A 25-day-old female baby having eventration of diaphragm associated with a big hiatal hernia is being reported here. This is the second report describing the rare association.

OBJECTIVE To determine if there is evidence of levator ani atrophy in primiparous women. METHODS This was a prospective observational cohort study of 202 primiparous women recruited between November 2006 and March 2008. Translabial ultrasound volumes were obtained at 36-38 weeks' gestation and at a mean of 4.5 months postpartum. Peripartum changes in bladder neck elevation and reduction of an...

We describe the presence of anisakiasis in a patient who had a small hiatal hernia. A 60 year-old women presented general malaise, burning pain, flatulence, persistent nausea and abdominal distension during five days before consulting. She referred that she ate a dish of marinated raw fish with lemon and pepper ("cebiche") and after a few hours the symptoms began. An esophagogastroscopy showed ...

With the advent of newer antibiotics and improved surgical procedures, the early diagnosis and prompt treatment of pulmonary abscess assumes an increased importance. Since the prognosis in this disease is closely correlated with the promptness and accuracy of diagnosis, it has become imperative for the internist and surgeon, working In close cooperation, to be thoroughly f amiliar with the vari...