A 76-year-old woman with systemic sclerosis, who had been treated with antibiotics for lung suppuration for 4 weeks, complained of abdominal pain. Abdominal X-rays showed intestinal distension and hepatic portal gas (Figure 1). Plain abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans revealed the presence of gas in the superior mesenteric vein and portal vein, and pneumatosis intestinalis (Figure 2a and ...

A 6-year-old intact male Jindo dog was presented for reduced appetite, depression, and tympanic abdominal distension. Abdominal radiographs showed severe pneumoperitoneum an intestinal mass. Computed tomography revealed massive associated with perforation, cervical thoracoabdominal wall emphysema, pneumomediastinum, pneumoretroperitoneum, pneumoscrotum, peritonitis. Surgery confirmed a ruptured...

IgM 5-6 gll. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed multiple cysts in the liver 2-3 cm diameter and cysts in the spleen and posterior abdominal wall. Pulmonary cysts were seen on chest radiography. She began treatment with mebendazole, the dose increasing to 250 mg thrice daily. On the tenth day she became unwell, with a swinging fever and pleuritic left upper-quadrant abdominal pain. This a...

INTRODUCTION Tension pneumoperitoneum is defined as the massive accumulation of air in the peritoneal cavity, which results in a sudden increase in intraabdominal pressure. Various iatrogenic procedures are responsible for this complication. We herein report a case of tension pneumoperitoneum resulting from upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. CASE DESCRIPTION A 45-y-old man was referred to our...

A 55-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with complaints of abdominal pain, abdominal distension, retching, vomiting, and constipation for 3 days. There was no history of fever. Clinical examination revealed tender and distended abdomen with no palpable mass. Ultrasonography was inconclusive due to abdominal distension by extensive gut gases. Contrast-enhanced computed tomograp...

In order to test the hypothesis that negative feedback signals from abdominal receptors are integrated in an additive manner in the control of voluntary food intake, cows with rumen fistulas were given intraruminal infusions of sodium acetate or sodium propionate, or both, with or without distension of the rumen by balloon. Intakes were monitored during the 3 h experimental period and for 2 h a...

They might be presented in the greater or lesser omentum and are lined by endothelium. Omental cysts may occur in all age groups and discovered incidentally during imaging studies or during laparotomy for another conditions. Clinical presentation may be chronic in which there may be gradual abdominal distension or it may present in acute form in which there is acute pain, distension, fever, vom...

mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the pancreas is rare. here, a 63-year-old woman with left upper abdominal pain and abdominal distension is presented. her mucoepidermoid carcinoma was located at the left upper abdomen, arising from the pancreatic body and tail without invasion of pancreatic capsule. on pathologic examination, the tumor consisted of three types of cells, the majority being poorly dif...

To the Editor: A 58‐year‐old man was presented with the complaints of epigastric pain, nonbilious vomiting, and progressive distension of the abdomen for the last 1 month. There was no significant history. Physical examination was within normal limit except abdominal distension with hyperactive peristalsis. Laboratory examinations were normal except blood urea nitrogen: 35 mg/dl, creatinine: 1....