BACKGROUND Cecal diverticulitis is an uncommon cause of acute abdominal pain and presents clinically similar to acute appendicitis. There are many perspectives concerning the management of this condition, ranging from different types of surgical resections to conservative treatment with antibiotics. CASE REPORT We present 3 cases of cecal diverticulitis. One of the patients was treated conser...

The effects of indigestible carbohydrates, protein type, and protein level on large intestine health were examined in rats. For 21 days, 12 groups of six 12-week-old male Wistar rats were fed diets with casein (CAS), or potato protein concentrate (PPC), providing 14% (lower protein level; LP), or 20% (higher protein level; HP) protein, and containing cellulose, resistant potato starch, or pecti...

Thymic CD4(+)CD25(+) cells have regulatory-T-cell-like properties in chickens. This study examined the ontogeny of CD4(+)CD25(+) cells in the thymus and in peripheral compartments in chickens. CD4(+)CD25(+) cells started to appear in the thymus at day 15 of incubation (E15), although at low percentages. Expressed as a percentage of CD4(+) cells, CD4(+)CD25(+) cells increased (P<0.01) from 1.7% ...

We report a case of cecal volvulus in an 11-year-old girl who had been diagnosed with Cornelia de Lange syndrome. She had undergone operative fundoplication several years earlier and was referred to our institute for treatment of intestinal obstruction. A severely dilated colon was detected on abdominal roentgenogram, and abdominal CT and colonic enema strongly suggested cecal volvulus. Emergen...

Safety of either LigaSure or rubber band in closing inflamed appendiceal stump in acute appendicitis has been less investigated. In this study, cecal ligation followed by resecting inflamed cecum was performed to mimic appendectomy in a rat model of acute appendicitis. Rats were sacrificed immediately (Group A) and 7 days (Group B) after cecal resection, respectively. The cecal stumps were clos...

endophytes are considered as an important source of bioactive natural products because thesemicroorganisms are able to occupy unique biological niches and grow in non-ordinaryenvironments. therefore, endophytic fungi of medicinal plants can be developed for medicinalapplications. on the other hand, medicinal properties of plant can be ascribed to its endophyticfungi. thymus sp. is widely used a...

Cecal web is a rare entity. We find few cases of cecal web presenting in adult patient as a mass lesion (Gayner et al., 1977) or radiologically space occupying lesion (Raymond et al., 1983; Guttman et al., 1975) but an extensive search of published reports failed to find a case of the cecal web or similar abnormality in neonatal group presenting as an acute intestinal obstruction. Cecal web cas...