TWO CASES OF CONFLUENCE STONE

Two Rare Cases of Stone

16th, and fifty-two small stones were found, from the size of a mustard seed to that of a pea. II.?Sawai. Hindu, female child, aged five, was admitted on 12th December, with severe symptoms of stone. The urine was mixed with and followed by a copious purulent discharge. I examined her bladder on admission, and, detecting a stone, I requested the Sub-assistant Surgeon to dilate the urethra witli...

Two More Cases of Stone in a Prolapsed Bladder

Two cases of common bile duct stone after liver transplantation.

Biliary complications after orthotopic liver transplants are a continuing cause of morbidity and mortality. Biliary stones and sludge are less well known complications of hepatic transplantation, although they have long been recognized. Recently we experienced two cases of biliary stones developed after liver transplantation. One 32-year-old male, who frequently admitted due to recurrent cholan...

A report of two cases of pyknodysostosis in two children

pyknodysostosis is a rare bone disease characterzed with short stature,wide fontaneles,small chin,hyperdensity of bones,erosion of tufts of the disatl phalanges,and narrowing of the mandibular angle. pyknodysostosis is inheritted as an autosomal recessive disease and may be seen in both sexes at any age.the patients have normal life span.short stature and bone fractures are their major problems...

Sarcopenic obesity: the confluence of two epidemics.

The two greatest epidemiological trends of our times are the aging of the population and the obesity epidemic (1). Each of these trends has important effects on body composition, morbidity, and mortality. Aging causes a progressive loss of muscle mass and strength, independent of any disease process, called sarcopenia, from the Greek for “poverty of flesh” (2). Sarcopenia is an important cause ...