Colonoscopy is widely accepted as the gold-standard screening technique for detecting malignancies in the distal gastrointestinal tract in patients with symptoms suggestive of colon cancer. However, this procedure is not without risk, including colonic perforation. We report a patient who was managed conservatively after colonoscopy induced perforation. Eighteen months after appearing to make a...

Two patients on total parenteral nutrition who developed endophthalmitis secondary to Candida albicans are described. Candidal endophthalmitis as a manifestation of systemic candidiasis is discussed and its early diagnosis by bedside fundal examination in patients at risk is stressed.

An instrument is described that provides a stable magnified image for ophthalmoscopy and a low power operating microscope combined to allow greatly improved fundal inspection and to eliminate the need to change instruments during detachment surgery.

We show that the proper motion of the Becklin-Neugebauer (BN) object is consistent with its dynamical ejection from the ΘC binary, contrary to recent claims by Gómez et al. Continued radio observations of BN and future precise astrometric observations of ΘC with SIM and the Orion Nebula Cluster with GAIA can constrain the properties of this ejection event, with implications for theories of how ...

Stillbirth is a devastating pregnancy complication that still affects many women, particularly from low and middle-income countries. It often labeled as “unexplained” therefore unpreventable, despite the knowledge placental dysfunction has been identified leading cause of antepartum stillbirth. Currently, screening for pregnancies at high-risk relies on checklists maternal risk factors serial m...

AIM Clinical application and potential complication of percutaneous transsplenic varices embolization (PTSVE) of esophageal or gastrio-fundal varices in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) complicated with portal vein cancerous thrombosis (PVCT). METHODS 18 patients with HCC complicated with PVCT and esophageal or gastrio-fundal varices who underwent PTSVE were collected. The rate of...

The localization of the placenta by ultrasound in the second trimester has been hypothesized to have an impact on the pregnancy, in terms of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal outcome. Objective: To evaluate the role of placental location in predic­ ting the pregnancy outcome. Materials and methods: It was a prospective observational study conducted between September 2011 and March 2013 at a ...

Placenta previa presents a highest risk to pregnancy, and placenta accreta is the most serious. Placenta accreta requires cesarean delivery and often results in massive obstetric hemorrhage and higher maternal morbidity. Challenges associated with cesarean delivery techniques may contribute to increased maternal blood loss and morbidity rates. Several recent obstetric studies reported the usefu...