Pneumoperitoneum without intraabdominal hollow viscus perforation is termed as nonsurgical or spontaneous pneumoperitoneum, which does not demand surgical intervention. Because of rarity of this condition and symptomatic similarity with the pneumoperitomeum due to gut perforation, the condition diagnosed only after a negative laparotomy. Awareness of this entity, a detailed history and clinical...

Introduction Acute generalized peritonitis from gastrointestinal hollow viscus perforation is a potentially life threatening condition. e prognosis of peritonitis remains poor despite development in diagnosis and management. Early identification of patients with severe peritonitis may help in selecting patients for aggressive surgical approach [1-3]. Grading the severity of acute peritonitis h...

Introduction. Trichobezoars presents a rare form of bezoar made swallowed hair, with clinical manifestation gastric or intestinal obstruction, ulceration, bleeding, and perforation. It is predominantly found in emotionally disturbed mentally retarded youngsters, who eating their own hair which clinically known as trichophagia. Patients often deny makes diagnosis difficult. Case report. We are p...

Until now, taste was the only primary sensory modality for which the human central nervous system pathways were unknown. We report sensations evoked by stimulation at microampere current levels in the region of the human thalamic nucleus (ventralis caudalis parvocellularis internis) corresponding to the monkey taste relay nucleus. Stimulation in this region during awake neurosurgical procedures...

Pneumoperitoneum is not always associated with hollow viscus perforation. Such condition is called non-surgical or spontaneous pneumoperitoneum. Intrathoracic causes remain the most frequently reported mechanism inducing this potentially life threatening complication. This clinical condition is associated with therapeutic dilemma. We report a case of a massive isolated pneumoperitoneum causing ...

Abstract Peritoneum is a serosal membrane lining the solid viscera and hollow viscus of abdomen made single layer mesothelial cells. The most common primaries that spread to peritoneum include gastrointestinal, ovarian, colorectal, peritoneal metastases can be seen at some point during disease course in 15 43%, 60 70% 20% patients, respectively. Other malignancies involving such as primary carc...

OBJECTIVE To determine if computed tomographic (CT) scanning can be used to identify patients with blunt trauma, positive results of diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL), and a stable hemodynamic status who could be managed safely and cost-effectively without celiotomy. DESIGN Patients with blunt trauma who required an abdominal evaluation underwent DPL. Patients with a red blood cell count gre...

PURPOSE Upper cervical fractures can heal with conservative treatments such as halo-vest immobilization (HVI) and Minerva jackets without surgery. The most rigid of these, HVI, remains the most frequently used treatment in many centers despite its relatively high frequency of orthosis-related complications. We conducted this study to investigate the clinical outcome, effectiveness, patient sati...

Perforation of a hollow viscus is an acute abdominal drama and the accurate diagnosis highly depends on demonstration of free intra­pritoneal air. The importance of adequate examination in the demonstration of ,tiny amount ()ff air is stressed and the value of an upright chest film when the horizontal beam is tangential to the top of the diaphragm is mentioned. Before standing for chest x-ray t...