Houssam Khodor Abtar

ORCID: 0000-0003-1394-1961 · 3 papers in corpus
case-report 2020
Ileocecal endometriosis mimicking Crohn’s disease and causing acute small bowel obstruction: A case report and review of literature
·doi:10.5348/101129z01jt2020cr

Introduction: Endometriosis, defined as the growth of extrauterine endometrial tissue, is a chronic gynecologic pathology affecting reproductive-age women. Bowel endometriosis occurs in the rectosigmoid region and uncommonly in the ileoceca…

case-report 2020
Laparoscopic ileo-cecectomy for ileo-ceco-colic double intussusception due to a cecal adenoma harboring multifocal high grade dysplasia in a 24 years old male: A case report
International journal of surgery case reports ·doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.10.119

INTRODUCTION: Intestinal Intussusception is defined as invagination of the intussusceptum into the intussuscepien, and is responsible of 1% of all bowel obstructions. It is rare in adults and common in children. It is mostly due to organic …

case-report 2013
Simultaneous double ileoileal intussusception due to Burkitt's lymphoma in a young male
Journal of surgical case reports ·doi:10.1093/jscr/rjt031

Burkitt's lymphoma is an uncommon cause of intussusception in adults. Double intussusceptions due to Burkitt's lymphoma are extremely rare. We present a case of a 26-year-old man who presented with symptoms of intestinal obstruction and was…