Foreign body obstruction of the small colon in foals

Sa290 Gastrointestinal Foreign Body Obstruction in Dogs

Overview GI obstructions are a common cause of vomiting in patients seen in clinical practice. Causes of anatomic obstruction include foreign bodies (linear or nonlinear), pyloroantral hypertrophic disease, polyps, intussusception, intramural masses (neoplasia, granulomatous enteritis, phycomycosis, satrictures, hematoma), and extramural compression (adhesions, strangulation, volvulus). Functio...

critical period effects in foreign language learning:the influence of maturational state on the acquisition of reading,writing, and grammar in english as a foreign language

since the 1960s the age effects on learning both first and second language have been explored by many linguists and applied linguists (e.g lennerberg, 1967; schachter, 1996; long, 1990) and the existence of critical period for language acquisition was found to be a common ground of all these studies. in spite of some common findings, some issues about the impacts of age on acquiring a second or...

[Foreign body of the small intestine].

Case Presentation This adult was working on a ladder during a home restoration project. She placed the bit in her mouth while changing the screwdriver bit, then fell from the ladder and inadvertently swallowed the bit. In the emergency room, her review of systems and laboratories were unremarkable. Imaging revealed the bit to be within the duodenal lumen and after four days of serial xrays, the...

Achalasia of the oesophagus presenting as foreign body obstruction.

A 15 year old boy with profound weight loss was found to have foreign body obstruction of the lower oesophagus. Achalasia was subsequently diagnosed and there was rapid gain in weight and height after oesophagomyotomy .

An unusual foreign body in the transverse colon.