A 69-year-old obese man (body mass index, 30.3) presented with acute left abdominal pain after severe coughing. He had no history of direct abdominal trauma. He was not receiving anticoagulant therapy. A physical examination showed a smooth painful mass on his left abdominal wall. The laboratory findings were a platelet count of 196,000/ mm and a normal range of coagulability. Ultrasonography r...

OBJECTIVE As in Part I, to elucidate the role of fluid mechanical factors in the localized genesis and development of atherosclerotic lesions in man, here in the abdominal aorta. METHODS Flow patterns and preferred sites of atherosclerotic lesions in the aorta were studied in detail using the same isolated transparent aortic trees prepared from humans postmortem and the flow visualization and...

INTRODUCTION Spigelian hernia (SH) is a rare ventral hernia occurring near the lateral border of the rectus muscle. The treatment remains controversial and depends on institutional expertise. Although laparoscopic surgery is a good adaptation for the repair of ventral hernias, only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of totally extra-peritoneal (TEP) repair ...

Pyometra is infection of the uterus with presence pus inside uterus. A 2.5 years old intact female dog weighing 25 kgs was presented a history anorexia and pain on palpation thoraco-abdominal region. On physical examination, abdomen tensed. Lateral abdominal radiography ultrasonography performed diagnosed as pyometra which closed-cervix type. Pan-hysterectomy under general anesthesia treatment ...

We tested the hypotheses that vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) expression on endothelium at lesion-prone sites in the rabbit aorta correlates with exposure to plasma cholesterol and that macrophage accumulation is associated with endothelial cells expressing VCAM-1. After rabbits were fed 0.25% cholesterol for 2 weeks, VCAM-1 expression was selectively increased at the distal and late...

STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE Comparison of the timing of onset of lateral abdominal muscle activity during rapid arm movements in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain (cLBP) and back-pain-free controls. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Rapid movements of the arm are normally associated with prior activation of trunk-stabilizing muscles in readiness for the impending po...

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of resistance direction in hip joint stabilization exercise on change in lateral abdominal muscle thickness in healthy adults. Twenty-six healthy adults were randomly allocated to either a hip stabilization exercise by hip straight resistance group (n=12) or a hip diagonal resistance group (n=14). The outcome measures included contraction thick...

Lateral abdominal wall haematoma following blunt trauma can be a life-threatening condition and requires prompt diagnosis and treatment. We present the imaging findings and treatment modalities used for a young man presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain and bruising.

Schwannomas in the lateral pelvic space are very rare. Here, we report the case of a 48-year-old woman who had a tumor detected in her abdomen by abdominal ultrasonography. Abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a well-defined solid tumor of 65 mm in diameter in the right lateral pelvic space. We performed laparoscopic surgery under a diagnosis of a gastrointestin...

Despite biliary drainage, she had significant cholestasis, ascites, malnutrition, and transient melena. Subsequently she was evaluated for a liver transplantation. A chest X-ray and an abdominal CT scan were obtained with an incidental finding of healing right sixth and seventh lateral rib fractures with callus formation and healing left seventh lateral rib fracture with callus formation (Figur...