abdomen

This was a bicentric descriptive study of 37 patients of intestinal tuberculosis presenting as cases of acute abdomen with intestinal obstruction or pertonism on admission.

Inclusion Criteria- Presenting to casualty with acute abdomen.

Secondly, single measurement of leukocyte count in patients of acute abdomen represents the snap shot of the condition at that particular time only.

The present study reports on an undescended ovary that had acute abdomen symptoms imitating mucosal.

Acute abdomen as initial manifestation of meningococcemia.

Patients with intraabdominal testicle may present with clinical signs and symptoms resembling acute abdomen because of tortion or malignancy.

Omental torsion, especially that of the lesser omentum, is extremely rare; however, it should be considered in differential diagnosis of acute abdomen because it can cause acute surgical abdomen.

Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen, 15th Edition, Oxford University Press, 1979.

Surgeons should be aware of this disease and keep it as a differential diagnosis in cases of acute abdomen.

Acute abdomen is occasionally accompanied by a life-threatening condition requiring prompt diagnosis and emergency surgery.

Although spontaneous rupture of pyometra is rare, it should be kept in mind as a differential diagnosis in postmenopausal women presenting with acute abdomen and dynamic transvaginal sonography should be advised prior to laparotomy for definitive diagnosis.

In patients in late presentation, we cannot be sure of the cause of the acute abdomen because findings of FR may mimic or mask other causing conditions [8].

Gallbladder torsion is a rare cause of acute abdomen.

Because of the variable muscular constitution of the wall of the rudimentary horn, pregnancy can be accommodated until a late stage, when rupture commonly manifests as an acute abdomen with a high risk of maternal mortality.

It is important to always consider this as possible cause of acute abdomen.