During the 2003-2006 period, subjective health status in Chinese rural areas improved. We used a unique household longitudinal survey to analyze how the introduction of a public insurance system has contributed to the change. This program is based on a doubly voluntary process: counties decide to launch, then households decide to subscribe. We disentangle two channels of influence of the insura...

Temporal triangular alopecia (TTA), also known as congenital triangular alopecia, is a nonscarring, noninflammatroy, circumscribed form of alopecia. TTA has been associated with several disorders, such as Phakomatosis Pigmentovascularis. Hair restoration surgery using follicular unit transplantation has been a successful treatment modality for TTA. Herein we report such a success that was susta...

Epilepsy is a major morbidity in Sturge Weber syndrome, a segmental vascular neurocutaneous disorder classically associated with facial angiomas, glaucoma, and leptomeningeal capillary-venous type vascular malformations. The extent of the latter correlates with neurological outcome. Post-zygotic mosaicism for the activating mutation p.R183Q of the GNAQ gene has been identified as the major caus...

Neurocutaneous melanosis (NCM) is a rare nonfamilial syndrome and characterized by large or numerous congenital melanocytic nevi and excessive proliferation of melanin-containing cells in the leptomeninges. It is believed to be an embryonic neuroectodermal dysplasia. Patients with NCM may develop severe hydrocephalus and other neurological symptoms with extremely poor prognosis. We report an in...

Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevi (GCMN) is a nevus which present at birth or arise within the first few weeks of life. Incidence GCMN estimated below 1:20.000 newborns. Lesion usually appears with black brownish plaque and may have abnormal borders, flat protruding surface hypertrichosis. associated malignant melanoma neurocutaneous melanocytosis. A male newborn baby reported to giant hairy pl...

INTRODUCTION Congenital melanocytic nevi are among the several known risk factors for the development of melanoma. Neurocutaneous melanosis is a rare, congenital, non-hereditary disorder characterized by the presence of multiple and/or giant congenital melanocytic nevi. It is a rare condition, with fewer than 200 cases reported in the literature. Its association with tuberous sclerosis complex,...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case study by clinical and radiological data analysis. PURPOSE To analyze different types of vertebral anomalies and the incidence of associated intraspinal anomalies in the Indian population. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE This is the largest study of congenital scoliosis and associated intraspinal anomalies in Indian population. Incidence of intraspinal anomaly in this ...

© 2008 Association médicale canadienne A girl presented to the multinational medical unit at Kandahar Airfield with an open lateral malleolus fracture secondary to a blast injury. Serial débridement procedures preceded a vacuum-assisted closure dressing applied for 8 days (Fig. 1). Flap coverage was needed, and because of the location and size of the wound, no local options were feasible. The i...