Acute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency, however endometriosis in an appendix is a rare phenomenon. In this case report, we describe a 34-year-old woman who visited a teaching hospital …
Enteric fever is a multisystem febrile illness caused by Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi, Paratyphi A, B and C. It is usually transmitted through contaminated food and water. The …
Endometriosis describes the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. These patients often experience cyclic pain, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia and infertility. Extra-pelvic endometriosis, particularly at the umbilicus, is rare. The …
Ovarian cancer is considered a predominant female reproductive malignancy and poses a significant threat due to its 80-90% fatality rate. The typical approach involves surgery and chemotherapy, which due to …
Although thoracic endometriosis (TE) represents the most common manifestation of extra-pelvic endometriosis, it is a rare condition and currently there is no established clinical guideline for the management of this …
Acute intestinal intussusception secondary to intestinal endometriosis is a rare entity, but it can be life-threatening. Improving diagnostic and therapeutic investigations through multidisciplinary collaboration improves its management and prognosis.
Primary umbilical endometriosis (PUE) is a rare form of extragenital endometriosis, accounting for only 0.5%-1% of all endometriosis cases. Surgical excision is the primary treatment; however, it often results in …
The abdominal wall is one of the rare sites of endometriosis, and its clinical incidence is increasing year by year with the increasing cesarean section rate nowadays.
Catamenial pneumothorax (CP), the most common manifestation of thoracic endometriosis syndrome, is a rare form of primary spontaneous pneumothorax that occurs in women of reproductive age. Although CP is usually …
A postmenopausal woman, in her 60s, married with no history of pregnancy, presented to our facility with an abdominal mass of 2 months duration that progressively increased in size. Physical …