biliary papillomatosis is a disorder characterized by numerous adenomatous polyps of variable distribution and extent in intrahepatic bile ducts. it should be considered as a premalignant condition because a high proportion of the lesions undergo malignant transformation. in this report, we present a patient with abdominal pain and jaundice. according to his presenting signs and symptoms, ercp ...

Charged rotating black holes of Einstein-Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory in odd dimensions, D ≥ 5, may possess a negative horizon mass, while their total mass is positive. This surprising feature is related to the existence of counterrotating solutions, where the horizon angular velocity Ω and the angular momentum J possess opposite signs. Black holes may further possess vanishing horizon angular v...

The oldest known written reference to fever exists in Akkadian cuneiform inscriptions from the 6th century BC, most likely derived from an ancient Sumerian pictogram of a flaming brazier used to symbolize both fever and the local warmth of inflammation. Theoretical constructs of the pathogenesis of fever did not emerge until several centuries later, when hippocratic physicians proposed that bod...

In the chronically injured and cholestatic liver, the various hepatic cell types are exposed to a vicious cocktail of toxic and potentially lethal ingredients, such as cytokines, reactive oxygen species (ROS), bile acids, endotoxin and Fas-Ligand expressed on immune cells. Some liver cells thrive in this hostile environment, e.g. stellate cells, which start to proliferate and produce excessive ...

the aim of this study was to examine the effect of crude bile on the human hepg2 and ccrf-cem cell lines. cells were exposed to different dilutions of bile. antiproliferative effects were determined by the cytotoxic mtt assay. cells undergoing apoptosis were identified by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dutp nick end labeling (tunel) assay. bile administration resulted in dose-dependent c...

RUPTURE of the gall bladder is not an uncommon phenomenon usually associated with gangrene following acute calculous cholecystitis. Cases have been reported following non-calculous cholecy-stitis (Maingot, 1957) and there are other isolated cases of rarer causes. Case Report A male, aged 58, presented with a history of bleeding per rectum for six months. Routine sig-moidoscopy showed a carcinom...

Measuring the viability of probiotic microorganisms in food products using plate count methodology is a common practice due to the simplicity (ease of performance), inexpensive and routine testing characters ofthis method. In present study, the suitability of de man rogosa and sharpe agar (MRS) bile agar medium forthe selective enumeration of mixed probiotic bacteria (Lactobacillus ...

liver functional tests due to inflammatory process which induced by cholecystitis might changed and some clinicians suggested that these changes might help us to stone prediction in common bile ducts and decrease hazards of performing ercp and other invasive procedures. present study was performed for assessment of role of liver functional test in diagnosis of common bile duct stone in patients...