Hydatid disease (HD) is caused by Echinococcus granulosus and is endemic in many parts of the world. This parasitic tapeworm can produce cysts in almost every organ of the body, with the liver and lung being the most frequently targeted organs. Peritoneum, omentum, and mesentery are among these unusual locations, which can cause diagnostic challenge and treatment delay. This review provides inf...

The aim of this study was to investigate whether the interstitial colloid osmotic pressure (COP(i)) of peritoneum is of importance for peritoneal fluid reabsorption during peritoneal dialysis (PD). For testing this hypothesis, a method to isolate interstitial fluid from the peritoneal membrane and to measure the interstitial COP(i) in the normal peritoneum and directly after the initiation of P...

Animal models for adhesion induction are heterogeneous and often poorly described. We compare and discuss different models to induce peritoneal adhesions in a randomized, experimental in vivo animal study with 72 female Wistar rats. Six different standardized techniques for peritoneal trauma were used: brushing of peritoneal sidewall and uterine horns (group 1), brushing of parietal peritoneum ...

A case of benign cystic peritoneal mesothelioma is reported. A 25-year-old woman presented a 8-year history of recurrent tumor and five operations because of the same. On the basis of this case and of 18 cases proved by electron microscopy reported by others the clinicopathological features and the problems of differential diagnosis are discussed. The ultrastructural examination is essential fo...

Benin cystic mesothelioma of the peritoneum also known as peritoneal inclusion cyst is a rare lesion that develops at the expense of peritoneal mesothelium. There’s an evident lack of data on this disease, more publications are requested in order to better define its clinical and histological features as well as the treatment modalities.

THE repair of conjunctival defects has always been a difficult problem. From time to time various tissues, such as Thier'sch's graft, mucous membrane from the oral cavity (lower lip and cheeks), inferior turbinates of the nose, amniotic membrane, and even skin from the prepuce and labia minora have been utilized. Mucous membrane from the oral cavity is most commonly used for grafting into the c...

INTRODUCTION Metastatic mesothelioma to the oral cavity arises from the pleura or peritoneum and distant hematogenous metastases are seen in more than half of cases but only a few cases are reported to the oral cavity. CASE A 75 year old male suffering from metastatic mesothelioma presents an hyperplasia of the attached gingiva. Malignant mesothelioma is a rare tumour arising from pleura, per...

We report here a case of a kidney transplant recipient in whom the ureter was initially implanted into the peritoneum. Excessive ultrafiltration volume and reversal of serum vs dialysate creatinine ratio when the patient was recommenced on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis first suggested the diagnosis which was subsequently confirmed by a plain abdominal x-ray demonstrating placement o...

Malignant mesothelioma is an uncommon tumor of serosal surfaces. The most common sites of origin include the pleura and the peritoneum. Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis is rare. We describe a 78 year-old man with a 2-month history of a rapidly enlarging scrotum. The initial pathologic diagnosis was fibrous pseudotumor by the presence of cellular spindle cells and the backgr...