We report a case of a bowel perforation due to a fish bone that presented as an acute abdomen. This patient's gastrointestinal perforation was treated with laparoscopic and open technique. Diagnosis ...

Appendix cancer is a rare but increasingly recognized malignancy, often discovered incidentally during surgery for presumed ...

Figure 1 Early appendicitis in a 31 year-old G5P4 woman at 29 weeks gestational age who presented with acute abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. She underwent a multiplanar multisequential ...

A 40 year old man presented with general malaise, pyrexia, and microembolic phenomena. Blood cultures were positive for α haemolytic streptococcus. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed several small ...

Salivary Infection: Causes The most common causes of acute salivary gland infections are bacteria, especially Staphylococcus aureus, or staph. Viruses and fungi can also cause infection in the glands.