Dieulafoy’s lesion – A rare case of jejunal aneurysm

Despite being a rare condition, Dieulafoy's lesion, also known as the persistent artery, is a serious cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. Only 1–2% of acute gastrointestinal bleeding is caused by it. Most commonly affects the stomach and duodenum, rarely affecting jejunum, ileum, caecum, etc. Our case presents a 21-year-old male who presented with lower gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to jejunal dieulafoy’s lesion.

A giant retroperitoneal schwannoma in pregnancy: a rare case report and review of literature

Retroperitoneal schwannomas are though more common among females, are very much rare tumors arising from sheath of nerves. Also, extremely rare during pregnancy. Very few articles till date are there regarding retroperitoneal schwannomas that’s too in pregnant female. Usually these are symptomatic unless causing some compression to other intra-abdominal structures like vessels or bowel and usually malignant. As its retroperitoneal very difficult to diagnose it. So, with proper investigations and radiological imaging, first have to find out the differential diagnosis prior to planning for surgery.

Salivary Enzymes Potential Markers for Periodontal Disease

Objective: Periodontal disease results the production ofdifferent enzymes that are released by epithelial orinflammatory cells. There are important enzymes associatedwith cellular alteration and cell death like: Lactatedehydrogenase (LDH), Creatine Kinase (CK), Alkaline andAcidic phosphatase (ALP, ACP). Enzymatic activity changesresults in changes health and metabolic changes in Gingivaland Periodontal condition.Design of study: We have examined the activity of CK, LDH,ALP and ACP in saliva from patients with periodontal diseasebefore and after periodontal treatment (experimental group –40samples) and in saliva from healthy patients (control group –30 samples). Periodontal disease was determined based onclinical parameters (gingival index (GI), bleeding on probing(BOP), probing depth (PD). Patients with periodontal diseasewere under periodontal treatment.Results: Results showed statistically significant increases ofactivity of CK, LDH, ALP and ACP in saliva from patients withperiodontal disease in relation to control group. There ispositive correlation between the examined salivary enzymesand value of the gingival index. After periodontal therapy theactivity of all salivary enzymes was significantly decreased.Conclusions: Based on these results, it can be stated thatactivity of these enzymes in saliva, as biochemical markers forperiodontal tissue damage, may be useful in diagnosis,prognosis and evaluation of therapy effects in periodontaldisease.