Presentamos el caso de una mujer de 86 años con una hernia espigeliana complicada por la
oclusión intestinal, cuyo diagnóstico se basó en semiología y tomografía computarizada. En
la anamnesis, informó dolor en la fosa ilíaca derecha asociada con los vómitos. El examen
físico mostró una masa d...
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a rare autosomal dominant polyposis entity that often remains undiagnosed. The major problems associated with PJS are acute complications due to (i) polyp-related intestinal obstruction, (ii) intussusception, and (iii) the risk of cancer in the long-term. We report the cas...
The objective was to study the effect of mechanical intestinal obstruction in rats on the phenotype of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC). Healthy Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham-operation group (C), one day obstruction group (M1), two days obstruction group (M2), and three days obstruction gr...
Abstract We present a case of a 71-year-old man with an advanced melanoma of the right colon. The final diagnosis was determined based on histopathological examination of the material collected during urgent laparotomy performed due to ileus. Although we considered the tumor to be a disseminated primary ...
A mucosa gástrica ectópica localizada no intestino delgado, distal ao ligamento de Treitz é muito rara, excetuando-se a encontrada habitualmente no divertículo de Meckel e na duplicaçao intestinal. Existem formas congênita e adquirida, sendo esta última secundária à processos inflamatórios inte...
