Ligation of a patent arterial duct in a 7 year old girl with intractable heart failure in 1938 was the first successful “cardiac” operation and may therefore be considered the forerunner of the remarkable developments in surgery for both congenital and acquired heart disease which have occurred since then. It was soon established that ligation of a large arterial duct could not only resolve hea...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of stenosis nature on success of silicone intubation for nasosolacrimal duct stenosis (nlds) in adults (patent nasolacrimal duct with resistance to positive-pressure irrigation) methods: an interventional case series of consecutive monocanalicular and bicanalicular silicone intubation for nasolacrimal duct stenosis in adults were reviewed. the severity of the ste...

OBJECTIVE To assess the possibility of maintaining ductal patency in neonates with complex pulmonary atresia by percutaneous implantation of balloon expandable stents. PATIENTS Two duct-dependent neonates with long segment pulmonary atresia, right sided aortic arch, and left sided arterial duct. RESULTS Stents with final diameter of 3.5 or 4 mm and initial length of 7 or 15 mm were successf...

To cite: Periquito IR, Marques T, Lima S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2014-206553 DESCRIPTION We report the case of a male newborn, the second triplet of non-consanguineous healthy parents, born from a dichorionic triamniotic pregnancy with adequate prenatal care and normal ultrasounds. Spontaneous labour occurred at 32 weeks of gestati...

Abstract Background Congenital hernia of umbilical cord is a rare congenital anomaly. Due to its presentation as herniation small bowel or other viscera into the cord, it often misdiagnosed omphalocele minor. Case We are reporting case which presented with rupture sac and evisceration loops reverse ileal intussusception via patent vitellointestinal duct. It was managed by first repositioning gu...

The omphalomesenteric duct is an embryonic structure which connects the yolk sac to the midgut. The omphalomesenteric duct attenuates between the 5th and 9th week of gestation. Failure of the omphalomesenteric duct involution, either partial or complete, results in various omphalomesenteric duct remnants including Meckel's diverticulum, patent vitelline duct, fibrous band, sinus tract, umbilica...

We present two patients with dacryoliths and patent lacrimal drainage with intermittent tearing and without infection. Dacryoliths can be present in the lacrimal sac or lacrimal duct without acute or chronic inflammation. In these cases, we believe dacryolith formation was a causative factor of intermittent epiphora even with a patent drainage system, and we propose that dacryoliths and even fu...