Rectal diverticulum presenting with obstructed defecation: a case report

Diverticular disease of the colon is a common condition in western and developed countries. Distal colon is the mainly stricken part, being the sigmoid colon affected in up to 70% of the patients. The occurrence of rectal diverticula is very rare, with only sporadic reports in the literature since 1911. Symptomatic rectal diverticula are encountered even less frequently. Most patients are diagnosed incidentally, inflammatory processes may have developed at the time of the diagnosis .Treatments of these complicated events range from conservative treatments to major surgical interventions. Here we present a patient who was diagnosed with rectal diverticulum causing constipation and difficult defecation

Missed traumatic abdominal wall hernia: report of a case and literature reviewing

Blunt trauma to the abdominal wall can cause a hernia, quite a rare condition. Once diagnosed, it should be repaired, because any delay in the management results in an increase in morbidity and mortality. We report a case of a 41 year old female that developed Traumatic Abdominal Wall Hernia in the right upper quadrant following a Road Traffic Accident. She was diagnosed one month later by physical examination which was proved by a Computed Tomography scan of the abdomen. An open surgical repair with mesh was done, and the post-operative course was uneventful