Forgotten bodies too?

Meckel's diverticulum--too often forgotten in adults?

Meckel's diverticulum is the commonest congenital anomaly of the gastro-intestinal tract, being present at 2 % of autopsies.1 Approximately 4% cause symptoms and most present during the first decade of life.2 Hence, there is an awareness among clinicians of the possibility of the lesion presenting in infancy or childhood, but a clinical diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum is rarely considered pr...

Compensation neurosis: a too quickly forgotten concept?

There has been great debate concerning the existence and meaning of compensation neurosis. It is included in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 and -10 but not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR). On the eve of publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-...

Congenital syphilis: not gone and all too forgotten.

Messages from forgotten friends: classic cell adhesion molecules inhibit regeneration too.

A necessary step toward complete functional recovery after spinal cord injury is the regeneration of axons. Axon regrowth after injury is prevented by a myriad of intrinsic and extrinsic factors. In this issue of The EMBO Journal, Huang et al (2016) demonstrate that the cell adhesion molecule NB-3 (CNTN6) functions as a major brake on axon regrowth when it is activated by NB-3 from scar-forming...

Add-on lithium for the treatment of unipolar depression: too often forgotten?

A 61-year-old man presented in the emergency department with increasing fatigue and irritability, which had started 2 months prior in the context of urinary retention due to benign prostatic hypertrophy. One month later, he was successfully operated, but his anxiety increased sharply in association with low mood, anhedonia, lack of motivation, poor concentration and decreased sleep and appetite...