scholarly journals Pork Tapeworm (Taenia Saginata Asiatica) Infection in Rural Bangladesh

1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Robed Amin ◽  
Shekh Fazle Rabbi ◽  
Md Ferdous Zaman ◽  
Md Khalilur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Taenia Solium ◽  
Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Taenia Saginata ◽  
Human Feces ◽  
Rural Bangladesh ◽  
East Asia Region ◽  
Tapeworm Infection

Tapeworm infection is most common in cattle and pork breeding areas. Humans are the definitive host. Gravid segments of T saginata are passed in human feces to soil, where they are ingested by grazing animals, especially cattle. The eggs then hatch to release embryos that encyst in muscle as cysticerci. Humans are infected by eating raw or undercooked infected beef. Most individuals infected with T saginata are asymptomatic, but abdominal pain and other gastrointestinal symptoms may be present. Eosinophilia is common. The most common presenting finding is the passage of proglottids in the stool. Treatment is highly satisfactory with praziquantel. Taenia Saginata Asiatica is a variant of Taenia saginata where the intermediate host is Pork. Normally the pork tapeworm is mean for Taenia solium. But in case of asiatica variant it is Taenia Saginata that can also lead to pork tapeworm infection. It is not uncommon in south east asia region. Here is a case report of pork tapeworm in a primary are hospital in Bangladesh Key words: Pork, Tapeworm, Taenia Saginata Asiatica, Rural   doi: 10.3329/jom.v10i2.2832   J MEDICINE 2009; 10 : 135-138

scholarly journals New viral hepatitis caused by covid-19 virus- A case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-102
Author(s):  
R H Gobbur ◽  
Ranjima M ◽  
Aravind S Akki
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Liver Injury ◽  
Viral Hepatitis ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Diffuse Alveolar Damage ◽  
Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽  
Symptoms And Signs

During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the assessment, and management of patients are challenging. The clinical features of COVID-19 are heterogeneous and subtle in many cases. Although diffuse alveolar damage and acute respiratory failure are the main features of COVID-19, the impairment of other organs are also seen. Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in pediatric patients with COVID-19 as SARS-CoV-2 is able to enter gastrointestinal epithelial cells. However, these complaints can also be caused by a COVID-19-independent concomitant abdominal pathology. Therefore, patients with fever with acute abdominal pain, anorexia, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea need to be assessed very thoroughly. Previous studies reported that COVID-19 was likely to result in liver injury. Based on clinical cases, we present our approach of management of children with symptoms and signs of viral hepatitis and concomitant suspicion of ­COVID-19.

scholarly journals A challenging case of COVID-19 infection presented with isolated acute abdominal pain: A case report and literature review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 2050313X2098321
Author(s):  
Mohammad Altermanini ◽  
Mhd Baraa Habib ◽  
Abdel-Naser Elzouki
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Respiratory Symptoms ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Gastrointestinal Symptoms

COVID-19 is an infectious disease, which often presents with fever and respiratory symptoms. However, gastrointestinal symptoms have also been reported to occur in patients with COVID-19. Although abdominal pain was described in some reports of COVID-19, it was uncommon and often associated with other symptoms. We describe a challenging case of a COVID-19 patient who presented with severe isolated abdominal pain initially, then developed pneumonia symptoms which led to the diagnosis of COVID-19 thereafter.

scholarly journals Pseudo-Bartter Syndrome as an Atypical Presentation of Intestinal Malrotation: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orkun Aydin ◽  
Burak Ardicli ◽  
Selman Kesici
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽  
Bartter Syndrome ◽  
Intestinal Malrotation ◽  
Atypical Presentation ◽  
Electrolyte Disorders ◽  
Bilious Vomiting ◽  
Intestinal Rotation

Abstract Intestinal malrotation is a congenital intestinal rotation anomaly and can present with various symptoms. Electrolyte disorders are very common in childhood. Pseudo-Bartter syndrome (PBS) is one of the conditions that causes electrolyte disorders and can be seen due to intestinal malrotation in children.A 3.5-month-old boy who was diagnosed as having malrotation is reported. The patient had PBS because of non-bilious vomiting. We could find only two reports on PBS related to malrotation. It is emphasized that intestinal malrotation should be considered in patients presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal pain, and also PBS.

scholarly journals Acute surgical‐like abdomen as a gastrointestinal manifestation of COVID-19 infection: a case report in Colombia

