The diagnosis of a hiatus hernia (HH) is typically confirmed with an upper gastrointestinal barium
X-ray, gastroscopy or upper-intestinal endoscopy. In several cases, HH has been diagnosed with an
echocardiogram. We here describe a case of an HH visible on an echocardiogram in a male patient with
chest p...
RESUMEN El doble píloro es una comunicación anormal entre el antro gástrico y el bulbo duodenal y representa un raro hallazgo endoscópico. Se presentó un paciente de 80 años de edad, con antecedentes de hipertensión arterial, fumador inveterado, tomador de aspirina, que presentó melena aproximada...
Píloro/anomalías,
Píloro/fisiopatología,
Píloro/diagnóstico por imagen,
Endoscopía Gastrointestinal/métodos,
Inhibidores de la Bomba de Protones/uso terapéutico,
Úlcera Duodenal/diagnóstico por imagen,
Divertículo del Colon/diagnóstico por imagen,
Hipertensión/diagnóstico,
Fumadores,
Aspirina/uso terapéutico,
Melena/diagnóstico,
Enema Opaco/métodos
ABSTRACT Background: Researches on Chagas disease still use several animals and rats, due to size and susceptibility were preferred by many authors. Aim: To develop an experimental model of megacolon in rats inoculated with the strain Y of Trypanosoma cruzi. Methods: Thirty male Wistar rats were dis...
ABSTRACT Background: Hirschsprung's disease is the most common cause of pediatric intestinal obstruction. Contrast enema is used for evaluation of the patients with its diagnosis. Aim: To evaluate sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of radiologic findings ...
La invaginación intestinal idiopática es la causa más frecuente de abdomen agudo en el lactante. El tratamiento de elección es el médico, siempre que cumpla los criterios de inclusión, por ser menos invasivo, presentar menos complicaciones, menor costo, al compararlo con el tratamiento quirúrgico....
Objetivo: a ptose do cólon foi definida em 1922 por Cannon como rebaixamento do segmento transverso, em forma de V, podendo estender-se até o nível pélvico, sendo que quanto mais agudos forem os ângulos das flexuras esplênica e hepática, maior será a gravidade da sintomatologia, que inclui flatul...
: A rare complication of diverticulosis of the colon is a giant colonic diverticulum. The condition was first described in French literature in 1946 and English literature in 1953. We communicate four personal cases including diagnosis by different modalities, evolution and surgical treatment, photograph...
