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In hysterical abdominal distention the symptoms may so closely simulate those of obstruction of the bowel that needless laparotomy is carried out.CLUES THAT INDICATE HYSTERICAL DISTENTION RATHER THAN ORGANIC CAUSE ARE: (1) History of vomiting but without dehydration; (2) complaint of severe pain
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The achondroplasic dwarfism or achondroplasia is the most common form of dwarfism and occurs, in most of the cases, as a result of spontaneous genetic alteration. The anesthesia in these patients presents several particularities. The objective of the present report was to describe an
To describe the first case of a patient who developed acute celiac artery compression syndrome (ACACS) after extensive correction of sagittal balance on an adult spinal deformity.
A 77-year-old woman presented with low back pain and spinal kyphosis deformity. We performed a two-stage correction with
The abdominal complications of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) include acute gastric dilatation, superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome, ileus and constipation. We report herein a patient with DMD in whom SMA syndrome was successfully treated with enteral tube nutrition. The patient was a
Treatment with prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) was evaluated in 21 queens with open-cervix pyometra. The PGF2 alpha was administered (0.1 or 0.25 mg/kg of body weight, sc, q 12 to 24 h) for 3 or 5 days. Transient postinjection reactions caused by PGF2 alpha administration included vocalization,
The longus colli muscle has three major parts that originate and insert in the upper cervical and thoracic spine. It is a weak flexor of the neck, and when contracted also serves to rotate the neck to the ipsilateral side. It is innervated by the anterior rami of the C2-C6 spinal nerves and receives
Three mentally retarded male patients, 24, 30 and 14 years old, died from acute gastric dilatation leading to rupture and perforation. Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMA) was the cause of gastric dilatation in two of them. In the third patient the cause was not clear. The three patients had