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Sierra-Arango ◽  
Cathalina Vergara-Cabra ◽  
Mariana Vásquez-Roldan ◽  
Erika D. Pérez-Riveros
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Sudden Onset ◽  
First Case ◽  
Symptomatic Management ◽  
Radiological Pattern ◽  
Gastrointestinal Manifestation

Abstract Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is a considerable public health problem, which has caused a burden on health systems in many countries. Despite the existence of multiple studies on the different digestive symptoms and their relationship with this disease, it is still vital to highlight the severity of the different symptoms, the need to diagnose it properly and quickly. Currently in Colombia there are no writings that highlight the above. Case presentation This article reports the case of a 37-year-old female patient, with no important history, who consulted for 10 h of a generalized intense abdominal pain, of sudden onset, associated with multiple stools of diarrheal consistency, and no respiratory symptoms and no epidemiological exposure. Physical examination with intense pain in the colic frame with tenderness. It was decided to rule out surgical pathology and a CT scan was performed finding no evidence of acute intra-abdominal pathology, but with a peripheral alveolar, and ground-glass opacities at lung bases, classic COVID-19 radiological pattern, confirmed by a positive RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2, leading to consider that the gastrointestinal symptoms were secondary to this infection. Symptomatic management was given with subsequent improvement. Conclusions It is extremely important to present this first case report of a young female COVID-19 patient with an acute abdominal pain as the main clinical manifestation, that almost culminates in a surgical procedure; demonstrating the scope of gastrointestinal symptoms secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

scholarly journals Fatal Methanol Ingestion in a Child: Case Report

2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nursel Türkmen ◽  
Bülent Eren ◽  
Gürsel Cetin
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Blood Level ◽  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽  
Autopsy Case ◽  
Accidental Ingestion ◽  
First Case ◽  
Toxicological Studies

The records of Forensic Medicine Council of Turkey Bursa Morgue Department reveal the first case of fatal methanol ingestion in a child. Household methanol exposures are mostly due to accidental ingestion of washing fluids. A 4 year-old girl was admitted to the emergency department with her parents with gastrointestinal symptoms; nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Toxicological studies revealed 79 mg/dl blood level of methanol. We presented infant autopsy case of methanol toxicity and discussed the case from medicolegal aspect.

Mesenteric Cysts as Occasion for Abdominal Pain - A Case Report

Swiss Surgery ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kilgus ◽  
Largiadèr ◽  
Klotz
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Radiologische Diagnostik ◽  
Mesenteric Cysts

Einleitung: Bei der Differentialdiagnose von intraabdominalen Tumoren ist an die mesenterialen Zysten zu denken. Wir möchten mittels Fallbeispiel an diesen seltenen Befund erinnern. Fallbeispiel: Es handelt sich um eine 35-jährige Patientin mit zweiwöchiger Anamnese von progredienten Abdominalschmerzen. Die Abklärung mittels Sonographie und Computertomographie ergab einen 14 x 12 x 3cm grossen zystischen abdominalen Tumor ohne Beziehung zu Uterus, Adnexen oder Oberbauchorganen, worauf die Patientin laparotomiert und die Zyste reseziert wurde. Diskussion: Mesenteriale Zysten sind selten. Die Pathogenese ist unterschiedlich und die klinische wie auch die radiologische Diagnostik schwierig. Die Symptomatik reicht vom akuten Abdomen über unspezifische Abdominalbeschwerden bis hin zum asymptomatischen Zufallsbefund. Mesenteriale Zysten können entlang des gesamten Gastrointestinaltraktes vom Duodenum bis zum Rektum auftreten. Therapie der Wahl ist die Zystenresektion. Schlussfolgerungen: Mesenteriale Zysten sind seltene intraabdominale Befunde. Die definitive Diagnosesicherung und die Therapie besteht in der Resektion.

An unusual presentation of epigastric pain due to thrombophlebitis of a recanalised umbilical vein – case report

2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (8) ◽  
pp. 326-327 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Cirrhosis ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Portal Hypertension ◽  
Liver Disease ◽  
Epigastric Pain ◽  
Umbilical Vein ◽  
History Of ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
Inflammatory Changes

Introduction: The umbilical vein can become recanalised due to portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis but the condition is rarely clinically significant. Although bleeding from this enlarged vein is a known complication, the finding of thrombophlebitis has not been previously described. Case report: We report the case of a 62-year-old male with a history of liver cirrhosis due to alcoholic liver disease presenting to hospital with epigastric pain. A CT scan of the patient’s abdomen revealed a thrombus with surrounding inflammatory changes in a recanalised umbilical vein. The patient was managed conservatively and was discharged home the following day. Conclusion: Thrombophlebitis of a recanalised umbilical vein is a rare cause of abdominal pain in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Presentation of Gall Stone Ileus as Gut Obstruction

