Appendix stumpitis, branchial cyst, mesenteric fibromatosis, and a femoral hernia
Posted on: April 22, 2013
5.4.13
30 years old female, thought to have pain right lower abdomen because of a TO mass (on US), turned out to have no such mass, but a stump of appendix (left after previous open surgery) – removed laparoscopically.
11.4.13
A large branchial cyst in a 15 years old girl, excised. Contents purulent, hence the pain and sudden enlargement recently.
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Laparotomy for a solid mass in 12 years old boy – turned out to have a solid big mass from mesentery, attached to ileum, which had to be resected along with the mass. The biopsy report was mesenteric fibromatosis.
Case Reports in Surgery
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 569578, 3 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/569578
Mesenteric Fibromatosis Presenting as a Diagnostic Dilemma: A Rare Differential Diagnosis of Right Iliac Fossa Mass in an Eleven Year Old—A Rare Case Report
Abhinav Mahajan, Mohinder Singh, Anoop Varma, Gunjeet Singh Sandhu, Malwinder Singh, and Rupesh Nagori
22.4.13
Femoral hernia, strangulated, in a 70 years old female. Could not be reduced through lower incision. A lower midline laparotomy added, loop of strangulated terminal ileum released, and an end to end anastomosis made after resection. Hernia repaired from below with ethilon 1-0 interruptted sutures.
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