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Images in Surgery

When the Diagnosis Lies in a Twist

Severe abdominal pain was the reason for the visit to our emergency department. Only a twist in the computed tomography images led to the correct diagnosis.

When the Diagnosis Lies in a Twist
Images in Surgery

Upper endoscopy with unusual consequences

A 76-year-old patient presented in septic shock with diffuse abdominal pain two days after upper endoscopy. Fluid resuscitation and broad-spectrum antibiotics were administered. Initial diagnostics revealed an enlarged stomach wall. After further detoriation and development of an abdominal compartment syndrome a partial gastrectomy and open-abdomen treatment was performed. 

Upper endoscopy with unusual consequences