The Island of Mauritius had formerly the reputation of being one of the healthiest of the British colonies within the tropics. Its character has sadly changed. For several years past fever and dysentery have prevailed extensively amongst the Indian population, and the annual rate of mortality has steadily increased until it has attained an average of 31 per thousand in the rural districts, and ...

A 10-day-old male neonate was admitted with bilious vomiting and gross hematochezia. Peripheral eosinophilia, delayed positive skin prick test to artificial milk, and elevated eosinophil cationic protein levels suggested cow's milk allergy. Fluid infusion with prohibition of oral intake improved the digestive symptoms. Breast-feeding was resumed on hospital day 3 and only casein hydrolysate for...

A 59-year-old woman with history of pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic hamartoma and partial colectomy for sigmoid volvulus presented with nausea, vomiting, constipation, sharp constant midabdominal pain, and abdominal distension for 2 days. She had tachycardia and diffuse mild abdominal tenderness with hypoactive bowel sounds. Lab revealed WBC of 14.1K/μL and creatinine ...

The exceptional gravity of digestive fistulas with a high flow is caused by important losses of digestive secretions containing proteins and electrolytes, which leads to hypoproteinemia, electrolyte and metabolic imbalances, accompanied by secondary immunosuppression. The sepsis encumbered on a body with severe malnutrition, represents the main cause of death. The aim of this paper is to presen...

A full term male baby, weighing 2.9 kg, presented to us with neonatal intestinal obstruction. A routine ante-natal ultrasound had shown dilated loops of bowel. The baby did not tolerate feeds and pass meconium rather developed progressive abdominal distension and bilious vomiting. Abdominal X-ray showed dilated bowel loops. A contrast enema showed micro colon and cut off sign at splenic flexure...

Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is a commonly encountered congenital anomaly of the small intestine. We report an extremely unusual case of an axially torted, gangrenous MD presenting as acute intestinal obstruction. A 26-year-old male patient presented to our emergency department with 3 days history of abdominal pain, distention and bilious vomiting. On laparotomy, there was minimal hemorrhagic flu...

Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Presidency College, 86/1, College Street, Kolkata-700073, West Bengal, India. Ph: +919903214237; e-mail: [email protected] Retired Reader and HOD, Department of Botany, Charuchandra College, Kolkata ABSTRACT Aristolochia tagala is a traditionally important and rare medicinal plant used in fever, stomachache, bilious disorders, swollen limbs, infan...

Afferent loop syndrome is a rare complication of gastrojejunostomy. Patients usually present with abdominal distention and bilious vomiting. Afferent loop syndrome in patients who have undergone a pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy can present with ascending cholangitis. This condition is related to a large volume of reflux through the biliary-enteric anastomosis and static materials wi...

Intussusception is a rare entity in neonates. It may present with non-specific signs including abdominal distension, feeding intolerance, vomiting and bloody stools. Symptomatology is similar to Necrotizing Entero-Colitis (NEC). Ultrasound can help to establish early diagnosis in neonate. A 27-week preterm newborn was initially suspected as NEC based on abdominal distention, bilious vomiting, w...

Trans - omental hernia is very rare, accounting to 1-4% of all internal hernias which is an unusual cause of small bowel obstruction. Here we present a case report of a small bowel obstruction in a female due to trans - omental hernia presenting with central abdominal pain, distension and bilious vomiting. She had no previous history of trauma, surgery. Plain X-ray abdomen erect showed multiple...