Introduction: Lemmel's syndrome is a rare pathology that presents jaundice or dilation of common biliary tract, secondary to duodenal diverticula. Due to infrequency, a high suspicion has to be considered to avoid omitting this diagnosis, mainly in patients who present direct hyperbilirubinemia without choledocholithiasis.
Presentation Of Case: A 76-year-old female admitted to the emergency department with cholangitis, secondary to an ampullary diverticulum (papilla was located inside the diverticulum).
Phaeostemma surinamensis Morillo & Krings, sp. nov., anew species of Apocynaceae (Asclepiadoideae, Gonolobinae) is described and illustrated, and the new combination Phaeostemma fucata (Woodson) Morillo & Krings, comb.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of Coespeletia from the páramos of Mérida (Venezuela) is described here. This species, named Coespeletia palustris, is found in a few marshy areas of the páramo. It is closely related to C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo new species in the Matelea stenopetala complex (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) are described from the Guiana Shield and Amazonian Brazil: Matelea brevistipitata Krings & Morillo, sp. nov. and Matelea trichopedicellataKrings & Morillo, sp.
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