yet fallen under my own observation, may be said to be few in number. The structure and offices of this membranous expansion are simple. The extended surfaces of the peritoneal laminae, connected together by a line intermediate cellular texture, afford convenient space for the termination of innumerable exhalent arteries, breathing forth a genial moisture upon the other viscera of the abdomen, ...

Primary torsion of the omentum majus is a rare cause of acute abdomen and it commonly mimics acute appendicitis. An eight year old boy was admitted to our clinic with symptoms and clinical findings of perforated appendicitis. The patient underwent emergency laparotomy at which a normal appendix and serosanguinous fluid in the peritoneal cavity were observed. The operative diagnosis was primary ...

p. 183) as I could guess, namely, 2| inches below the xyphoid cartilage, I hooked out the omentum, which easily slipped down and protruded six or seven inches below the opening. An incision at the site of injury in Baboo Gopal Chunder Deb's case (Indian Medical Gazette, August 1st, p. 217) was made with the same result, the protrusion being in this case rather shorter. I next replaced the oment...

Pancreatic fistula is the most serious postoperative complication after pancreaticoduodenectomy, and it leads to intra-abdominal abscess, sepsis, hemorrhage and high mortality. To prevent pancreatic fistula, wrapping of skeletonized vessels and the anastomotic site of the pancreaticoenterostomy using the round ligament, greater omentum, or both has been evaluated. However, the round ligament an...

Omental torsion is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain. We report a case of omental torsion in a 7-year-old girl, who presented with right iliac fossa pain. The patient underwent an open appendicectomy, during which a normal appendix was identified and a diagnosis of omental torsion was made. The affected segment of omentum was resected along with the appendix. The patient made an uncomplicate...

Extraskeletal osteosarcoma is a rare malignant soft tissue tumor. Here we present a case of a primary extraskeletal osteosarcoma arising from omentum majus in a 40-year-old Chinese woman. Ultrasonography of the pelvic cavity showed a large soft tissue mass with marked calcification. Complete surgical resection of the primary tumor was performed and the histopathological diagnosis was extraskele...

Quantitative activity measurements of 18F-FDG PET/CT accumulation in visceral adipose tissue epithelial ovarian cancer and colorectal the abdominal cavity pelvis with metastatic lesions omentum lymph nodes baseline follow-up patients are presented

the iris sphincter to a miotic drug. Different lipid solubilities and degradation of the drug by the cholinesterases present in the iris are but two examples. It was possible by the method described to evaluate the overall miotic activities of series of ACh agonists and cholinesterase inhibitors in the mouse eye. By comparing the dose-response dependence of non-ester acetylcholine-agonists (e.g...

the omentum and the stranding continued inferiorly into left inguinal hernia sac (Fig. 2). The diagnosis of omental torsion with hernia was confirmed on laparotomy. Omental torsion usually occurs on the right side because of greater mobility of the right omentum. A left-sided omental torsion is rare and is difficult to diagnose clinically. Torsion may be primary, or secondary to underlying caus...

A 25-year-old man came to the emergency department complaining of continuous right para-umbilical pain radiating to the epigastric midline since the previous night. Pain was associated with tenderness. He had no fever and the rest of the physical examination was normal. Laboratory studies showed a normal white blood cell count and C-reactive protein level was 11 mg/L (normal < 10 mg/L). Pain wa...