Utilização da jejunostomia para extração endoscópica de Ascaris lumbricoides da via biliar principal em paciente com doença de Caroli / Use of visiting jejunostomy loopfor extracting Ascaris lumbricoides in the common bile ducts in patients with Caroli diseases

Grumbach-Auvert disease represents a type of Obstructive Disease of the Intrahepatic Biliary Tree. We presents a case report of a patient with hepatic abscess caused by Ascaris which ascended into hepatic parenquima through hepaticojejunostomy, resolved by endoscopic extraction of it after the jejunostomy of permanent access was opened.

Spontaneous splenic rupture due to dengue fever: report of two cases

Dengue is a febrile illness caused by Flavivírus and mainly transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypiti which have been a serious epidemic in Rio de Janeiro. In most of cases it was a self limited disease. We report two cases of a serious and rare complication of this viral infection.

Surgical management of the obstruction disease of the intrahepatic biliary tree: analysis of 51 patients

Background - Cholelithiasis is the commonest disease of the biliary tree. Eventually there are cases that escape from the habitual clinical profile. They suffer from the obstructive disease of the intrahepatic biliary tree. Both the high mortality and morbidity are sponsored by the hepatic lesion concomitant cholangitis that these patients...

Torção do grande omento / Torsion of greater omentum

We present two cases of greater omental torsion, a rare condition of acute abdominal pain, emphasizing the clinical manifestations and imaging findings, which can lead us to the difficult preoperative diagnosis of this entity.

Hematoma espontâneo do músculo reto abdominal / Spontaneous hematoma of the rectus sheath

Spontaneous hematoma of the rectus sheath is a rare entity, which may be confused with the surgical causes of acute abdomen. We present a well succeeded conservative therapy in a woman in the 7th decade of life.