Fifty Years With a Brooke Ileostomy: An Autobiographical Case Report

Brooke-Spiegler Syndrome: a case report

Brooke-Spiegler syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by adnexal neoplasms, particularly trichoepithelioma, cylindroma, and occasionally spiradenoma, which usually develop in second to third decades of life. We report this syndrome in a 16-year-old woman with tumors on face and scalp.

An overview of fifty years in cancer research: autobiographical essay.

Brooke-Spiegler Syndrome: A Case Report

Page 19 Abstract Brooke-Spiegler syndrome (BSS) is a rare, inherited, autosomal-dominant genodermatosis characterized by the development of multiple adnexal cutaneous tumors including spiradenomas, cylindromas, spiradenocylindromas, trichoepitheliomas, epidermoid cysts, and milia. We present a case of Brooke-Spiegler syndrome with possible malignant transformation of a benign tumor. Brooke-Spie...

Fifty years with Aesculapius.

stuffy and irritating smell that greeted a small group of 56 students who met in the anatomy lab classroom to start their medical training — the future class of ’61. Some were nervous about this new venture, some guarded, and others were eager with anticipation. A couple of us who appeared with full beards from a summer’s work in the north of Canada were told to be clean shaven before returning...

Persistent Autobiographical Amnesia: A Case Report

We describe a 47-year-old man who referred to the Emergency Department for sudden global amnesia and left mild motor impairment in the setting of increased arterial blood pressure. The acute episode resolved within 24 hours. Despite general recovery and the apparent transitory nature of the event, a persistent selective impairment in recollecting events from some specific topics of his personal...