl, Prof. Dr. med. Johann Pratschke, PD Dr. med. Moritz Schmelzle Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Spontaneous rupture of liver tumors, such as hepatocellular […]
Dina Podolsky, MD, Erin Moran-Atkin, MD, Jenny J. Choi, MD, Diego Camacho, MD Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Hyperplastic inflammatory polyp (HIP) is an overgrowth of gastric mucosa associated with underlying chronic inflammation. Usually located in the gastric corpus and antrum, it has also been known
Kevin L. Anderson, Jr, BS, Kristy L. Rialon, MD, Theodore N. Pappas, MD, Alexander Perez, MD School of Medicine (Mr Anderson) and Department of Surgery (Drs Pappas and Perez), Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr. Rialon).
Ryuta Watanabe, MD, Akira Ozawa, MD, Tokuhiro Iseda, MD Department of Urology, Matsuyama Shimin Hospital, Ehime, Japan (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Paraganglioma of the kidney seldom occurs and is rarely malignant. Because of anatomical characteristics and concerns about catecholamine release, surgery for these tumors is often deemed inappropriate. We present the case of a man
Erika Simmerman, DO, Andrew Simmerman, BS, Randi Lassiter, MD, Asif Talukder, MD, Brian Lane, MD Department of Surgery, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: In the United States, sigmoid volvulus is frequently seen in the elderly and neurologically impaired, driving a search for less invasive but effective treatments that may obviate the
David Radvinsky, MD, Paul Chung, MD, Michael Kennedy, MD, Koby Herman, BS, Gainosuke Sugiyama, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate University Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Drs Radvinsky, Chung, Kennedy, and Sugiyama). SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY (Herman). ABSTRACT Introduction: The incidence of incisional hernias after hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) ranges
Marilyn Wong, MBChB, Sandhya Pillai, MD Department of General Surgery, North Shore Hospital, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand (both authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Gallbladder torsion is uncommon and difficult to diagnose before surgery. Case Description: We present a case of gallbladder torsion and review the literature on etiology, clinical presentation, radiological diagnosis, and intraoperative
Gustavo Lopes de Carvalho, MD, PhD, Gilberto Fernandes Silva de Abreu, MD, MSc, Diego Laurentino Lima, MD, Gustavo Henrique Belarmino de Góes, Medical Student Faculty of Medical Sciences (all authors) and University of Pernambuco (UPE), Recife, Brazil (Dr. Carvalho). ABSTRACT Introduction: Mirizzi syndrome (MS) is an uncommon complication of long-term chronic cholecystitis, characterized by extrinsic
Oshri Barel, MD, MHA, Jim Tsaltas, MBBS, Sam Sturrock, BM, BS, Amani Harris, BM, BS, Kim Dobromilsky, BM, BS, BPharm Gynaecological Endoscopy Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash Health, Bentleigh East, Victoria, Australia (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDA-R) encephalitis is a severe condition that can be life threat- ening. It is occasionally
