Cicatrical cecal volvulus following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the procedure of choice for the treatment of symptomatic biliary disease. There is currently no agreement on the management of spilled gallstones, which commonly occurs during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and may produce significant morbidity. We present a case of spilled gallstones causing cicatrical cecal volvulus and also provide a review of pertinent literature.

Combined analysis of allograft inflammatory factor-1, interleukin-18, and Toll-like receptor expression and association with allograft rejection and coronary vasculopathy.

In cardiac transplantation settings, the initial myocardial ischemia and reperfusion may cause myocyte tissue injury and the release of allograft inflammatory factor-1 (AIF-1). This in part may trigger the innate immune response through the modulation of Toll-like receptor-2 (TLR-2) and AIF-1 expression and function, causing the release of proinflammatory cytokines. The goal was to demonstrate these markers in the peripheral blood and biopsy specimen from recipients with cardiac allograft rejection and coronary vasculopathy (CV).