ingestion of foreign bodies is common and conservative treatment can eliminated most particlesfrom the gastrointestinal tractunless peritoneal signs appear. a 22-year-old man presented to emergency department who had ingested glass particles of a crushed beverage bottle. he complained of epigastric and periumbilical pain. physical examination did not revealany peritoneal signs. abdominal x-ray ...

a 14 years old boy who had a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt since the age of 5 months, was hospitalized due to headaches, nausea, vomiting and abdominal distension. in abdominal ct and sonographic evaluation, pancreatic pseudocyst or mesentric cyst were suspected. evaluation of the shunt by radionuclide, however, was diagnostic and revealed a pseudocyst at the peritoneal end of the shunt. the pati...

background: peritoneal inclusion cyst (pic) is defined as a fluid-filled mesothelial-lined cyst of the pelvis and it is most frequently encountered in women of reproductive age and rarely, they may occur in males. case presentation: a 12 year old boy was referred with a two-day history of abdominal pain. abdominal examination revealed lower abdominal tenderness. laboratory tests were normal. ab...

abstract background: there are a large number of patients with penetrating abdominal trauma who have normal vital signs and negative abdominal examination when referred to trauma centers. agreat deal of controversy exists between authorities about screening these patients for emergency explorative laparotomy. many references have reported more than 90% sensitivity for dpl as a diagnostic method...

background: there are two kinds of ascites, cirrhotic and malignant. the conventional diagnostic method to differentiate them is paracentesis. this is an invasive and time consuming method. however, ultrasonography is an easy and available method to provide valuable results in a short period of time. the aim of this study was to evaluate gallbladder wall thickness in differentiating cirrhotic a...

abstract background: increase in nitric oxide (no) concentration accompanied by alteration in peritoneal immune defense reactions is involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. asymmetric dimethylarginine is an endogenous competitive inhibitor of no synthase. this study was designed to compare no metabolite (nitrite), asymmetric dimethylarginine, and estradiol concentrations in serum and per...

background: toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that infects all mammalian cells. several antigens such as excreted/secreted antigens have been identified as a potential vaccine candidate. objective: to determine how excreted/secreted antigens from peritoneal exudates of infected mice (mesa) stimulate cell-mediated immune responses and induce protective immunity against toxo...

Peritoneal dialysis is a form of kidney dialysis that is used to remove accumulated metabolic waste products and water in patients with end stage kidney disease. Long-term exposure to high concentrations of glucose and its by-products, both found in peritoneal dialysis fluid, has been implicated in contributing to peritoneal damage over time, in turn limiting long-term use of the technique. New...

Peritoneal carcinomatosis is the most frequent pattern of metastasis and recurrence in patients with gastric cancer, and the prognosis of those patients with peritoneal metastasis is extremely poor. Once peritoneal metastasis is formed, it is extremely difficult to overcome. EIPL (extensive intraoperative peritoneal lavage) is a quite useful and practical adjuvant surgical technique for the gas...