congenital defects of the pericardium are considered rare. until 1979 , the reported cases were only about 200.1 total absence of the left pericardium is the most common defect2 and less common is a partial defect of the left pericardium. other types, i.e. isolated right-sided defects, total pericardial absence and diaphragmatic pericardial defects are very rare.3 before the last decade, the di...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa microsoftinternetexplorer4 jejunal diverticula have a prevalence of approximately 1% in the general population. perforation of jejunal diverticulum is a rare. clinically this diagnosis may be easily confused with other causes of an acute abdomen. in the article, we discuss a 74-year–old man with a 2-day history of constipation and left–sided abdominal ...