Traumatic Rupture of the Small Intestine

Solitary Variceal Rupture in the Small Intestine

A 70-year-old man was referred to our hospital to undergo treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma. In hospital, he complained of hematochezia and a laboratory analysis revealed a decreased level of hemoglobin. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a tumor in the small intestine, with slow enhancement of the dorsal region. Double-balloon enteroscopy revealed a submucosal tumor with a depression ...

A Case of Complete Rupture of the Small Intestine

a lunatic, an inmate of the asylum at Benares, went to drink water at the pump, when suddenly he got a fit of epilepsy, which he had been subject to for years, and fell on his belly against the corner of the pucca masonry of the bathing platform. The warder on duty saw him fall heavily, and soon after he seemed to recover and walked back to his cell, where he had been confined owing to violent ...

Case of Rupture of Intestine

Case of Rupture of Intestine

its medico-legal interest:? Clxhedi, Hindu, at. 37, a municipal meliter, was fond of wrestling and used to engage in this practice almost every day. lie was of medium hight and fair muscular development. He suffered from double incomplete inguinal hernia of considerable size. At 10 a.m., on 5th July 1901, when wrestling with another meliter, whom he threw, he fell with his left groin on the ben...

Precocious Diagnosis of Traumatic Splenic Rupture by Selective Coeliac Angiography

Splenic arteriography allows the organ to be clearly demonstrated and the condition of the parenchyrna to be assessed. The methode allows traumatic lesions to be easily diagnosed. The most common reliable signs are escape of contrast medium from the torn spenic arteries and lacunar appearance in the parenchyma. Other signs, such as early venous filling or antero-posterior and median displacemen...