The patient was referred to us for suspected Bechet's disease and was finally diagnosed with osteitis and skin lesions caused by secondary syphilis. The syphilitic osteitis was confirmed by PCR using a biopsy of the spinal lesion.

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine the normal position of the umbilicus and hence improve the cosmetic result of exomphalos major repair. METHODS The position of the umbilicus was determined in 50 neonates with respect to the xiphisternum and pubis. RESULTS The normal umbilical position is 60% of the way from the inferior border of the xiphisternum to the superior bor...

Background: Phthiriasis palpebrarum is an eyelid involvement secondary to infestation of the eyelids by Phthirus pubis and has a low incidence. Case presentation: A 7-year-old male child presented in emergency room at Henares Hospital Madrid (Spain) with history repeated episodes itchiness, blepharitis, warmth sensation, moderate discomfort 2 months duration both eyes. Slit-lamp examination rev...

A case of a 25 year old man with the black variety of trichomicosis pubis is presented on account of its extreme rareity. Scanning electron microscopy confirms that trichomicosis pubis is caused by bacterial colonisation of the pubic hair and shows that bacteria are able to penetrate cuticular horny cells directly through their free plasma membrane.

Condensing osteitis of the clavicle was first described as a disease entity in 1974. There is painful localised swelling of the clavicle of undetermined origin, with increased radio-density, but an infective aetiology has not been excluded by previous authors. We report three children with the clinical and radiological findings of 'condensing osteitis'. Two of them had raised levels of antistap...

Introduction: The classical presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism, osteitis fibrosa cystica, has become very rare nowadays. This rarity makes it sometimes misdiagnosed leading to disastrous outcomes. Methods: We present a case of an undiagnosed primary hyperparathyroidism with severe osteitis fibrosa cystica and brown tumors that was first misdiagnosed as having bone metastasis. Conclusio...