AN ABERRANT ECOLOGICAL FORM OF UNIO COMPLANATUS DILLWYN

[Giant nevus as an aberrant form of von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis].

Aberrant genital practices: an unrecognized form of child sexual abuse.

The sexual abuse of children in the United States is a problem of epidemic proportions. Sexual abuse is defined as any activity with a child that is conducted for the sexual gratification of the perpetrator. Common examples of sexual abuse include vaginal intercourse; oral-genital contact; anal-genital contact; fondling; finger manipulation; and stimulation of the offender. Sexual abuse may als...

An Unsual form of Measles Meningoencephalitis

Dillwyn Evans Operation for Relapsed Club Foot

We reviewed the long-term results of the Diliwyn Evans procedure for club foot in 60 feet of 45 patients with an average age of 29 years, using four different scoring systems. The results at 12 to 38 years were compared with those of an earlier study of the same group of patients. Function was satisfactory in 68% offeet; 90% ofthe patients were able to perform all desired activities. Mild resid...

Detection of an aberrant motile larval form in the brain of a patient with neurocysticercosis.

Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system in humans. The adult pork tape worm, Taenia solium, resides in the lumen of the intestine, and the only structural element of an adult worm usually found within a tissue cyst in the brain or in muscle is a single invaginated scolex. We report a highly unusual, and perhaps unique, occurrence of neurocysticerc...