RATIONALE Gastroscopymay not only allow identification of gastric injury, but may also facilitate prompt repair. PATIENT CONCERNS A 39-year-old male patient was admitted 3 hours after abdominal injury caused by penetration of a screwdriver. Physical examination and computed tomography showed no evidence of gastric injury. However, 3000 mL fresh blood was vomited during the subsequent observat...

The Fer-de-lance or terciopelo (Bothrops asper) inhabits a wide range of environmental conditions and habitats across Central America. While much information on the species is based anecdotal observations useum specimens, data collected under natural are more limited. To better document its history, this study sought to determine habitat use age structure B. asper in Quebrada Gonzalez sector Br...

Snake venoms comprise a highly complex mixture of proteins, and there is also high interspecific intraspecific variability in their composition, even the same region. Our aim was to compare composition Bothrocophias myersi, Crotalus durissus Bothrops asper, snakes from Andean region Colombia by Reverse-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (RP-HPLC). The were given research group under a...

The pagurid hermit crab genus Trichopagurus de Saint Laurent, 1968 is currently represented by three shallow water spe- cies from the tropical Indo-West Pacific region. In this paper, three species of the genus, including one new species, are reported. Trichopagurus tenuidactylus n. sp. is described on the basis of a single ovigerous female from the Bohol Sea, the Philippines, and compared with...