Acta chirurgica Scandinavica
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Case Reports
Torsion of intra-abdominal lipoma--a rare cause of recurrent or acute abdominal pain. Case report.
Torsion of an intra-abdominal lipoma is a rare cause of abdominal pain. Two cases are presented--a 21-year-old woman with episodic abdominal pain for 3 years, and a 28-year-old woman with abdominal pain for 4 days before admission to hospital for mechanical small-bowel obstruction.
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Case Reports
Mediastinal and subcutaneous cervical emphysema caused by perforating sigmoid cancer. Case report.
A case of mediastinal and subcutaneous cervical emphysema due to perforation of a sigmoid cancer is presented. Sudden deterioration and development of subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema in a chronically ill patient with equivocal abdominal signs should alert the examiner to the possibility of retroperitoneal gastrointestinal perforation.