We report a unique case of transmesenteric hernia resulting in death, which went undiagnosed during a recent hospital visit. The victim was a 2.5-year-old girl who - with the exception of chronic constipation - had no medical history. One night she complained of abdominal pains and was taken to a pediatric hospital where doctors performed an abdominal X-ray and echography. No significant findin...

The aim of this study was to investigate the spatiotemporal development of autonomic nerve fibers and primordial germ cells (PGCs) along their migratory route from the dorsal mesentery to the gonadal ridges in human embryos using immunohistochemical markers and electron microscopy. Autonomic nerve fibers in the dorsal mesentery, the pre-aortic and para-aortic plexuses and in the gonadal ridge w...

A 29-year-old man presented with dull abdominal pain and a lump occupying almost the entire abdomen, four months after a fall from a height. Ultrasonography revealed a cystic lesion with debris occupying almost the entire abdomen. Diagnostic tap revealed brownish fluid. Exploration revealed a huge thick-walled cyst of the sigmoid mesocolon, which could be enucleated out entirely. Histology sugg...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how changes in the plasma skimming coefficient affect the hemoconcentration within blood vessel networks. Due to the differences in plasma and red blood cells (RBCs) phases, the RBCs tend to flow at a different rate causing a difference in hematocrit concentration at a bifurcation in a network. This can be quite important when looking into how efficie...

BACKGROUND Desmoid-type fibromatosis (DF) is a rare entity that predominantly involves the extremities, the trunk, and the abdominal cavity. It is a non-metastasizing, sporadic mesenchymal tumor with high tendency to recurrence and often is categorized as low-grade sarcoma. CASE REPORT We present here an extremely rare case of a mesenteric desmoid tumor (DT). A 40-year-old man presented to ou...

Background: Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic, systemic mycotic disease caused by a yeast of Cryptococcus neoformans. These pathogens cause serious public health problems, as they can be transmitted to humans, domestic and wild animals. In cats dogs, the main site infection upper lower respiratory tract, however, extend affect other sites in organism, peritoneal manifestation rare. Thus, prese...

Mesenteric neurilemmoma is extremely rare. We present a case of a 45-year-old man with mesenteric neurilemmoma, with CT, MRI and angiographic findings. The patient was healthy and had had no symptoms previously. CT and MRI images revealed a 2.2-cm well-defined, soft-tissue mass adjacent to the posterior border of the left lobe of the liver. The tumor mass displayed a heterogenous low signal on ...

INTRODUCTION Sclerosing mesenteritis is a rare disease resembling a mesenteric tumour. We present here a case of sclerosing mesenteritis that affected both the large and the small intestine of the patient. Therapeutic and diagnostic issues are discussed. CASE PRESENTATION A 62-year-old man with a history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma presented with fatigue, a palpable tender abdominal mass and clin...

Continuous infusion of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) into conscious rats elicits regionally selective cardiovascular disturbances. The aim of the present study was to assess contractile function in different vascular preparations (renal, mesenteric, and thoracic aorta) taken from rats infused with LPS for 2 or 24 h. Sustained responses to continuous infusion of methoxamine but not to KCl were reduce...