cutis laxa (cl) is a rare congenital and acquired disorder characterized by loose and redundant skin with reduced elasticity. three types of congenital cutis laxa have been recognized. other findings are pulmonary emphysema, bronchiectasia, hernia and diverticulosis. we describe a female neonate involved by cutis laxa syndrome and a positive family history. we focus on the radiologic findings o...

PERATIVE treatments of uncomplicated patent ductus arteriosus are now well established, and the ductus can be safely and effectively divided in vast majority of children and young adults. In certain older patients, however, calcification of the ductus and the adjacent segments of aorta and pulmonary artery offers some technical difficulties. Under this circumstance, division of the ductus is un...

The cause of patent ductus arteriosus has not yet been established. Spitzer1 in his ontogenetic and phylogenetic explanation considers patent ductus arteriosus as a simple malformation due to an arrest of development. He was not aware that patency of the ductus can be accompanied by severe pulmonary hypertension (so-called reversed ductus) ‘ 5 7 even though in most cases the pressures of the le...

Zenker’s diverticulum can be treated successfully using flexible endoscopy [1]. Several methods have been used to cut the septum of the diverticulum, such as LigaSure (Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA), needle-knife, and other submucosal dissection devices. Recently, isolated cases using the stag beetle (SB) knife dissector, SB jr 3.5mm, have been reported [2–4]. We present the case of a ...

Meckel's diverticulum is a common congenital disorder which may result in Gl bleeding. For definite diagnosis before surgery, radiographic procedures such as small intestine barium studies are not greatly successful; on the other hand Tc-99m-Pertechnetate imaging is a physiologic and noninvasive method with high sensitivity and specificity. In this report, three patients with rectorrhagia...

Delayed closure of the ductus arteriosus after birth has been observed in newborn infants with critical pulmonic stenosis and in newborn lambs with experimental pulmonic stenosis. This delayed ductal closure may be caused by a decreased ability of the muscle to contract when exposed to oxygen or to an increased production of or sensitivity to prostaglandin (PG) E2, the endogenous ductus arterio...

Kommerell's diverticulum is a rare congenital disorder characterized by typical right sided aortic arch and aberrant left subclavian artery which are usually detected by accident in asymptomatic patients. However, some of patients complain of severe symptoms caused by compression of the adjacent organs or complicated aortic dissection by the diverticulum. Early detection of the disease can lead...

Congenital ventricular diverticulum is rare. We present the case of a 76-year-old man who underwent cardiac multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) for recent intermittent chest pain. Obstructive single-vessel coronary artery disease was diagnosed. A left ventricular diverticulum of about 10 x 9 mm was found incidentally. Conventional angiography confirmed both diagnoses. Ventricular diverticu...

congenital left ventricular diverticulum is a rare cardiac malformation. two categories of congenital ventricular diverticulum have been identified with regard to their localization: apical and non-apical. apical diverticula are always associated with midline thoraco-abdominal defects and other heart malformations. non-apical diverticula are always isolated defects. diagnosis is established by ...

rectal diverticulum is a rare condition in dogs characterized by formation of a pouch or sac due to hernial protrusion of the mucous membranes through a defect in the muscular coat of the rectum. a 12-year-old male terrier dog was admitted with a history of a left perineal swelling, dyschezia and tenesmus during the last five months. digital rectal examination identified a weakness in the left ...