[Perforation of the small intestine caused by endometriosis]. / Perforation du grêle sur lésion d'endométriose.

Endometriosis is rarely located on the small bowel. A case of small bowel perforation resulting from a stenosis due to endometriosis is reported. Pre-operative diagnosis of this type of lesion is most difficult in genetically active women since the clinical picture is a mixture of gynaecological and digestive disturbances. The treatment is surgical resection.

[An unusual cause of hepatic abscess]. / Une cause insolite d'abcès hépatique.

We report the case of a liver abscess resulting from the intra hepatic migration of a toothpick coming from the stomach.

[False aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery complicating a pancreatic pseudocyst. Report of a case and review of the literature]. / Faux anévrysme de l'artère mésentérique supérieure compliquant un pseudo-kyste pancrétique. Rapport d'un cas et revue de la littérature.

The authors report a case of a pancreatic pseudocyst complicated by a false aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery. The diagnosis was made possible thanks to the evocative images of echography and C.T. scanning permitting to perform on time the arteriography. The surgical treatment consisted on the exclusion of the false aneurysm, which necessitated a distal bypass to revascularise the intestinal tract, and the drainage of the pseudocyst by a Roux-en-Y loop. A review of literature is made.

[False aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery complicating a pancreatic pseudocyst]. / Faux-anévrisme de l'artère mésentérique supérieure compliquant un pseudokyste pancréatique.

The authors report a case of false aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery, complicating acute pancreatitis. They insist on the sonographic signs of "the cyst within a cyst"; the presence of a cystic lesion located within a larger mass an US Scanning is highly suggestive of a false aneurysm included in a pseudocyst. They demonstrate the correlation between US Scanning, CT Scan and arteriogram.