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Multidetector Computed Tomography Diagnosis of Gastric Volvulus through the Foramen of Morgagni

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2014
Morgagni hernia is considered to be the rarest form of all diaphragmatic hernias. It develops through a congenital defect in the retrosternal area.
Dr S. Lecouvet, B. Coulier, F. Pierard, M. Gogoase, J.P. Coppens, M. Van Hoof   +5 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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MRI Findings in People with Epilepsy and Nodding Syndrome in an Area Endemic for Onchocerciasis: An Observational Study. [PDF]

, 2013
Onchocerciasis has been implicated in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. The debate on a potential causal relationship between Onchocerca volvulus and epilepsy has taken a new direction in the light of the most recent epidemic of nodding syndrome. To document
Dharsee, J, Friedrich, K, Gotwald, T, Jilek-Aall, L, Kidunda, A, König, R, Matuja, W, Meindl, M, Müller, T H, Nassri, A, Schmutzhard, E, Velicheti, S, Winkler, A S   +12 more
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VOLVULUS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE. [PDF]

, 1902
ArthurH. Burgess
openalex   +1 more source

Stage-Specific Transcriptome and Proteome Analyses of the Filarial Parasite Onchocerca volvulus and Its Wolbachia Endosymbiont

mBio, 2016
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is a neglected tropical disease that has been successfully targeted by mass drug treatment programs in the Americas and small parts of Africa.
S. Bennuru, J. Cotton, J. Ribeiro, A. Grote, Bhavana Harsha, N. Holroyd, A. Mhashilkar, D. Molina, Arlo Z. Randall, Adam D. Shandling, T. Unnasch, E. Ghedin, M. Berriman, S. Lustigman, T. Nutman   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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Volvulus of the Small Intestine [PDF]

, 1892
F. Hobvay
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The role of sigmoidoscopy in thediagnosis and treatment of sigmoid volvulus

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Sigmoid volvulus (SV) is a rare form of acute intestinal obstruction in which the sigmoid colon wraps around itself. The disease generally presents as a mechanical bowel obstruction with clinical features that are not pathognomonic.
S. Atamanalp, R. Atamanalp
semanticscholar   +1 more source

FOUR CASES OF VOLVULUS ASSOCIATED WITH HERNIA. [PDF]

, 1909
R Lawford Knaggs
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