Metastatic malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor mimicking a right incarcerated inguinal hernia
Publication date: Available online 20 August 2014 Source:Formosan Journal of Surgery Author(s): Ping-Hung Liu , Wen-Ching Kung , Yu-Chiuan Wu , Shang-Tao Chien , Wen-Yen Chang , Chin-Wen Hsu Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common malignant mesenchymal neoplasms of the digestive tract. Although surgery yields a high cure rate for low-risk GISTs, it can seldom cure high-risk tumors because the postoperative recurrence rate of GISTs is typically high; however, the prognosis substantially improves after imatinib mesylate therapy. A case is reported of recurrent GIST presenting as an incarcerated ...
Source: Formosan Journal of Surgery - November 1, 2014 Category: Surgery Source Type: research
Acute appendicitis resulting from rectosigmoid foreign body
Publication date: Available online 27 August 2014 Source:Formosan Journal of Surgery Author(s): Rahul Gupta , Tariq Ahmed Mala , Atul Gupta , Arun Kumar Gupta , Rozy Paul A case is presented of a rectosigmoid foreign body causing perforation of the rectosigmoid colon and ulcerating the base of the appendix that resulted in acute appendicitis in a 9-year-old boy, which was initially misdiagnosed. A preoperative diagnosis of acute appendicitis was made after clinical evaluation and abdominal ultrasound, suggestive of the same. An upright abdominal X-ray was also performed to rule out suspected perforation, which sho...
Source: Formosan Journal of Surgery - November 1, 2014 Category: Surgery Source Type: research
Burr-hole drainage for chronic subdural hemorrhage complicated by an acute subdural hematoma located between the dura and the outer membrane space
In conclusion, precisely inserting the drainage catheter in the chronic SDH space and reversing coagulopathy prior to and after the surgical procedure are necessary to prevent such complications. (Source: Formosan Journal of Surgery)
Source: Formosan Journal of Surgery - November 1, 2014 Category: Surgery Source Type: research
Richter's femoral hernia manifested by a long duration of progressive ileus
Publication date: Available online 23 September 2014 Source:Formosan Journal of Surgery Author(s): Chi-Hsiang Kang , Chung-Yu Tsai Richter's hernia is the protrusion and/or strangulation of part of the intestine's antimesenteric border through a rigid small defect in the abdominal wall. This hernia is difficult to diagnose because the signs and symptoms of development are innocuous. In most cases, because less than two-thirds of the circumference of the bowel wall is involved, the lumen of the intestine remains free; thus, features of intestinal obstruction are often absent. Here we report a case of strangulated Rich...
Source: Formosan Journal of Surgery - November 1, 2014 Category: Surgery Source Type: research
Cerebral hemorrhagic infarction following cranioplasty in a shunted patient with tension pneumocephalus resulting from depressed skull and craniodural defect
Publication date: Available online 7 October 2014 Source:Formosan Journal of Surgery Author(s): Chien-Yu Ou , Ching-Hsiao Cheng , Wu-Fu Chen , Chun-Chung Lui , Tsung-Ming Su A 34-year-old female sustained a severe traumatic brain injury that was treated with decompressive craniectomy and subsequent cranioplasty, then with ventriculoperitoneal shunt about 10 years previously. However, the skull flap was found to be depressed ever since. She was admitted to our hospital for a headache and left hemiparesis with sudden onset. The computed tomography scan displayed tension pneumocephalus in the right frontoparietal reg...
Source: Formosan Journal of Surgery - November 1, 2014 Category: Surgery Source Type: research
Intraluminal duodenal diverticulum in a child concomitant with an entrapped coin and a duodenal polyp
We present the report of an 8-year-old girl who had an entrapped coin in an IDD for 3 years that was associated with recurrent pancreatitis. Besides, a duodenoduodenal intussusception was found during the course of investigation and it seemed that a concomitant duodenal polyp contributed to the development of the intussusception. In view of the rarity of each of the aforementioned situations and the improbability of these conditions occurring together, this unusual and possibly unique case is therefore reported here. (Source: Formosan Journal of Surgery)
Source: Formosan Journal of Surgery - November 1, 2014 Category: Surgery Source Type: research
