Packaging Communication as a Tool to Reduce Disgust with Insect-Based Foods: Effect of Informative and Visual Elements.

Disgust associated with insect consumption is a significant challenge faced by the insect-based food industry. One cost-effective approach that managers can employ to increase consumer acceptance is by enhancing packaging design. The packaging represents a cheap and effective means of communication.

Idiopathic muscular hypertrophy of the duodenum.

There have not been any cases published of idiopathic muscular hypertrophy of the gastrointestinal tract in the past 20 years, mainly because it is a very rare condition of unknown aetiology. It is usually asymptomatic and presents mostly in the oesophagus of adult men. Our case involves a 69 year old female that presented with a 6 week history of abdominal discomfort and weight loss.

Bifid epiglottis.

Bifid epiglottis is a rare congenital defect that is often associated with other congenital annomalies. The most common defect associated with a bifid epiglottis are anomalies of the hands and/or feet (90%) while the most dangerous and potentially lethal anomaly if not recognized and treated are hypothalamic hamartomas and hypopituitarism (50%). A bifid epiglottis will often result in severe respiratory distress secondary to laxity of the cartilage and chronic aspirations, which may require surgical intervention.

The near complete tracheal ring deformity.

Congenital complete and near-complete tracheal rings are extremely rare tracheal deformities. There are fewer than 100 cases of congenital complete tracheal rings, and only four cases of near-complete described in the literature. Long-segment occurrences of these anomalies are usually incompatible with life.

Results of esophageal biopsies performed during triple endoscopy in the pediatric patient.

Background: Endoscopic examination (direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy) is the method of choice for diagnosis of respiratory symptoms of unknown cause in children. However, gastroesophageal reflux is being recognized increasingly often as a cause of pediatric respiratory symptoms and is difficult to diagnose on the basis of findings from direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy. In cases in which gastroesophageal reflux was included in the differential diagnosis, we additionally performed esophagoscopy with esophageal mucosal biopsies.