Although volvulus is mostly seen in infancy, rare cases of intrauterine have also been reported. Fetal ultrasonographic (USG) examination a 32-year-old woman at the 24th gestational week, showed focal dilatation intestines with an increased wall echogenity dilated segments. At subsequent visits USG revealed progressive intestines. The patient presented preterm labor 32nd week. Cullen's sign dev...

aspartic proteases are a relatively small group of enzymes which express in various nematodes including onchocerca volvulus. an estimation of the gene copy number corresponding to the ov7a clone, which contains a cdna insert encoding approximately two-thirds of the entire coding sequence of aspartic protease of o. volvulus, was made by slot blot analysis in a closely related species o. gibsonig...

SUMMARY From April L 989 to March 1989 !here were 13 patients with small intestinal volvulus 23%, or all palients operated for small intestinal obstruction.All were male, age between 6 to 75, without any history of abdominal operation. Mortality was 38, 5% and morbidity included, intraabdominal abscesses, recurrent obstruction and wound infection were observed. Being the 3rd cause of intestin...

Intestinal malrotation complicated by the development of midgut volvulus presents a difficult management dilemma because of the risk of short bowel syndrome. Here, we present our experience with a case of severe intestinal ischemia after derotation in a newborn successfully managed using systemic tissue plasminogen activator. The present report supports the usefulness of thrombolysis as a thera...

The recent report on Neonatal Cullen's Sign is very interesting [1]. Pederiva mentioned Neonatal Cullen's Sign as a distinguishing feature of intrauterine volvulus with hemorrhagic ascites.[1] Indeed, Cullen's Sign is a basic sign in medicine. It might imply the hemorrhage but it is not specific. Some nonhemorrhagic problems might also present Cullen's Sign. The good examples are the amebic inf...

Acute gastric volvulus is a surgical emergency and known to occur secondary diaphragmatic hernia eventration. Adult presentation of congenital rare, with an estimated incidence around 0.17%, pregnancy may predispose the development symptoms due increased intra-abdominal pressure. Pregnancy complicated by associated high risk maternal fetal mortality, necessitating timely diagnosis treatment. We...

Gallstone ileus first described by Bartolin in 1654 is an uncommon condition which may cause serious complications such as volvulus or intestinal perforation. There have been very few case reports about this because of its rarity. Here a case of a 40-year-old female patient is reported, who presents with signs of small bowel obstruction owing to large gallstones in lower ileum with the serious ...

The paraesophageal hernia is rarely seen in the neonatal period. Presentation in neonatal period can be confused with the possibility of esophageal atresia or esophageal web. The upper gastrointestinal tract contrast study is diagnostic in this disease, but careful viewing of the plain X-ray of the chest can also lead to suspicion of the diagnosis. Two neonates with para-esophageal hernia are r...

Introduction: Laparoscopy has proven to be safe for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in patients with suspected acute appendicitis. Case Description: We report a case of a rare occurrence of small-bowel volvulus after laparoscopic appendectomy. Discussion: Moreover, laparoscopy has a number of advantages when compared with open surgery, including faster recovery and shorter length of stay. N...