Mesenteric venous thrombosis: Asir experience

Twenty-one patients with mesenteric venous thrombosis who were operated upon in two district general hospitals in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia, during 1985-1989 were studied. Seventeen patients [81%] were female. The disease was found to be commonest in the fifth and sixth decades. The overall mortality was 33.3%. The majority of the patients in this series had no associated illness. The survival rate was better if an early diagnosis was made with timely surgical intervention and administration of anticoagulants

Traumatic rupture of hydatid cyst in a child presenting as acute abdomen without anaphylaxis

A 12 year old child with traumatic rupture of intra-abdominal hydatid cysts is described. The case presented with peritoneal irritation mimicking ruptured viscus. Surprisingly there were no features of anaphylaxis despite extensive intraperitoneal spillage of hydatid cyst content