A 41-year-old patient, who was treated surgically as a child for a hydatid cyst of the liver, was admitted to the Psychiatric Department at our hospital after a psychiatric episode. Our Surgery Department was called in as the patient complained of abdominal pain and a mass was palpated in the hypogastrium (the remainder of the examination showed no alterations). Abdominal CT scan detected a vol...

Solitary fibrous tumors of the pelvis are rare. We report the case of a 32-years-old patient who presented with abdominopelvic mass. The imaging studies showed a right adnexal mass of more than 10 cm. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a 20 cm mass at the Douglas pouch which was adhered to the posterior wall of the uterus. Complete resection of the mass was performed. Histological analysis showed ...

The diagnosis of an intraperitoneal abscess is usually difficult. The clinical manifestation may vary, fever and abdominal discomfort ranging from minimal to severe. Anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea or constipation are common features. A 54-year old male, after two weeks hospitalization referred with the diagnosis of appendix infiltrate and melena. He was treated with TPN, omeprazole, s...

the velocity sedimentation of DNA prepared 4 hr after administration of from 1to 100mg/kg body weight nitroso morpholine were observed in both alkaline and neutral su crose gradients. The single-strand damage to DNA was not completely repaired 14 days after treatment while the double-strand breaks were more rapidly repaired. Injec tion of similar doses of either of the other two cyclic com poun...

The concentrations of homogenate-nitrogen, of DNA, and the activities of various nucleotidases, adenosine deaminase, cathepsin and lactic dehydrogenase have been studied in homogenates of Sarcoma 180 from non treated mice, from mice given injec tions of 6-carboxymethylcellulose in saline, and from mice treated with 6-mercaptopurine suspended in saline containing 6-carboxymethylcellulose. Statis...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the frequency and relevance of the "sentinel clot" sign on CT for patients with traumatic intraperitoneal bladder rupture in a retrospective study. MATERIALS AND METHODS During a recent 42-month period, 74 consecutive trauma patients (45 men, 29 women; age range, 12-84 years; mean age, 50.8 years) with gross hematuria were examined by the use of intravenous contrast-enha...

BACKGROUND Peritoneal dissemination of gastric cancer is still a dismal disease and has extremely poor prognosis even with systemic intensive chemotherapy. However, intraperitoneal chemotherapy using paclitaxel has recently shown good results. In order to perform optimal intraperitoneal chemotherapy, laparoscopic examination is necessary to assess the condition of peritoneal disseminated lesion...

Pain after total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) is a major concern. Pain management is very important issue after TAH. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of intraperitoneal instillation of lidocaine for postoperative pain relief after TAH. A double-blinded randomized placebo-controlled trial was conducted on patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy in Al-zahra hospital from June 2007...

No significant difference in the incidence of induced fibrosarcomas in hamster submandibular glands was noted when the animals were given a single intraglandular injection of 100, 200, 500, and 1000 jug of prednisolone concurrently with adminis tration of 0.05 ml of 0.5% 7:12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) in liquid petrolatum. There was, however, an inhibi tory trend when, in addition to the...