Diverticula of the intestine may be divided into the true and the false. By a true diverticulum is understood one the walls of which are composed of the entire thickness of the intestine; the false diverticulum, on the other hand, is a hernia of the mucosa and submucosa through the muscular wall (yon Rokitansky (1), Leichtenstern (2), Birch-Hirschfeld (3), Orth (34), Itansemann (4), and others)...

Isolated congenital ventricular diverticulum or aneurysm is rare and usually arises from the left ventricle. The presentation of this condition is diverse. We report three cases of isolated congenital left ventricular diverticula. The age range was 17-30 years. Chest X-ray provided the earliest clinical suspicion in these three cases of a cardiac anomaly which was diagnosed by echocardiography ...

Introduction The Meckel’s diverticulum or diverticulum ilei is the most common unusual congenital condition of gastrointestinal tract. It is present in fetal life as the vitello-intestinal duct, which usually disappears later in seventh week of gestational period. The incidence of Meckel’s diverticulum in the general population has been estimated to be about 2% [1]. Reports from autopsy and ret...

Lemmel syndrome is a rare entity that causes biliary obstruction due to compression of the common bile duct by periampullary diverticulum. It can manifest as acute cholangitis and often underdiagnosed. However, once identified, it be successfully treated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, being one most used methods. should considered in elderly patients diagnosis duodenal div...

Reopening of the ductus arteriosus after successful indomethacin-induced closure has become a major problem with indomethacin treatment. In full-term human newborns and lambs, the ductus behaves like ischemic tissue after its initial constriction. Its ability to continue to relax or contract depends on the amount of left-to-right shunt through the ductus lumen. To see if ductus constriction in ...

A previously healthy 43-year-old woman presentedwithatypical chest discomfort. On physical examination, no abnormal findings were obtained. The electrocardiogram was not suggestive of ischaemia. Echocardiography revealed an aneurysm extending from the left ventricular posterior wall (Panel C). This pouch showed paradoxical contraction with a relatively thin wall. No thrombus was seen in the lef...

Reopening of the ductus arteriosus after successful indomethacin-induced closure has become a major problem with indomethacin treatment. In full-term human newborns and lambs, the ductus behaves like ischemic tissue after its initial constriction. Its ability to continue to relax or contract depends on the amount of left-to-right shunt through the ductus lumen. To see if ductus constriction in ...

OBJECTIVE: Early diagnosis of significant patent ductus arteriosus reduces the risk of clinical worsening in very low birth weight infants. Echocardiographic patent ductus arteriosus shunt flow pattern can be used to predict significant patent ductus arteriosus. Pulmonary venous flow, expressed as vein velocity time integral, is correlated to ductus arteriosus closure. The aim of this study is ...

BACKGROUND Duodenal diverticulum is a little-known pathology. The duodenum represents second place in frequency for the presence of diverticula in the digestive tract after the colon. Duodenal diverticulum as a cause of hemorrhage of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract has been described as an infrequent complication, although it must be considered in patients with digestive hemorrhage withou...

A 14-month-old premature infant with a large, tubular, patent ductus arteriosus was under periodic follow-up. On ultrasound study, the ductus was seen to vary in diameter, but the persistent dilation of the left chambers and failure of the patient to thrive led us to present her for percutaneous closure. Before attempting to cross the ductus, descending aorta (Ao) angiography with a pigtail cat...