Mohamed Amin Abdelrahman Mohamed El Gohary
Burjeel Hospital, UAE
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Clin Pediatr
Goharyâ??s disease is a new phenomenon that has not been described before. It depicts a group of children who present to emergency department with severe agonizing abdominal pain. The pain tends to start and ends abruptly, no predisposing factor and recurs after minutes or hours. Ultrasonography revealed mesas at right iliac fossa, which is usually diagnosed as intussusception. The underlying cause of such phenomenon is the fecal impaction of stool at terminal ileum which acts as intermittent intestinal obstruction. We have encountered 19 cases over the last 5 years, their age varied from 9 months to 8 years with the majority under the age of 2 years. The cadinal symptoms and signs are: Severe abdominal pain that warrants urgent attention, empty rectum on examination and ultrasound diagnosis of intussusception. All of these cases were managed by fleet enemas with immediate response. Awareness of this condition will help to avoid unnecessary investigation and unjustified exploration.
Mohamed Amin Abdelrahman Mohamed El Gohary is the Chief of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi. Earlier, he was the Chief of Department of Pediatric Surgery at Al- Noor Hospital, Abu Dhabi. He has published Illustrative Laparoscopy Text book 2005, Principles of Surgery for Nurses 1980, and Mafraq Dose Guide 1989. He has given several guest lectures and has over 30 years of experience in teaching and other academic pursuits. He has published several publications and has taken part in many conferences as keynote.
E-mail: amingoh@gmail.com
