Congenital Type 1C Choledochal Cyst: Clinical Presentation and Surgical Treatment.

Choledochal cysts are uncommon developmental anomalies involving intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary ducts, and their immediate complete excision is recommended to prevent chronic inflammatory and malignant changes. A diagnosis of a congenital type 1C choledochal cyst was made in an 8-year-old female patient admitted to the emergency unit with complaints of severe upper abdominal pain and vomiting. Under laparotomy, resection of the whole segment of choledochal cyst and gallbladder, assisted Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy was performed.

Comparison between once weekly, twice weekly, and daily oral iron therapy in Jordanian children suffering from iron deficiency anemia.

The efficacy of daily versus twice weekly and once weekly oral iron therapy was analyzed to optimize a protocol for treatment of IDM among Jordanian children. One hundred and forty-eight children aged between 6 and 60 months with Hb estimate less than 11 gm/dl were screened. They were randomly divided into three regimens of oral iron therapy for a period of 12 weeks; a group was supplemented with a single weekly dose of iron; a second group received two doses weekly; and a third group had a daily dose of iron.

Case report of a new variant of double incomplete superficial palmar arch.

A rare, unique and previously non-described form of duplicated incomplete superficial palmar arch is reported in the right hand of a male cadaver. The two incomplete arches were formed from the continuation of two terminal palmar branches of the ulnar artery in the distal third of forearm that were connected by a small transverse artery superficial to the flexor retinaculum. Both arches had no contribution from the radial artery.

Quantitative morphometric study of the skeletal muscles of normal and streptozotocin-diabetic rats.

Objectives: Quantitative morphometry under light microscope was applied to analyze changes in the number and the diameters of skeletal muscle fibers and their myonuclei in the extensor digitorum longus and rectus femoris muscles of normal and streptozotocin-diabetic rats.

Animals: Twelve adult male albino Fischer rats each weighing 300 g were used in the study.

Interventions: Streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetes was induced by a single intravenous injection of STZ (75 mg/kg body weight) via the tail vein.

Biochemical analysis of serum pancreatic amylase and lipase enzymes in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To examine the pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in patient with diabetes mellitus by estimating serum pancreatic amylase and lipase enzymes in healthy subjects and in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients.

Methods: The study was conducted on 20 normal healthy volunteers and 39 diabetic patients referred to Al-Isra Medical Laboratory, Amman, Jordan during the period from April - November 2003 after recording their age and gender. The age of onset of diabetes and the type of treatment were determined and the patients were categorized into type 1 and type 2 diabetics.

Insulin enhances amylase and lipase activity in the pancreas of streptozotocin-diabetic rats. An in vivo study.

Objective: To analyze the biochemical effect of in vivo insulin therapy on the amylase and lipase activities in the pancreatic acinar cells of streptozotocin-diabetic rats, and to detect any possible regeneration in the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans using transmission electron microscopy.

Methods: Adult male albino Fischer-344 rats were divided into 3 groups, the first group received drug vehicle and served as controls, the 2nd group was made diabetic with a single intravenous dose of streptozotocin (75 mg/kg body weight), while the 3rd group was made diabetic as in its 2nd group but the rats were treated with Lente human insulin. Their body weight, blood glucose and glucosuria were regularly recorded, and blood samples for serum immunoreactive insulin assay were taken from each rat at sacrifice.