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Snapshot quiz (August 2021 [2])
A 34-year-old woman presented with a 20 cm intra-abdominal tumour with large draining veins and shunting surrounding the mass, detected by abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan. Six years before she underwent surgery for a pelvic tumour. What is the diagnosis?
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Snapshot quiz (August 2021 [1])
An 8 year old boy presented with colicky abdominal pain and chronic anemia. Faecal occult blood analysis was positive, upper and lower GI endoscopy were unremarkable. 99mTC labeled RBC scan showed an abnormal accumulation of tracer in the distal small bowel on the right side of abdomen. Diagnostic laparoscopy followed by open resection was done. What is the diagnosis?
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Snapshot quiz (June 2021 [1])
A 75-year-old man with a history of diverticulosis and open appendicectomy presented with intermittent abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, constipation, reduced appetite and weight loss of 5 kg during the last month. The patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy (Figures a and b). What is the diagnosis?
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Snapshot quiz (April 2021 [2])
At emergency laparotomy, a 27-year-old man was found to have a localized perforation of the ascending colon with a surrounding abscess. There were multiple other abnormal areas in the small bowel. What is the diagnosis?
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Snapshot quiz 19/4
A 26-year-old army recruit collapsed with profuse rectal bleeding. What is this finding at operation?
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Snapshot quiz 18/13
A 48-year-old woman was referred with anaemia and a history of intermittent melaena, but with normal upper gastrointestinal and capsule endoscopy findings. What is the abnormality shown on the intraoperative image below?
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Snapshot quiz 18/8
This man presented with central chest pain after prolonged vomiting. What has happened to his oesophagus?
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Snapshot quiz 18/7
This 3-year-old Nigerian boy has a history of fever for 10 days, diarrhoea, and a painful, tender and distended abdomen. What is the cause of the findings in the figure?
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Snapshot quiz 18/5
A 21-year-old man presented with 1-day history of central abdominal pain, confirmed on CT as small bowel obstruction. What condition is shown in the image and what could be the cause?
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Snapshot quiz 17/10
This 45-year-old man underwent gastroscopy with this finding in mid oesophagus. What is the diagnosis?
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Snapshot quiz 16/12
What is the cause of this small bowel stricture, and what are the characteristic features?
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Snapshot quiz 16/4
This lesion seen at push enteroscopy (a) and in the specimen after resection (b), was causing gastrointestinal bleeding. What is it?
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Snapshot quiz 15/1
What is this lesion in a small bowel resection of a 43-year-old man with a recent diagnosis of Crohn's disease?
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Snapshot quiz 14/15
Midline laparotomy was performed on an 82-year-old man with a large reducible inguinal hernia that presented with signs of mechanical bowel obstruction. What was the diagnosis?
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