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Intussusception is an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction especially in adult. Adult intussusception accounts for only 5% of all cases of intussusceptions. We presented a case of a 63-year- old lady who presented with 1 week history of right- sided colicky abdominal pain which gradually…

Objective: To report uncommon eye findings in a case of Soto’s Syndrome. Method: Case report Results: A 10-year-old girl with underlying Soto syndrome under multidisciplinary care presented with a history of bilateral, painless and progressive blurring of vision for 1 year. On examination, she had accelerated linear…

Pseudoaneurysm is a rare and a dangerous complication of chronic pancreatitis. The most common artery affected by pseudoaneurysm is thesplenic artery. We hereby report a rare case of rupture of pseudoaneurysm of thegastroduodenal artery due to chronic pancreatitis.

Decision of relaparotomy is usually become a surgical dilemma as one may encounter dense adhesion before reaching the target site. This may end up with unwanted complication such as iatrogenic injury to adjacent structures as well as bleeding. This is a case of a 46-year-old lady…

This exploratory study is aimed at identifying and exploring the key components of Information Technology (IT) capabilities that enable e-banking. It attempts to generate a framework that illustrates the variables, which led to a specific performance. The performance (independent variable) was linked with three dependent…

Background: Diabetes mellitus is the most common cause of autonomic neuropathy. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in diabetic patients in Basrah by conducting cardiac autonomic function tests as well as to know the predictors of  …

ICT for rural communities has been a topic debated for decades now. Despite the many debates, the issues around this topic have mostly remained unresolved especially in most rural parts of Africa. It is with this in mind that this study; meant to emphasize the…

Tonsillectomy is a frequently performed procedure in children; its common postoperative complication is bleeding. We present a case report of a 6-year-old patient undergoing surgical haemostasis after an acute post-tonsillectomy bleeding. A rapid intubation sequence was performed to reduce the risk of blood inhalation and bronchospasm:…

Leiomyosarcoma of the uterus is a malignant tumor arising from the smooth muscle of the uterus. It is a rare tumor with an incidence as low as 2%-5% of all uterine malignancies. Besides the conventional type, one of the important variants includes the epithelioid leiomyosarcoma…

Rhizobium radiobacter infrequently causes human infections. Most of reported cases developed in immunocompromised patients with indwelling foreign devices. Herein, we documented the first case of biliary tract infection caused by R. radiobacter in a patient with gall bladder cancer with obstructive jaundice received percutaneous transhepatic…