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Prenatal MRI Detection of Fetal Small Intestinal Volvulus: The Black-and-White and Coffee-Bean Signs. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT A rare case of fetal small intestinal volvulus was diagnosed prenatally using MRI, with characteristic black‐and‐white and coffee‐bean signs. Early diagnosis led to timely surgical intervention and a favorable outcome.
Nakamura M, Sato H, Kakui K.
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Internal Hernia and Volvulus in an Adult Male Caused by Meckel’s Diverticulum: A Case Report

Medicina, 2021
Background: Meckel’s diverticulum is a common congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract encountered in about 1–3% of the general population. Although most patients remain asymptomatic, a minority will experience serious complications such as ...
Konstantinos Sapalidis, Christina Sevva, Vasiliki Magra, Vasiliki Manaki, Charilaos Koulouris, Panagiota Roulia, Athanasios Katsaounis, Despoina Vasileiou, Stelian Pantea, Isaak Kesisoglou   +9 more
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Point-of-Care Ultrasonography as an Extension of the Physical Examination for Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department: The Diagnosis of Small-Bowel Volvulus as a Rare Complication after Changing the Feeding Jejunostomy Tube

Diagnostics, 2022
Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) has become the most popular modality of testing for physicians in recent years and is used for improving the quality of care and increasing patient safety.
Tse-Chyuan Wong, Rhu-Chia Tan, Jian-Xun Lu, Tzu-Heng Cheng, Wei-Jun Lin, Te-Fa Chiu, Shih-Hao Wu   +6 more
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Caecal volvulus in a twin pregnancy: dilemma of a delayed diagnosis [PDF]

New Indian Journal of OBGYN, 2020
Intestinal obstruction during pregnancy is rare. I present a case in which a woman of 37 years 18th weeks of twin gestation presented with 4 days intermittent abdominal pain with constipation.
Harjit Singh Dhaliwal
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Development of Onchocerca volvulus in humanized NSG mice and detection of parasite biomarkers in urine and serum. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: The study of Onchocerca volvulus has been limited by its host range, with only humans and non-human primates shown to be susceptible to the full life cycle infection.
Abraham, David, Bennuru, Sasisekhar, Eberhard, Mark L., Hess Ligas, Jessica A., Lustigman, Sara, Nutman, Thomas B., Patton, John B., Torigian, April R.   +7 more
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Gallbladder Volvulus [PDF]

HPB Surgery, 1992
A case of torsion of the gallbladder is presented. This is a rare condition that occurs more frequently in elderly females, it is associated with anatomical variants related to abnormal fixation of the gallbladder to the liver bed. It is usually diagnosed at laparotomy and treatment consists of cholecystectomy.
Gonzalez-Fisher, Ricardo F., Vargas-Ramirez, Lourdes, Rescala-Baca, Elias, Dergal-Badue, Elias   +3 more
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Co-infection with Onchocerca volvulus and Loa loa microfilariae in central Cameroon: are these two species interacting? [PDF]

, 2006
Ivermectin treatment may induce severe adverse reactions in some individuals heavily infected with Loa loa. This hampers the implementation of mass ivermectin treatment against onchocerciasis in areas where Onchocerca volvulus and L.
Basáñez, M-G, Boussinesq, M, Clarke, P, Filipe, JAN, Gardon, J, Kamgno, J, Pion, SDS   +6 more
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Role of Gastrografin Contrast Study in Intestinal Obstruction [PDF]

International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2017
Introduction: Intestinal obstruction is complete or partial blockage of intestinal tract. The main causes for the obstruction are either mechanical such as adhesions, inflammation, tumours, volvulus, and hernia or nonmechanical such as paralytic ...
Rachan Lal Singla, Bimaljot Singh, Ashwani Kumar, Paras Kumar Pandove, Ashish Khandelwal   +4 more
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The therapeutic efficacy and macrofilaricidal activity of doxycycline for the treatment of river blindness [PDF]

, 2014
Background. Onchocerca volvulus and lymphatic filariae, causing river blindness and elephantiasis, depend on endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria for growth, development, fertility, and survival.
Achim Hoerauf, Agwuh, Basáñez, Basáñez, Bosshardt, Cattamanchi, Chib, Churcher, de Andrade, Debrah, Duke, Duke, Gardon, Gelman, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Mand, Mark J. Taylor, Martin Walker, María-Gloria Basáñez, Norton, Osei-Atweneboana, Plaisier, Plaisier, Roberts, Sabine Specht, Specht, Tamarozzi, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Thomas S. Churcher, van Rie, Wanji, Wearing, World Health Organization, Xia   +43 more
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Perinatal Survival of a Fetus with Intestinal Volvulus and Intussusception: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2013
Fetal intestinal volvulus is a rare life-threatening condition. Late diagnosis of volvulus contributes to high rate of morbidity and mortality. It has variable degrees of presentation and survival.
Esohe Ohuoba, Gary Fruhman, Oluyinka Olutoye, Nikolaos Zacharias   +3 more
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