Issue 13 Articles

1. Abstract We report on an adolescent affected by a progressive primary angiitis of the central nervous sys- tem (PACNS) and constantly normal high-resolution brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) exam. A 15-years-old-male came to our attention for a severe diffuse headache, associated with re- current episodes of vomiting, consciousness impairment and […]

Maydl’s hernia is one of the few causes of strangled inguinal hernia. It is characterized by the pres-ence in the sac of two intestinal loops connected by an intra-abdominal intermediate loop called retrograde, all drawing a “W” or an omega. The risk of this anatomical form is the necrosis of the intra-abdominal loop. Therefore, careful

Among the causes of small bowel obstruction, the incarceration of a bowel loop through uterine perforation is extremely rare. The purpose of our report is to illustrate the contribution of sonography in diagnosing this unusual surgical emergency through the case of a 28-year-old patient who was referred to our department a month after dilation and