A 75-year old man was detected with a pediculate tumor in the upper esophagus. A biopsy determined that it was an adenocarcinoma. A subtotal esophagectomy with dissection of three-fields of lymph nodes was selected. The pathological study revealed it to be an esophageal adenocarcinoma arising from ectopic gastric mucosa of the fundus of the stomach. His post-operative course was uneventful and ...

INTRODUCTION This paper aimed to study the ability of the "ovarian crescent sign" to predict the nature of adnexal masses and to validate the "ovarian crescent" as an ultrasonographical marker for malignancy. METHODS A prospective study was carried out in 60 consenting women with an undiagnosed adnexal mass, attending the gynaecology service and requiring operative intervention. An ovarian cr...

requiring admission to ICU. Case report: A 33 year old male presented with a fifteen-hour history of vomiting, diarrhoea, and lower abdominal pain one week after a holiday in Portugal. He had no significant past medical history. On examination he had a tanned appearance, and was tender with guarding and rebound in the right iliac fossa. Rovsing’s sign was positive. He proceeded to theatre where...

Background: Robert Wartenberg, a European-American neurologist, was born in 1887 and died 1956. His description of radial sensory nerve compression at the forearm is memorialized as Wartenberg’s syndrome. He recognized that involuntary abduction little finger could be caused by ulnar palsy - finding often called sign Syndrome signs are reviewed, brief biography presented. Objective: To review D...

sepsis and septic shock are among mortality causes following major surgeries. the charlson co-morbidity index consists of 19 weighted categories related to chronic health which measures the burden of co-morbidity. the goal of this study was to determine the incidence of postoperative sepsis in patients underwent gynecological and gastrointestinal cancer surgeries and predictive role of charlson...

Ictal semiology is essential for the pre-operative evaluation of candidates for epilepsy surgery. We propose an ictal sign of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) termed tonic-automotor (TA), defi ned as contralateral tonic spasm of upper limb associated with ipsilateral hand automotor seizure and often accompanied ipsilateral head turning. We assessed the occurrence and lateralizing/localizing value o...

Abstract Introduction In modern medicine, free flap reconstruction has become the gold standard when faced with soft tissue defects. The impressive cosmesis, and adaptability of flaps means that we can securely state are in era Plastic Surgery defined by reconstruction. However, as part reconstruction, clinical monitoring is a central tenet post-operatively. Different departments have different...

INTRODUCTION Scimitar Syndrome is a relatively rare variety of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in which the right pulmonary veins form an anomalous confluence which drains into the infra-diaphragmatic inferior vena cava. The X-ray chest in these patients shows the typical Scimitar Sign. CASE REPORT We are presenting a patient who was diagnosed to have Scimitar Syndrome on the ba...

PURPOSE simple tenotomy in the treatment of long head biceps (LHB) lesion offers good results, as well as tenotomy/tenodesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS we prospectively evaluated 252 patients, divided into 3 groups, treated with rotator cuff repair associated with LHB tenotomy or 2 different types of tenodesis in cases where there had been a partial lesion of the LHB or instability of the bicipit...