Recurrent acute pancreatitis in bowel malrotation.

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis and Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis

Drugs are a rare cause of pancreatitis. Whereas some drugs are well known to induce an attack of pancreatitis, some people may be more prone to develop pancreatitis because of personal susceptibility. We describe a recurrent case of acute pancreatitis after administration of several drugs in a patient with intestinal inflammatory bowel disease that needed to be treated with subsequent antiinfla...

Malrotation beyond infancy.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this work was to study the various presentations of malrotation and management in patients older than 1 year. MATERIALS AND METHODS Medical records of patients operated on over the last 6 years who were older than 1 year with a diagnosis of intestinal malrotation were evaluated retrospectively. Data about age at presentation, sex, presenting symptoms, time to diagnosis, r...

Acute Intestinal Obstruction: A Rare Aetiology

Internal herniation of small intestine is a very rare entity, and it poses a real diagnostic challenge clinically. Recurrent entrapment of the bowel may lead to partial to complete intestinal obstruction and eventually strangulation of the small bowel. Of this rare clinical entity, left paraduodenal hernia is more common. High index of suspicion with prompt management may prevent bowel strangul...

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis: A Diagnostic Clue to Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Multivisceral Transplantation: Introducing a Therapeutic Option for End-Stage Short Bo- wel Syndrome With Combined Organ Failure

Aim: To report an exemplary series of selected multivisceral transplants (MVTx), partly including right kidney and ascending colon in patients with complicated end-stage short bowel syndrome (SBS). Methods: Three patients suffering from short bowel syndrome and massive adhesions after multiple abdominal operations (“frozen abdomen”) due to fistulizing Crohn ́s disease (CD), malrotation, and trau...