Zenker’s diverticulum is a rare disease occurring in less than 0.5% of the global population. Currently, the diverticuloscope-assisted diverticulotomy represents the traditional procedure, the diverticuloscope enabling better exposure of the muscular fibers. Although effective and safer than surgery, this technique could be complicated by perforation, which is reported in as many as 6.5 % of pa...

A 35-year old male, presented with 3 months history of intermittent sciatica involving the right lower extremity. There was no history of trauma or intra muscular injection. Results of neurological examination included a negative right sided Lasègue’s sign, an absent right Achilles tendon reflex, and decreased pinprick sense in the right S-1 distribution. Non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NS...

An analysis was made of histopathological developments in femur head cartilage in a group of Wistar rats receiving a daily intra-muscular injection of 2.5 mg prednisolone. This group was divided into four experimental batches, each consisting of 6 rats. Batches were sacrificed at 15, 30, 60 and 90 days after the start of the experiment. Degeneration of the femur head cartilage was observed from...

The microscopic vascular pattern of the rumina! wall of the sheep was studied by means of an India ink injection method followed by clarification in methyl salicylate. Both the epithelium and the tunica muscularis receive blood from a submucosal arterial plexus. Yenules arise from the lower regions or bases of the papillae as well as from an inter-muscular plexus. These join the submucosal veno...

The pyriformis syndrome is a rare entrapment neuropathy in which the sciatic nerve is compromised by the pyriformis muscle or other local structures. It is an important cause of buttock pain that may often be accompanied by sciatica. The pain is usually increased by muscular contraction, palpation or prolonged sitting. The diagnosis relies on the clinical presentation and the electromyelography...

Abstract Introduction Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is caused by compression of the median nerve at wrist. It accounts for 90% all entrapment neuropathies, with a 7-16% in UK. has significant impact on patients’ daily lives. Clinically, CTS results paraesthesia, while extreme cases may involve muscular atrophy and weakness. There currently disparity between optimal treatments CTS. Therefore, thi...

Methods From April 2012 to May 2014, 84 consecutive patients (age=38,6 ± 13,6 years) with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) and 12 control subjects underwent cardiac magnetic imaging (MRI) on a 3-T clinical scanner (Magnetom Trio Tim, Siemens Healthcare). T1 maps and apparent extracellular volume fraction (appECV) preand post-GdDOTA injection was performed with a prototype modified Look-Locker se...

Delayed gastric emptying can be due to muscular, neural, or humoral abnormalities. In the absence of an identified cause, gastroparesis is labelled as idiopathic. We present the case of a patient with severe idiopathic gastroparesis. Pharmacological approaches failed, as well as reduction in gastric emptying resistance with pyloric injection of botulinum toxin and pyloroplasty. Therefore, subto...

spinal muscular atrophies (smas) represent a rare group of inherited disorders that cause progressive degeneration of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord. the exact cause of the degeneration is unknown. loss of these cells results in a progressive lower motor neuron disease that has no sensory involvement and that is manifested as hypotonia, weakness, and progressive paralysis. kugelberg...