Double gallbladder is one of the rare congenital anomalies of the gallbladder. Failure to detect an accessory gallbladder hampers diagnosis and treatment of cholecystitis, which might result in recurrent attacks of cholecystitis. In addition, presence of peritoneal folds extending from the stomach and duodenum to the gallbladder is very rare. Here we report the presence of a double gallbladder ...

Potassium diformate (Formi) is odorless, low-corrosive and easy to handle. The European Union (EU) has approved it as non-antibiotic growth promoter, for use in non ruminant feeds. Maximum inclusion level of potassium diformate is 1.8% as registered by the European authorities which can improve weight gain up to 14%. Potassium diformate contains the active ingredients free formic acid as well a...

Foregut neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) include those arising in the esophagus, stomach, pancreas, and duodenum and seem to have a broad range of clinical behavior from benign to metastatic. Several factors including the advent of screening endoscopy may be related to increased incidence of gastrointestinal NETs; thus, many foregut NETs are diagnosed at an early stage. Early foregut NETs, such as ...

We report a case of gastric adenomyoma contiguous with adenocarcinoma of the stomach. Although a similar association is well recognized in the duodenum, we believe this to be the first documented case in the stomach. We review the literature on adenomyomata and discuss the implications of this finding. It would appear that glandular and cystic intramural lesions of the stomach are a heterogeneo...

Accidental foreign body ingestion is common in the pediatric age group particularly between 6 months and 5 years. Most ingested bodies pass easily through esophagus, into stomach, are expelled from without complications. However, endoscopic removal will require only 10% - 20% of cases to avoid We present a metallic hair clip duodenum an 18 month old child that was unnoticed initially diagnosed ...

Abstract Gastric outlet obstruction is a pathophysiological entity characterized by mechanical impediment of gastric emptying, which may occur due to variety intrinsic or extrinsic causes affecting the antrum pylorus duodenum. The be benign malignant secondary motility disorder. Imaging in identifies majority these and indirectly even point toward disorders. advent computed tomography imaging i...

Instrumental perforation of the oesophagus is a serious and, unfortunately, not a very rare accident. The occurrence in addition of perforation of a duodenal ulcer constitutes a situation which is rare, difficult to diagnose, and fraught with great danger to the patient. Simultaneous perforation of multiple peptic ulcers has been described in several reports since that of Finney (1900). As pept...

The technique to be described is presented as a useful addition to the repertoire of the surgeon who finds nothing abnormal in an abdomen during an operation for haematemesis (case 3), and also where at laparotomy an expected lesion of the stomach is not found, and a full examination of the mucosa is desired (case 10). The approach was prompted by the easy and atraumatic fashion in which the se...