(By)N. S.jsHINDE, L.c.p.s.r Assistaru^iirgeon^outherii Railway, Hubli A girl, aged about 9 years, was admitted on the evening of 25th July, 1951, into the Railway Hospital, Hubli, for acute colicky pain in the abdomen coming on at frequent intervals for 7 .days. On admission the following were noted : Temperature 99.2?F., pulse 116, tongue dry. Abdomen flaccid. A transverse sausage-shaped swell...

We report the misuse of AM3 in three members of a family; father and two children. The drug was prescribed to the father who subsequently administered it to the children without seeking medical advice. Two months later, all subjects developed abdominal and/or flank colicky pain. Hypercalciuria was diagnosed in the children with different degrees of severity. It is likely that the calcium conten...

a 47 years old lady presented with repeated intermittent, colicky, left upper, and periumblical abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting since two years prior to admission. each episode of the pain spontaneously subsided after bilious vomiting. the patient had no history of surgery, abdominal trauma or intra-abdominal infection, weight loss or previous history for small bowel obstruct...

We describe a case of Behçet's disease (BD) which showed the ileocecal ulcer and cecocecal fistula. This 38-year-old man had appendectomy six years ago because of colicky pain in the right lower abdomen (RLA). There are some reports on fistula formation in BD. In those, some are related to surgery and others are not. BD with cecocecal fistula, possibly associated with a past operation, has not ...

Retained surgical sponge or gossypiboma is a term used to describe retained swab in the body after operation. There are different materials that can be left abdomen during operation such as sponge, artery forceps, scissors, and pieces of broken instrument. Mop most commonly foreign body. Inadvertent retention often requires another operation, increasing morbidity mortality these patients. Despi...

conclusion the incidence of rop is relatively high in this region. risk factors for rop among very premature infants include hypoxia, severe hyperoxia, relatively low blood spo2, gestational age, birth weight, and apgar score. results the incidence of rop was 26.2%. significant differences between the rop and control groups were observed, these include; gestational age, sex, birth weight, apgar...

fascioliasis is a health problem in several countries including the islamic republic of iran.  in a review of the medical publications during 1990-2002, only 22 cases of biliary tract obstruction by fasciola hepatica have been reported.  herein, we are adding a new case of fasciola hepatica causing bile duct obstruction and presenting with intermittent colicky pain, eosinophilia and bile duct d...

Accepted 3 May 1995 A 75-year-old man was admitted with a two-day history of colicky abdominal pain, vomiting and absolute constipation. On examination he looked unwell, dysponeic, and dehydrated. The abdomen was distended, tympanic and generally tender. Bowel sounds were obstructive. Routine blood tests were normal except for a marginally raised white cell count. The plain abdominal X-ray is s...

Bacterial infections are common in patients with nephrotic syndrome, including peritonitis, sepsis, meningitis, urinary tract infection, and cellulitis. An 8-year-old boy presented with colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, swollen and painful erythematous lesions around the umbilicus and in anterior surface of left thigh (cellulitis), mild generalized edema, and ascites. The microorganism isolated...