Hemifacial microsomia is a congenital malformation in which there is deficiency in the amount of hard and soft tissues on one side of the face. It is primarily a syndrome of first and second branchial arches involving underdevelopment of the temporomandibular joint, mandibular ramus, masticatory muscles, ears and occasionally defects in facial nerve and muscles. Here, we report three cases of h...

Diaphragmatic hernia occurs in one in 2000 births' and is responsible for 8 % of congenital malformations causing death during the first few days after birth.2 The most common hernia occurs through the foramen of Bochdalek and is five times more common on the left side than on the right.3 Complete absence of the diaphragm is very rare and, in a series of 117 cases of diaphragmatic hernia in inf...

An atrial septal defect was successfully repaired in a young woman despite the presence of pulmonary hypertension and right to left shunting. Before repair both isoprenaline infusion and 100% inspired oxygen produced significant falls in pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance. A lung biopsy specimen at operation indicated a considerable decrease in the concentration of pare...

This brief essay places Rodney in the context of development trans-Atlantic African Diaspora consciousness and culture, non-Western contingent Marxist theories from dependency to his underdevelopment thesis. Rodney’s biography intellectual are contextualized their Caribbean, Latin American Diasporic Black contexts, engagement with people, pedagogy political processes Jamaica, Tanzania, London G...

In recent years the more frequent use of x-rays has revealed various congenital abnormalities of the lungs which had formerly passed undetected during life, since the clinical signs and symptoms may be minimal. An attempt is made here to elucidate the different pictures which may be seen in varying degrees of underdevelopment of the lungs. For clarity of description the following nomenclature i...

RATIONALE Slowly progressive hand ischemia is mostly associated with medical illness such as vasculitis, and in patients with smoking history, Buerger disease is often considered first. However, despite the very low incidence of vascular anatomical anomalies, they can lead to hand ischemia. And if there is no consideration for them, proper treatment cannot be selected. PATIENT CONCERNS A 42-y...