Wandering spleen is a rare clinical condition characterized by ectopic position of the spleen due to abnormal peritoneal attachments including the lienorenal and gastrosplenic ligaments (1). Wandering spleen and intestinal malrotation share a common cause: the absence of an intraperitoneal visceral ligament (2). Wandering spleen presents a wide range of clinical manifestations, from incidental ...

A 41-year-old male with a history of Down’s syndrome, seizure disorder, renal calculi, and chronic respiratory failure was admitted for complicated urinary tract infection. Chest X-ray (Fig. 1) showed elevated right hemidiaphragm. CT abdomen (red arrows Figs. 2 and 3) demonstrated interposition of colon between right hemidiaphragm and liver (Chilaiditi sign) as well as gallstones. Chilaiditi si...

• Intraarticular lengths of semitendinous autografts change intraoperatively during double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Anterior reconstructions with semitendinosus and suspensory femoral fixation devices induce intraarticular length changes the grafts. A posterolateral bundle is larger than that anteromedial intraoperative knee flexion. The (AMB) (PLB) motion in (ACL) Howe...

Oxytalan fibers are distributed in the eye and periodontal ligaments (PDL). The ciliary zonule, known as Zinn's zonule, in the eye is composed of oxytalan fibers, which are bundles of microfibrils consisting mainly of fibrillin-1 and fibrillin-2. As turnover of oxytalan fibers is slow during life, their degradation mechanism remains unclarified. This study was performed to examine degradation p...

The ciliary zonule in the eye, also known as Zinn's zonule, is composed of oxytalan fibers, which are bundles of microfibrils consisting mainly of fibrillin-1. However, it is still unclear which of the microfibril-associated molecules present in the ciliary zonule controls oxytalan fibers. Microfibril-associated glycoprotein-1 (MAGP-1) is the only microfibril-associated molecule identified in t...

We follow the evolution of fermion pairing in the dimensional crossover from three-dimensional to two-dimensional as a strongly interacting Fermi gas of ^{6}Li atoms becomes confined to a stack of two-dimensional layers formed by a one-dimensional optical lattice. Decreasing the dimensionality leads to the opening of a gap in radio-frequency spectra, even on the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer side o...

Suspensory ligament (SL) injuries are an important cause of lameness in horses. The mechanical properties of connective tissue in normal and pathological ligaments are mainly related to fibril morphology, as well as collagen content and types. The purpose of this study was to evaluate, using biochemical and ultrastructural approaches, the alterations in collagen fibrils after injury. Eight Warm...

The fundamental theme of this chapter is that structure and function are intimately related. Abnormal symptoms and prolapse are caused by connective tissue laxity in the vagina or its suspensory ligaments – Integral Theory (Fig. 2.1). Other than pelvic pain, in some way, all the symptoms concern closure (continence) or opening (emptying) by the muscle forces (arrows). Tissue tension is critical...