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Concurrent occurrence of a wandering spleen, organoaxial gastric volvulus, pancreatic volvulus, and cholestasis – A rare cause of an acute abdomen

Radiology Case Reports, 2019
The concurrence of wandering spleen, organoaxial gastric volvulus, and pancreatic volvulus is very rare. They have been associated with symptoms such as severe abdominal pain, abdominal distention, and vomiting. However, the diagnosis remains complicated
George Asafu Adjaye Frimpong, MD, E. Aboagye, BSc, N.K. Ayisi-Boateng, MD, MBChB, K. Antwi, MD, FGCPS, K.A. Bawuah, MD, MBChB, N.E. Coleman, BSc, A.W. Nunoo, BSc, D.B. Danso, BSc, M. Amoah, MD, MBChB, B. Kwofie, BSc   +9 more
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The macrofilaricidal efficacy of repeated doses of ivermectin for the treatment of river blindness [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin is the cornerstone of efforts to eliminate human onchocerciasis by 2020 or 2025. The feasibility of elimination crucially depends on the effects of multiple ivermectin doses on Onchocerca ...
Basáñez, Maria-Gloria, Boussinesq, Michel, Chesnais, Cédric, Chippaux, Jean-Philippe, Ernould, Jean-Christophe, Fang, Hanwei, Garcia, André, Gardon, J., Kamgno, Joseph, Pion, Sébastien, Ranque, Stephane, Tchatchueng-Mbougua, Jules Brice, Walker, Martin   +12 more
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Ivermectin for onchocercal eye disease (river blindness).

, 2012
BACKGROUND: It is believed that ivermectin (a microfilaricide) could prevent blindness due to onchocerciasis. However, when given to everyone in communities where onchocerciasis is common, the effects of ivermectin on lesions affecting the eye are ...
Ejere, Henry OD, Evans, Jennifer R, Schwartz, Ellen, Wormald, Richard   +3 more
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Evidence of suppression of onchocerciasis transmission in the Venezuelan Amazonian focus. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has set goals for onchocerciasis elimination in Latin America by 2015. Most of the six previously endemic countries are attaining this goal by implementing twice a year (and in some foci, quarterly) mass ...
Basanez, MG, Borges, D, Botto, C, Camacho, O, Coronel, P, Cortez, J, Escalona, M, Flores, J, Frontado, H, Graterol, B, Grillet, ME, Guerra, F, Margeli, H, Morales, AL, Noya-Alarcón, O, Rodriguez, MA, Ríos, D, Tovar, Y, Unnasch, TR, Villamizar, NJ, Vivas-Martínez, S   +20 more
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Gastric volvulus [PDF]

Indian Journal of Surgery, 2010
Bhushan N, Wani, Suhas, Jajoo
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Colonoscopic decompression of childhood sigmoid and cecal volvulus

The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2018
Cases of colonic volvulus in children are infrequently described in the literature. Here we describe the case of three patients with colonic volvulus. The first patient was a 10-year-old girl with abdominal dilation and pain and no bowel movement for 48 ...
Iraj Shahramian, Ali Bazi, Danial Ebadati, Karim Rostami, Mojtaba Delaramnasab   +4 more
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Giant mesenteric lymphatic malformation presenting as small bowel volvulus [PDF]

, 2014
Abdominal pain with bilious emesis is an ominous clinical presentation with many possible causes. We describe a previously healthy 4-year-old boy who presented with these symptoms and ultrasound findings of fluid throughout most of the abdominal cavity ...
Cauley, Christy E., Goldstein, Allan M., Sagar, Pallavi, Spencer, Philip J.   +3 more
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Gastrointestinal duplications: Experience in seven children and a review of the literature

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2010
Background/Aim: Enteric duplication (ED) is a rare congenital anomaly that can occur anywhere along the alimentary tract from the mouth , down to the anus and the nearby organs.
Olajide Abdur-Rahman, Yisau Abdulkadir, Abdulraseed Nasir, Kashim Ibrahim, Olaniyi Adeniran, Morohunfade Adesiyun   +5 more
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Blood and Peritoneal Lactate, Ratio and Difference, and Peritoneal Lactate to Total Solids Ratio for Detection of Intestinal Strangulating Obstructions in Horses

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Background The effectiveness of the peritoneal fluid L‐lactate‐to‐total solids ratio (PFL:PFTS) as a diagnostic marker for strangulating lesions of the small intestine (SI) and large colon (LC) has not been investigated.
Leonardo A. Parra‐Moyano, Alejandro Cedeño, Shannon Darby, Jessica P. Johnson, Diego E. Gomez   +4 more
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Gastric volvulus: modern aspects of diagnosis and treatment

Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal
Aim. To determine the optimal surgical treatment strategy for gastric volvulus in patients with paraesophageal hernias and to evaluate the effectiveness of different surgical techniques, specifically fundoplication versus gastropexy.
O. Yu. Usenko, O. S. Tyvonchuk, I. V. Babii, S. V. Ivchenko   +3 more
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