BACKGROUND Medical treatment of esophageal strictures in horses is limited and the use of balloon dilatation is described in few cases. Long-term follow up after balloon dilatation and the use of intralesional corticosteroids has not been evaluated. OBJECTIVES To describe the use of endoscopic guided, esophageal balloon dilatation in horses for cervical and thoracic esophageal strictures and ...

Three different periods may be considered in the evolution of knowledge about the clinical and epidemiological aspects of Chagas disease since its discovery: (a) early period concerning the studies carried out by Carlos Chagas in Lassance with the collaboration of other investigators of the Manguinhos School. At that time the disease was described and the parasite, transmitters and reservoirs w...

A banda gástrica é considerada um tratamento menos eficiente que a derivação gástrica em Y de Roux, mas ainda é utilizada pela facilidade de realização e pelo baixo índice de mortalidade peroperatória. A longo prazo, as complicações têm sido muito altas, tornando a cirurgia quase proibitiva.1 Apresentamos um caso de megaesôfago grau IV póscirurgia de banda gástrica para tratamento de obesidade ...

This study aimed to determine the existence of blood vessels within ganglia of the myenteric plexus of the human esophagus and colon. At necropsy, 15 stillborns, newborns and children up to two years of age, with no gastrointestinal disorders, were examined. Rings of the esophagus and colon were analyzed and then fixed in formalin and processed for paraffin. Histological sections were stained b...