1.
J Gastroenterol Hepatol
; 22(10): 1691, 2007 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17845697
Subject(s)
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/diagnosis , Pancreatic Diseases/diagnosis , Pancreatitis, Chronic/diagnosis , Angiography , Calcinosis , Colonoscopy , Contrast Media , Diagnosis, Differential , Embolization, Therapeutic , Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal , Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/etiology , Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/therapy , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pancreatic Diseases/complications , Pancreatitis, Chronic/complications , Rupture, Spontaneous , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
2.
Indian J Med Microbiol
; 24(3): 220-1, 2006 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16912445
ABSTRACT
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a nematode parasite that inhabits the pulmonary arteries and heart of rodents. It is one of the causative agents of fatal eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in man. We present five cases of eosinophilic meningitis presumably due to infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis . All the five patients gave history of ingestion of monitor lizard within ten days of onset of symptoms.
Subject(s)
Angiostrongylus cantonensis/isolation & purification , Eosinophilia/parasitology , Meningitis/parasitology , Strongylida Infections/parasitology , Adult , Animals , Eosinophilia/cerebrospinal fluid , Eosinophilia/diagnosis , Food Parasitology , Humans , Lizards/parasitology , Male , Meningitis/cerebrospinal fluid , Meningitis/diagnosis , Strongylida Infections/cerebrospinal fluid , Strongylida Infections/diagnosis , Thailand
3.
J Assoc Physicians India
; 53: 647-8, 2005 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16190138
ABSTRACT
Levocardia with situs inversus is a rare condition. We present the case of a fourteen-year-old boy with congenital cyanotic heart disease, isolated levocardia and splenic abscess. It is the first report of both these conditions occurring in the same person.