JMS SKIMS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-119
Author(s):  
Munir Ahmad Wani ◽  
Mubarak Ahmad Shan ◽  
Syed Muzamil Andrabi ◽  
Ajaz Ahmad Malik
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Ct Scan ◽  
Bowel Obstruction ◽  
Emergency Surgery ◽  
Gallstone Ileus ◽  
Gall Stone ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Life Threatening Complication ◽  
Gall Stone Ileus

Gallstone ileus is an uncommon and often life-threatening complication of cholelithiasis. In this case report, we discuss a difficult diagnostic case of gallstone ileus presenting as small gut obstruction with ischemia. A 56-year-old female presented with abdominal pain and vomiting. A CT scan was performed and showed an evolving bowel obstruction with features of gut ischemia with pneumobilia although no frank hyper density suggestive of a gallstone was noted. The patient underwent emergency surgery and a 60 mm obstructing calculus was removed from the patient's jejunum, with a formal tube cholecystostomy. JMS 2018: 21 (2):117-119

Pathogenic potential of Parabacteroides distasonis revealed in a splenic abscess case: a truth unfolded

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. e236701
Author(s):  
Anitha Gunalan ◽  
Rakhi Biswas ◽  
Balamurugan Sridharan ◽  
Thirthar Palanivelu Elamurugan
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Antimicrobial Therapy ◽  
Splenic Abscess ◽  
Rare Entity ◽  
Normal Flora ◽  
Pathogenic Role ◽  
Pathogenic Potential ◽  
Open Splenectomy

Splenic abscess is a rare entity, however if unrecognised or left untreated, it is invariably fatal. We herein report a case of splenic abscess in a 40-year-old man presenting with fever, left-sided abdominal pain, altered sensorium and vomiting. On clinical examination, hepatosplenomegaly was noted and the ultrasound of the abdomen showed multiple hypoechoic regions in the upper pole of spleen, and the diagnosis of splenic abscess was made. The patient received antimicrobial therapy and underwent an open splenectomy with full recovery. Pus aspirated from the splenic abscess grew an unusual organism named Parabacteroides distasonis. In the literature, there are only a few recorded cases of P. distasonis causing splenic abscess. Through this case report, we would like to emphasise the pathogenic role of P. distasonis in causing clinical disease, as this organism is typically known to constitute a part of the normal flora.

scholarly journals Lactobacillus Reuteri DSM 17938 (Limosilactobacillus reuteri) in Diarrhea and Constipation: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 643
Author(s):  
Angela Saviano ◽  
Mattia Brigida ◽  
Alessio Migneco ◽  
Gayani Gunawardena ◽  
Christian Zanza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inflammatory Bowel Disease ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Bowel Disease ◽  
Chronic Constipation ◽  
Lactobacillus Reuteri ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel

Background and Objectives: Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 (L. reuteri) is a probiotic that can colonize different human body sites, including primarily the gastrointestinal tract, but also the urinary tract, the skin, and breast milk. Literature data showed that the administration of L. reuteri can be beneficial to human health. The aim of this review was to summarize current knowledge on the role of L. reuteri in the management of gastrointestinal symptoms, abdominal pain, diarrhea and constipation, both in adults and children, which are frequent reasons for admission to the emergency department (ED), in order to promote the best selection of probiotic type in the treatment of these uncomfortable and common symptoms. Materials and Methods: We searched articles on PubMed® from January 2011 to January 2021. Results: Numerous clinical studies suggested that L. reuteri may be helpful in modulating gut microbiota, eliminating infections, and attenuating the gastrointestinal symptoms of enteric colitis, antibiotic-associated diarrhea (also related to the treatment of Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection), irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and chronic constipation. In both children and in adults, L. reuteri shortens the duration of acute infectious diarrhea and improves abdominal pain in patients with colitis or inflammatory bowel disease. It can ameliorate dyspepsia and symptoms of gastritis in patients with HP infection. Moreover, it improves gut motility and chronic constipation. Conclusion: Currently, probiotics are widely used to prevent and treat numerous gastrointestinal disorders. In our opinion, L. reuteri meets all the requirements to be considered a safe, well-tolerated, and efficacious probiotic that is able to contribute to the beneficial effects on gut-human health, preventing and treating many gastrointestinal symptoms, and speeding up the recovery and discharge of patients accessing the emergency department.

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