In this report, attention will be focused upon new or contraversial aspects of homotransplantation of the liver. Although interest in liver transplantation dates from Welch's first reports almost 10 years ago (1, 2), there was at first little justification from laboratory experimentation for hope that such a procedure had a therapeutic clinical potential. In the recent past, the outlook has mar...

Primary internal hernias are extremely rare in adults. They are an important cause of small intestinal obstruction and lead to high morbidity and mortality if left untreated. Clinical presentation of internal hernia is nonspecific. Imaging has been of limited utility in cases of acute intestinal obstruction; moreover, interpretation of imaging features is operator dependant. Thus, internal hern...

The illegal use of gutter oil (GO) as cooking is a serious food fraud problem in China and has raised widespread concerns. With the popular internet, Koubei, ordering app, launched campaign that every restaurant could pledge on platform it GO free. This paper evaluates whether consumers value GO-free feature reflected their willingness-to-pay (WTP) to claim. Results show claim receives positive...

Primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) of the liver are extremely rare. We report the case of a 77-year-old male with primary hepatic MPNST which demonstrated an aggressive clinical course with rapid growth after initial presentation and early recurrence with innumerable bilobar liver metastases, as well as abdominal soft tissue masses along the right paracolic gutter, within ...

Primary retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is an extremely rare tumor. Preoperative diagnosis is very diffi cult and the treatment remains controversial. A 37-year-old Korean woman (gravida 0) presented with a huge abdominal mass. Computed tomography scan revealed an 18 × 11 cm sized unilocular cyst with irregular wall thickening and solid component at right adnexa. Serum CA 19-9 was s...

Loose particles on impervious surfaces are an important carrier to transfer pesticides into residential runoff water and subsequently contribute to contamination of urban streams and estuaries by urban-use pesticides. However, data regarding levels of pesticide contamination in the runoff-transferable dusts are scarce and their runoff potential and toxicity impacts to urban watersheds still rem...