Background: CSF shunt obstruction secondary to omental adhesion alone, without cyst or pseudocyst formation, is rarely reported in the literature. Here we present a case of distal catheter due wrapping with an atypical presentation failure. CT imaging demonstrated stranding. The shut revision was entirely laparoscopic. supplemented intraoperative images. Methods: Chart review and literature sea...

BACKGROUND Hydatid disease of the liver is endemic in cattle rearing areas of the world. A variety of treatment options are available in its management. The common treatment options are medical therapy, surgery and puncture-aspiration-injection-reaspiration (PAIR) therapy. OBJECTIVES This study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of PAIR therapy in the treatment of hepatic hydatid dis...

N-Arachidonoylethanolamine (AEA, anandamide) was the first endocannabinoid to be identified and has since become associated with the mediation of several physiological functions and disease states. AEA has been isolated from numerous tissues and biofluids, in the low nanomolar range, using lipid extraction techniques with organic solvents. These techniques require the drying down of relatively ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the risk factors associated with recurrence of borderline ovarian tumors that may be used as evidence of the efficacy of select preventive procedures. METHODS Various clinicopathologic factors of 234 patients with borderline ovarian tumors admitted to our hospital between January 2001 and June 2007 were reviewed. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models wer...

A 39-year-old unmarried woman was referred for evaluation following an incidental ultrasound finding of a 5 × 4 cm pelvic cyst with a thick hyperechoic wall. Otherwise, her gynecological, medical, and surgical history was unremarkable. Her clinical examination was unremarkable. She was mildly obese with a body mass index of 32. There was no abdominal tenderness or palpable masses. Bimanual vagi...

The etiopathogenesis of endometriosis still remains unknown. Recent data provide new valuable information concerning the role of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of the disease. It has been proved that levels of different lipid peroxidation end products are increased in both peritoneal fluid (PF) and serum of endometriotic patients. We assessed the concentration of oxidized low-density l...