TRANSPOSITION of the great vessels is not a rare anomaly. It accounts for 8 per cent and is the fourth most common of all congenital heart diseases, being surpassed in frequency only by patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, and tetralogy of Fallot.' Furthermore, transposition is a notorious first cause of death from congenital heart disease in childhood. At the Texas Children 's ...

We present the case of a comatose patient with acute large infarction of posterior cerebral and cerebellar areas and severe hyperthermia (max. 40.4 degrees C). Angiography demonstrated four-vessel occlusion of the main cerebral arteries, suggesting the possibility that both internal carotid and left vertebral arteries were already occluded and he became unconscious following additional occlusio...

The hypertrophy of the bronchial arteries in bronchiectasis has been known to surgeons ever since resection of the lung had been practised for this condition. Histologists have noticed and commented upon the extreme vascularity of the tissue round the bronchiectatic sacs, and have tried to explain this as part of the general inflammatory change. The physiological importance and significance of ...

BACKGROUND There have been a few reported cases of congenital great toenail dystrophy (GTND), described as a congenital malalignment of the great toenails. However, acquired GTDN is rare, and has not been documented extensively. This study aimed to describe the clinical features of 21 patients with acquired GTND. METHODS Twenty-one patients with acquired GTND who visited Yeouido St. Mary's Ho...