Ann C. was admitted to hospital on June 26, 1953, at the age of I month. She was the third child of healthy parents and was born at full term following a normal delivery. No abnormality had been noted at birth and the birth weight was 6 lb. 2 oz. There was no family history of diabetes. She was breast fed for three weeks and then weaned on to feeds of full-cream National dried milk. For a week ...

In fetus, while minor degree of hydrocephalus often goes undetected, severe cases of obstructive variety present with the following features: 1 .the head is felt larger, globular and softer than the normal head 2.the head is high up and difficult to push down into pelvis 3.fetal heart sound is situated high up above the umbilicus 4.internal examination during labor may reveal widening of suture...

acoma aneurysms are complicated and high incidence lesions. the successful treatment depends on understanding the anatomical location of aneurysm. the early surgery and selecting the superior method of surgery and post-operative cares affect the surgical outcomes of these patients. in this study 30 patients who were admitted to firoozgar hospital in a 3-year period (2001-2004), undergone surger...

Background/introduction Transcranial MR-guided Focused Ultrasound (TcMRgFUS) treatments are now clinically performed on adult patients for brain tumor or essential tremor therapies. However, no application has been proposed for children despite their thinner skull being less of an acoustic barrier and the presence of a fontanelle on neonates, which could constitute a natural acoustic window for...

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We report a child with osteopetrosis, oxycephaly and Chiari type I malformation who presented with raised intracranial pressure. During cranial expansion surgery the patient developed sudden cardiac arrest which we believe was probably related to the Chiari malformation. The case highlights a previously unrecognized association between osteopetrosis, craniosynostosis and a persistently open fon...

memory is the cognitive ability that allows acquiring, store and recalling information. anterior thalamic dysfunction creates memory deficits in rats and humans. anterior thalamus forms a memory network in connection with the hippocampus. this connectivity profile proposes that ventrolateral and anterior thalamus may display a nexus between reminder and control functions, such as action or atte...

congenital anterior tibiofemoral subluxation is an extremely rare disorder. all reported cases accompanied by other abnormalities and syndromes. a 16-year-old high school girl referred to us with bilateral anterior tibiofemoral subluxation as the knees were extended and reduced at more than 30 degrees flexion. deformities were due to tightness of the iliotibial band and biceps femuris muscles a...