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1/498. Perforation of acquired small bowel diverticulum.

    A 77-year old woman was seen with an unusual pathologic entity after emergent abdominal exploration--a ruptured small bowel diverticulum. This patient had a known previous history of colonic diverticulosis when she had acute onset of severe abdominal pain. The patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy with resection of representative segments of small and large bowel. The large bowel had evidence of diverticulosis, while the small bowel resected segment had evidence of diverticulitis with rupture. An extensive review of the literature revealed a very small number of reported cases in the world literature (less than 150 cases). We reviewed the history of reported cases of ruptured and nonruptured small bowel diverticular disease, as well as this case.
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2/498. Spontaneous gastrointestinal perforation in patients with lymphoma receiving chemotherapy and steroids. Report of three cases.

    Spontaneous gastrointestinal perforations in three patients with lymphoma were considered to be treatment-related conditions. All three were diagnosed as having malignant lymphoma by histological examination, and treated with chemotherapy and steroids. Four to 14 days after the start of chemotherapy, they complained of abdominal pain and plain roentgenograms revealed pneumoperitoneum. The interval between the onset of peritonitis and operation was almost 24 h. Emergency operations were carried out; one patient with a jejunal perforation underwent resection of the jejunum, another with a gastric perforation received a simple closure with omental patch, and the third with a gastric perforation underwent gastrectomy. Two patients recovered from the surgery, while the gastrectomy patient died due to sepsis. The favorable outcome of the surgical intervention is attributed to early diagnosis, prompt exploration, and selective operative procedures. We recommended a simple closure with omental patch for gastroduodenal perforation. Resection and primary anastomosis are possible only in the small bowel.
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3/498. Spontaneous bladder rupture: rare cause of peritonitis.

    Spontaneous rupture of the urinary bladder is an uncommon, but important, cause of generalized peritonitis. It is a surgical emergency which may be rapidly fatal if diagnosis and treatment are delayed. Bladder disease or obstruction, coupled with a sudden increase in intra-abdominal pressure usually accounts for the rupture. Characteristic symptoms are acute lower abdominal pain followed by generalized peritonitis. In most cases, the rupture is intra-peritoneal.
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4/498. Spontaneous rupture of bladder diverticula in a girl with ehlers-danlos syndrome.

    A 5-year-old girl with ehlers-danlos syndrome presented with acute abdominal pain and anuria caused by a spontaneous perforation of bladder diverticula. Conservative treatment was successful.
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5/498. Spontaneous rupture of splenic hamartoma: a case report.

    Splenic hamartomas are rare. The authors report a case of spontaneously ruptured splenic hamartoma in a 5-month-old boy. This rupture led to the death of the child. If abdominal pain is present and a mass is palpated, the splenic hamartoma should be managed surgically in an expeditious manner. There have been only two known previous reports of spontaneous rupture of splenic hamartoma in adults, but none in children.
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6/498. Simultaneous rupturing heterotopic pregnancy and acute appendicitis in an in-vitro fertilization twin pregnancy.

    The presentation of acute abdominal pain in young women is not an unusual occurrence in casualty and gynaecology departments. Both acute appendicitis and ectopic pregnancy have to be considered and investigated, as these two conditions are accepted as the most common surgical causes of an acute abdomen. Difficulties in correctly identifying the cause of the pain can be hazardous to the patient and care needs to be taken in obtaining a prompt and accurate diagnosis enabling the most appropriate management. The case report presented here describes the extremely unusual occurrence of both these acute conditions happening simultaneously with the added complication of an ongoing twin pregnancy and it highlights the need to look beyond the most obvious diagnosis and always to expect the unexpected.
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7/498. Successful surgical treatment for implanted intraperitoneal metastases of ruptured small hepatocellular carcinoma: report of a case.

    We report herein the case of a 53-year-old man with disseminated intraperitoneal metastases caused by the rupture of small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). He was admitted to our hospital in shock after suffering a trauma injury to the upper abdomen. ultrasonography revealed a massive hemoperitoneum. At surgery, 4000 ml of blood was drained from the abdominal cavity and a ruptured tumor, 2 cm in diameter, was found in the right lobe of the liver. The tumor was resected with an adequate surgical margin and subsequent microscopic examination confirmed a diagnosis of moderately differentiated HCC without associated liver cirrhosis. The patient was readmitted 14 months later following the development of right lower quadrant pain. ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed extrahepatic abdominal tumors, and abdominal angiography demonstrated four intraperitoneal tumors. At surgery, four implanted metastases adhered to the greater omentum were found and resected. No other tumors were detected. Microscopically, all four tumors were confirmed as moderately differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma. Ruptured HCC may lead to implanted intraperitoneal metastasis, but rupture of small HCC is very rare. While hepatic resection is the treatment of choice for ruptured HCC, according to our review of the literature, only a few patients have survived long-term after resection of implanted metastasis.
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8/498. Expanding mesh stent in the emergency treatment of Boerhaave's syndrome.

    Boerhaave's syndrome, or spontaneous esophageal perforation, is a life threatening condition demanding early diagnosis and rapid aggressive management to prevent fulminant mediastinitis and death. We describe a patient treated in an emergency situation with an expanding esophageal mesh stent to bridge the esophageal rent together with chest and mediastinal drainage, resulting in complete recovery and return to the community. We also describe the partial recovery of the stent in the convalescent period.
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9/498. Ruptured anterior spinal artery aneurysm: a case report.

    BACKGROUND: Spinal artery aneurysms are rare, and are usually found in association with arteriovenous malformations or coarctation of the aorta. CASE REPORT: A 42-year-old man with a ruptured anterior spinal artery aneurysm is presented here. He experienced subarachnoid hemorrhage, which was confirmed by computed tomography. magnetic resonance imaging revealed an aneurysm in front of the upper part of the medulla. angiography demonstrated bilateral vertebral artery occlusion. Distal vertebral arteries and the basilar artery were perfused via the dilated anterior spinal artery, which originates in the right subclavian artery. The aneurysm was located at the distal part of the anterior spinal artery, and was successfully clipped through a lateral suboccipital craniotomy 2 months after bleeding from the aneurysm. After rehabilitation, the patient was able to walk with no apparent neurologic deficit. CONCLUSIONS: This case suggests that the anterior spinal artery as a collateral route after bilateral vertebral artery occlusion is under hemodynamic stress, resulting in aneurysm formation and rupture.
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10/498. Ruptured tuboovarian abscess in late pregnancy. A case report.

    BACKGROUND: Tuboovarian abscess is an unusual obstetric complication that causes maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. CASE: A woman, G1, P0, with a 32-week pregnancy presented with abdominal pain. physical examination on admission revealed fever and unremarkable abdominal signs. Eleven hours after admission, signs of peritonitis became prominent, necessitating emergency laparotomy. Surgical findings included an 8-cm, right, ruptured tuboovarian abscess with massive purulent contamination of the abdominal cavity. Cesarean hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was performed. Neither the newborn nor the mother had postoperative complications. CONCLUSION: Since there are discrepancies in the incidences of tuboovarian abscess in pregnant and nonpregnant groups, the pathogenesis of tuboovarian abscess may be different in the two populations. In pregnancy, diagnosis and management are also more difficult than in the nonpregnant state. Clinical data may not reveal the diagnosis until surgery is mandatory. Because most pregnant women with tuboovarian abscesses are young, conservative surgery should be attempted if the pathology is limited to only one side of the adnexa and further reproduction is desired.
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