Morbid obesity is often called the first global epidemic of the twenty-first century [1]. As in all epidemics, obesity raises wide concerns and represents a great challenge for current medical ...

Although no intense pelvic symptoms were found during the physical exam, the CT scan showed a wedge-like hypodense area in the spleen (Fig. 1, arrow) consistent with acute splenic infarction. Results ...

THE danger of high-altitude flying to patients with sicklemia, until lately, has been more theoretical than.real. As recently as 1951 Margolies 1 said that "the sickle cell trait is not a ...

The Medical Mystery in the August 4 issue 1 involved a 40-year-old man who presented with a four-day history of pain in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen, accompanied by fatigue, fever, sweating, ...

The spleen is an organ situated behind the stomach, in the upper left part of the abdomen known as the left hypochondrium. It is located under the ribcage and therefore is not usually felt by the ...

Atraumatic splenic rupture is a rare but clinically significant event occurring in the absence of external trauma. Often representing the initial manifestation of underlying pathology—such as ...

Kolkata: In a rare case, a 32-year-old man in Kolkata suffered a ‘stroke’ in his stomach, triggered by compromised blood flow to the spleen, leading to a clot causing vessel rupture and consequent ...