Diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the rectum (DCHR) – diagnosis and treatment – case report and review of available literature

Diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the rectum (DCHR) is a rare benign tumor of vascular origin. Approximately 200 such cases have been reported in the literature. Here we present a case of a 49-year old female patient who u...

Rare facial clefts

In 1976 Dr. Paul Tessier described numeric classification for rare craniofacial clefts. He first emphasized that a fissure of the soft tissue corresponds, as a general rule, to a cleft of the bony structure. The classifi...

Pulmonary artery perforation as a complication of pleural drainage – case report

The case presented is a drainage of empyema of the left pleural cavity complicated with the penetration of the lung parenchyma and perforation of the left pulmonary artery with drain displacement to the right pulmonary a...

Abdominal Ultrasonography in Detecting and Surgical Treatment of Pancreatic Carcinoma

An Umbilical/Paraumbilical Hernia as a Sign of an Intraabdominal Malignancy in the Elderly

The umbilical area can present with a variety of signs associated with an intra abdominal malignancy. An umbilical/paraumbilical hernia might itself be a sign of an internal malignancy. The correlation between the presen...