Renal basculitis

BACKGROUND: Bilastine, a non-sedating H1 -antihistamine, is indicated to treat the symptoms of allergic disorders (e.g. rhinoconjunctivitis and urticaria) in adults and adolescents and, more recently, in children. Following its marketing approval, many questions regarding the ideal use of bilastine in various clinical practice situations have been received by the Medical Information Department (MID) of Faes Farma Spain. This article is an update of a previous review, with a focus on recent clinical information on the use of bilastine in paediatric and other populations...

Defective fixation during embryologic development is responsible for a variety of segmental colonic malpositions seen during barium enema examinations. A review of the normal development process of fixation is presented, together with the most common and significant aberrations. On the right side clinical entities such as axial torsion, cecal bascule, retrocolic sigmoid, and pericolic bands are discussed and illustrated. On the left side, the configuration and clinical implications of the malposition of the splenic flexure are analyzed...