A Large-Headed Dinosaur

Dinosaur In a Haystack

DIH 1. Happy Thoughts on a Sunny Day in New York City ............................................. 1 DIH 2. Dousing Diminutive Dennis’s Debate (or DDDD = 2000) .................................... 2 DIH 3. The Celestial Mechanic and the Earthly Naturalist ................................................ 3 DIH 4. The Late Birth of a Flat Earth ......................................................

A double-headed polyp

A 50-year-old man was seen as an outpatient for isolated, minimal and intermittent lower gastrointestinal bleeding. He had a history of well-controlled hypertension and diabetes. During his colonoscopy, a polyp with two heads that shared a common long and large stalk was encountered in the sigmoid colon (Fig. 1A). The heads were approximately 2 cm and 3 cm in size. Because of their overall size...

Polyploidy in large-headed sperm: FISH study of three cases.

BACKGROUND Macrocephalic or large headed sperm with multiflagella is a rare abnormality often associated with infertility. Sperm chromosomal abnormalities could be associated with this specific morphological abnormality. METHODS The cytogenetic content of large-headed sperm was assessed by dual and three-colour fluorescence in-situ hybridization in three patients carrying this specific morpho...

A Double-Headed Monster

A Double-Headed Monster

A double-headed monster was born in the Railway Hospital, Samastipur, on 5th July, 1948. It is an interesting case because of its rarity; the photograph (plate XXII) tells its own story. Dr. Mody, in his jurisprudence, gives a picture of such monster without any detail. The woman was a sweeper by caste, second para, and fairly well built. She came to hospital in a precarious condition, having b...