Methods A male patient, who was 14 years old at that time, applied to the emergency department 4 years ago with right sided hemiplegia, right sided hemianopsia and disarticulated speech. Cranial MRI showed T2 and flair hyperintensities on optic tractus and chiasma opticum. This finding was consistent with either neoplastic diseases or aggressive inflamatory processes. Lomber punction revealed n...

We describe the case of a 29-year-oldman who presented to the emergency room complaining of sudden and severe abdominal pain for 3 days. Evaluation on admission revealed low blood pressure, an increased heart rate, and tachypnea. Abdominal examination revealed a positive Blumberg sign and an abdominal radiograph showed pneumoperitoneum requiring urgent surgical evaluation. In the operating room...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare temperatures measured at three different sites where a nasopharyngeal temperature probe is commonly placed. METHODS Eighty elective abdominal surgical patients were enrolled. After anesthesia induction, four temperature probes were placed at the nasal cavity, upper portion of the nasopharynx, oropharynx, and the esophagus. The placement of t...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Goldenhar's syndrome is a polymalformative condition consisting of a craniofacial dysostosis that determines difficult airway in up to 40% of cases. We described a case of a newborn with Goldenhar's syndrome with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula who underwent repair surgery. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 24-h-old newborn with Goldenhar's syndrom...

Neoplasms of skeletal muscle origin are very rare in the rat. Recently, we experienced a case of rhabdomyosarcoma as a white mass involving the junction of the esophagus and stomach in the abdominal cavity of a 12-month-old female Donryu rat. Histopathologically, the neoplastic cells composing the mass invasively spreaded from the lamina propia to the tunica serosa in the stomach as well as the...

A 71-year-old man suddenly developed abdominal pain and vomiting on drinking soda after a meal, and visited a physician. Cervical subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysemas were observed on CT, and the patient was transferred to the emergency medical center of our hospital on the same day. Esophagography was performed at our department. A ruptured region was identified on the left side of the lowe...

Lesions occur in hepatogastric gap is common, but most of these lesions are from stomach, lower esophagus and pancreas lesions extending or transferring to the gap. Lesions occurred in the hepatogastric ligament are rare, especially bronchogenic cysts in the hepatogastric ligament. So far, there were no relevant cases reported. Here, we report a case of bronchogenic cyst in the hepatogastric li...

A case of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing hepatoid adenocarcinoma in association with Barrett's esophagus with multiple liver metastases, responding to chemotherapy, is reported. A 47-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain after subtotal esophagectomy for an esophageal adenocarcinoma in association with Barrett's esophagus, and was diagnosed as having multiple liver tum...

PURPOSE We investigated late effects of caustic lye injury on esophageal smooth muscle reactivity in the rat model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into two groups. Through a median laparatomy incision, abdominal esophageal segment was isolated. Orogastric and gastric (via gastrotomy) catheters were placed and tied over the isolated esophageal segment. Saline (0.9%...