pistachio green stink bug, acrosternum hegeeri, due to its inflicting damages on crop quantity and quality, is of a great economical importance in pistachio production. on the other hand, a knowledge of digestive enzymes, is quite indispensable in the study and application of new pest management technologies. results of studeies have shown that midgut in this insect is divided into four section...

We report 37 patients ranging in age from 1 month to 14 years treated for intestinal malrotation during a five year period. The main presenting features consisted of intermittent attacks of vomiting (15 patients), failure to thrive (seven), and recurrent colicky abdominal pain (seven). The diagnosis was confirmed by gastrointestinal contrast studies in all but three patients. A standard Ladd's ...

DESCRIPTION A preterm neonate weighing 1360 g was born at 33+2 weeks’ gestation with severe polyhydramnios. She was transferred, directly after delivery, to our neonatal intensive care unit presenting with distended upper abdomen and vomiting. A plain film of the abdomen (figure 1) was performed with the suspicion of duodenal atresia and showed a markedly distended stomach (S) and proximal duod...

The newborn with intestinal obstruction can elicit unease in many radiologists and neonatologists. The clinical presentation may be nonspecific, with bilious or nonbilious vomiting, abdominal distension, and often failure to pass meconium evident. The etiology of neonatal intestinal obstruction could lie anywhere from esophagus to anus. Some disorders, such as malrotation with midgut volvulus, ...

Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is not uncommon in patient with chronic autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), but usually remains latent. Here, we report a case of renal tubular acidosis RTA who presented with AIH. She was also diagnosed to have partial bowel malrotation. A 9-year-old girl, a case of distal RTA, presented with jaundice, abdominal distension and altered sensorium. She was diagnosed to be AIH...

Introduction Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury is one of the most serious surgical conditions in paediatrics. Neonates may suffer necrotising enterocolitis (NJ% intussusception, midgut volvulus and strangulated intestinal hernia. The most common cause of morbidity and mortality in necrotising enterocolitis is multiple organ failure, especially involving the liver. It has been demonstr...