A cross-sectional survey of 68 integrated Irish pig farms was conducted to determine the prevalence and risk factors for foot and limb lesions in 2948 piglets from 272 litters. One litter was selected per age category; 3-7 days, 8-14 days, 15-21 days and 22-28 days per farm. All piglets were examined for sole bruising, sole erosion, coronary band injuries, limb abrasions, alopecia, swollen limb...

A case of domestic violence is reported. The patient presented with the triad of injuries associated with the shaking of infants: retinal haemorrhages, subdural haematoma, and patterned bruising; this has been described as the shaken adult syndrome. This case report reflects the difficulties in diagnosing domestic violence in the accident and emergency setting.

DESCRIPTION A 58-year-old woman was involved in a motor vehicle accident. She sustained diffuse swelling over the dorsum of her dominant hand along with a hematoma extending from the level of the metacarpophalangeal joint to the wrist. There was also extensive bruising over the palmer aspect. There was no obvious neurovascular compromise.

Conventional optical property mapping by spatial-frequency domain imaging (SFDI) is prone to relatively low efficiency due the iterative nature of nonlinear curve-fitting based on light transfer model, such as diffusion approximation equation. This study aims at expediating prediction with high accuracy developing an artificial neural network (ANN) model coupled SFDI. A dataset was first genera...

Case Study A 58-year-old alcoholic man presented with pain, swelling, and bruising of his right leg. He had no history of trauma or injury. His medical history was significant for frequent spontaneous hematomas in his legs (Figure 1), the first and most dramatic of which was a large thigh hematoma occurring 4 years earlier. This area became infected, developing necrotizing fasciitis that requir...