AIM:To investigate the status of the lymphatic vessels in the small bowel affected by Crohn's disease(CD) at the moment of surgery.METHODS:During the period January 2011-June 2011,25 consecutive patients affected by C...
BACKGROUND:Ectopic pancreas is defined as pancreatic tissue found outside its usual anatomical position,with no ductal or vascular communication with the native pancreas. We describe a case of ectopic pancreas of the ...
Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare disease characterized by chronic non-specific inflammation of mesenteric fat tissue.Several etiologic and/or associated factors have been reported in the literature so far.Although tr...
Retroperitoneal or mesenteric hemorrhage is mainlycaused by clinical trauma. Spontaneous retroperitoneal ormesenteric hemorrhage is rarely seen in the root of thesmall bowel mesentery. In this report, we describe