Kleptomania is an enigmatic condition and is among the very few psychiatric disorders in which crime is medicalised and used as a legal defence. The scientific literature on kleptomania is scarce. Early literature and recent studies have shown a female preponderance, with an early age of onset of stealing in people with comorbid personality disorder(s). In a retrospective review of the case not...

An 85-year-old white woman with longstanding atrial fibrillation and hypertension presented to our emergency department with a 2-day history of progressive dyspnea. Earlier that week she had been seen by an outpatient provider and was found to be hypotensive. Her home bumetanide was discontinued, and she developed dyspnea that progressed after missing 2 doses. She reported that she was sleeping...

Five cases of paediatric stroke are reported. Two patients presented with idiopathic stroke, another following vertebral artery dissection, one secondary to Moyamoya disease, and one patient with the syndrome of mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes. The presentation, investigation, and management of paediatric stroke are discussed.

CRs should start with an abstract of maximum of 350 words. The aim of the abstract is to allow readers to discern their levels of interest in the CR. The abstract should Published: 8 May 2007 World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2007, 2:11 doi:10.1186/1749-7922-2-11 Received: 22 March 2007 Accepted: 8 May 2007 This article is available from: http://www.wjes.org/content/2/1/11 © 2007 Ansaloni et a...

‎Let $X,Y$ be normed spaces with $L(X,Y)$ the space of continuous‎ ‎linear operators from $X$ into $Y$‎. ‎If ${T_{j}}$ is a sequence in $L(X,Y)$,‎ ‎the (bounded) multiplier space for the series $sum T_{j}$ is defined to be‎ [ ‎M^{infty}(sum T_{j})={{x_{j}}in l^{infty}(X):sum_{j=1}^{infty}%‎ ‎T_{j}x_{j}text{ }converges}‎ ‎]‎ ‎and the summing operator $S:M^{infty}(sum T_{j})rightarrow Y$ associat...