Nonobstructing Colonic Dilatation and Colon Perforations Following Renal Transplantation [PDF]
Nonobstructing colonic dilatation has not been commonly reported following renal transplantation, and colon perforations carry a high morbidity and mortality in this population.
Hakala, TR +5 more
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Current status of laboratory and imaging diagnosis of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis [PDF]
Necrotizing enterocolitis continues to be a devastating disease process for very low birth weight infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. The aetiology and pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis are not definitively understood.
Corsello G +9 more
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Endometriosis: A Rare Cause of Large Bowel Obstruction. [PDF]
Large bowel obstruction can result in significant morbidity and mortality, especially in cases of acute complete obstruction. There are many possible causes, the most common in adults being colorectal cancer.
Alexandrino, G +5 more
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Monomorphic epitheliotropic intestinal T-cell lymphoma (MEITL) is a rare and aggressive form of primary gastrointestinal T-cell lymphoma. Symptoms can vary but often include fever, abdominal pain, weight loss, diarrhea, obstruction, and perforation ...
Sanguk Ko, Sang Hyoung Park
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Liver transplantation before 1 year of age [PDF]
Since 1981, 20 infants younger than 1 year of age received 26 orthotopic liver transplants. Immunosuppression was with cyclosporine and corticosteroids. Thirteen (65%) of the reciplents were discharged from the hospital.
Ascher +18 more
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Abdominal Cocoon With Intestinal Perforation: A Case Report
Introduction: Abdominal cocoon is a very rare abdominal disease. Abdominal cocoon mainly leads to intestinal obstruction, and abdominal cocoon with gastrointestinal perforation is rare.Case Presentation: We report a 63-year-old man who was admitted to ...
Qiang Hu, Jianfeng Shi, Yuanshui Sun
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Reversibility of lymphomas and lymphoproliferative lesions developing under cyclosporin-steroid therapy [PDF]
Post-transplant lymphomas or other lymphoproliferative lesions, which were usually associated with Epstein-Barr virus infections, developed in 8, 4, 3, and 2 recipients, respectively, of cadaveric kidney, liver, heart, and heart-lung homografts ...
Atchison, RW +12 more
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Distal subgaleal-peritoneal shunt migration into the abdominal wall with subsequent formation of a pre-peritoneal pseudocyst: a rare complication. [PDF]
Distal ventriculo-peritoneal shunt migration and extra-peritoneal CSF pseudocyst formation are unusual complications of shunt placement. We present a 65-year-old-female who received a subgaleal-peritoneal shunt to decompress a post-surgical subgaleal ...
Carmel, Peter W +4 more
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Neonatal Intestinal Perforation—A Rare Complication of Small Bowel Hemangioma
Intestinal perforation is an extremely rare complication of hemangioma of the small intestine in the neonatal period. This is a case report of a 27-days-old male infant who presented with signs and symptoms of acute intestinal obstruction.
Nasser Shukri +4 more
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Cervical esophagotomy for removal of an ingested clam shell: a very uncommon foreign body ingestion [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To report the removal of an ingested clam shell that was firmly impacted in the esophagus. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION: A 77-year-old man presented at our hospital with acute dysphagia after eating a seafood risotto.
Balducci, Genoveffa +4 more
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