An Atypical Form of Gliosis Spinalis

An atypical form of mucolipidosis III.

We report two sibs showing a very mild form of mucolipidosis III with no clinical signs but isolated involvement of the hip and very mild abnormalities of the spine. This indicates that a storage disease, in particular mucolipidosis III, should be considered in any case of isolated bilateral hip dysplasia. The differences from other reported atypical variants of mucolipidosis III are discussed.

Spinalis capitis, or an accessory paraspinous muscle?

A unilateral muscle, the location and dimensions of which do not exactly conform to existing descriptions, was found during dissection of the suboccipital region. The muscle in question extended from the spine and transverse process of the 6th cervical vertebra to the base of the skull. At its rostral attachment it blended with the insertion of the left rectus capitis posterior minor muscle on ...

Atypical form of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

To cite: Jouhra F, Dworakowski R, MacCarthy P. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2012008376 DESCRIPTION A 60-year-old lady was referred to our cardiology team with troponin-positive chest pain following elective pelvic floor repair for vaginal prolapse. There were no significant ECG changes. Cardiovascular risk factors consisted of extensive history ...

An Atypical Mitochondrial Form in Normal Rat Liver

Morphological ly atypical mi tochondr ia have been reported by m a n y investigators. Those possessing a cupped shape have been found in presumably normal cells of endocrine organs of widely differing species. Christensen and C h a p m a n (1) observed them in interstitial cells of the a lbino ra t testis and report tha t they have also seen t hem in Sertoli cells of the same tissue. T h r o u ...

[Collagenous gastritis: An unusual atypical form in a male infant].