Scott, J. E. S. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 199. Urinary diversion in children. A series of 60 children subjected to urinary diversion is described. Particular emphasis is placed on the long-term results of 41 ileal conduit operations. The upper urinary tract became dilated postoperatively in 9 children in whom it had been normal preoperatively, dilatation increased in 1 child...

Idiopathic dilatation of the right atrium in a young woman is reported. Thoracotomy was performed for suspected pericardial cyst. Intraoperative findings suggested idiopathic right atrial dilatation, which was histologically confirmed. Two years after partial resection of the dilated right atrial wall the patient is doing well. Management of asymptomatic idiopathic dilatation of the right atriu...

Gastric necrosis due to acute massive gastric dilatation is relatively rare. Vascular reasons, herniation, volvulus, acute gastric dilatation, anorexia, and bulimia nervosa play a role in the etiology of the disease. Early diagnosis and treatment are highly important as the associated morbidity and mortality rates are high. In this case report, we present a case of gastric necrosis due to acute...

Anemia is sometimes the sole cause of enlargement of the so-called cardiac silhouette. Successful treatment of the anemia may then restore the silhouette to normal. The enlargement has been attributed to cardiac dilatation. Because of the recognized difficulty in distinguishing l)ericarlial effusion from cardiac dilatation, direct puncture was attempted in two instances of anemnia with the silh...