Paterson' and Hurst and Stewart2 have drawn attention to the small number of cases of duodenal ulcer in infants, and particularly in newborn infants, reported in the literature of this country. The following two examples are recorded, not merely on account of the rarity of the condition, but also because there are points of particiular interest in each case. FiG. 1.-Duodenal ulcer in the new bo...

We report a rare case of association of temporal arteritis with recurrent central corneal ulcer. A 91-year-old male with a remote history of clinically diagnosed giant cell arteritis (GCA) and penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for corneal edema in 1990’s in the left eye presented with irritation and severe dry eye. He progressively developed central corneal ulcer regardless of treatment with aggres...

KREEL, L., and ELLIS, H. (1965): Pyloric Stenosis in Adults: a Clinical and Radiological Study of 100 Consecutive Patients, Gut, 6, 253. MIALARET, J. In WEISS, A. G., and HOLLENDER, L. F. (1964): (Ed.) La Vagotomie dans l'Ulcere GastroDuodeno-Jejunal. Paris: Expansion Scientifique Francaise. MOODY, F. G., CORNELL, G. N., and BEAL, J. M. (1962): Pyloric Obstruction Complicating Peptic Ulcer, Arc...

a similar ulcer 011 the lobe of the left ear, with s'?1'sgj features. The face was swollen and the left eye cl ?with swelling. Fever was also present. (e* On questioning the man, lie said that a month P || viously he had been advised to use iodoform for a.s ,11 ulcer 011 his left leg, also for some local irritatio11 0f the left ear. As the result of indiscriminate l^cped iodoform, in a month's ...

Sir, Scopulariopsis, which is a genus of non-dermatophytic filamentous fungi, contains a number of common sa-prophytic fungi found in soil, vegetables, air, and organic waste. To date, eight species of Scopulariopsis have been reported to cause human infections. Of these, S. brevi-caulis is the most common; although is not generally considered to be a skin pathogen, the organism is isolated rel...

This systematic review examines the evidence for commonly employed strategies of managing patients with recurrent ulcer disease after acid-reducing operations. Particular attention is given to recent evidence relating Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to ulcer recurrence after operative therapy. MEDLINE word searches of the literature from 1966 ...

Robb, J. D. A., Thomas, P. S., Orszulok, J., and Odling-Smee, G. W. (1972). Archives ofDisease in Childhood, 47, 688. Duodenal ulcer in children. Forty-nine cases of duodenal ulcer in children are presented. Strict radiological and clinical criteria were observed in making this diagnosis. The children came from a population of approximately 100,000 children over a 10-year period. Upper abdomina...

Studies assessing the effect and mechanism of probiotics on diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract (GI) including gastric ulcers are limited despite extensive work and promising results of this therapeutic option for other GI diseases. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms by which the probiotic mixture VSL#3 (a mixture of eight probiotic bacteria including Lactobacilli, Bifidobac...