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Images in Surgery

Une énigme en images et sa résolution : nous posons une question tirée du quotidien chirurgical et y répondons.

Images in Surgery

Dinner table syncope, epigastric pain and intracranial hemorrhage unveils the hidden danger

This 58-year-old male patient with no prior medical or surgical history (no medication, no substance abuse) was sitting at dinner with his wife, when he suddenly felt epigastric pain and upon standing up, lost consciousness, fell and hit his head on the floor. He regained consciousness upon arrival of the ambulance and, except for disorientation, was neurologically not impaired.

Dinner table syncope, epigastric pain and intracranial hemorrhage unveils the hidden danger
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When appendectomy is not the end of it

An 80-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with a one-day history of right lower quadrant abdominal pain with no associated nausea or vomiting. He had similar symptoms for which he underwent appendectomy 60 years ago.

When appendectomy is not the end of it
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When diet doesn´t cut it

A 70-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation and nausea. Similar episodes in the past year resolved after dietary modifications.

When diet doesn´t cut it
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Upper endoscopy with unusual consequences

A 76-year-old patient presented in septic shock with diffuse abdominal pain two days after upper endoscopy. Fluid resuscitation and broad-spectrum antibiotics were administered. Initial diagnostics revealed an enlarged stomach wall. After further detoriation and development of an abdominal compartment syndrome a partial gastrectomy and open-abdomen treatment was performed. 

Upper endoscopy with unusual consequences
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Aortic Puzzles: A Patient’s Journey

An 83-year-old patient presented at our emergency department with a 24-hour history of dizziness, balance impairment, chills, high fever of 39°C, as well as mild discomfort in both the left and right upper abdominal quadrants. 

Aortic Puzzles: A Patient’s Journey
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Mysterious Gallbladder

A 71 year old female patient presented to the Emergency Department with diffuse abdominal pain in the right hemiabdomen with increasing intensity over the course of a few days, and a history of digestive issues. 

Mysterious Gallbladder
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Jaundice

A 76-year-old patient with cerebral palsy who has experienced sporadic intermittent painless scleral and cutaneous jaundice is referred to surgery consultation for evaluation of cholecystectomy for cholecystolithiasis.

Jaundice

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