Background: Destructive brain lesions result from aggression to the central nervous system and can be congenital or acquired in the postnatal period. When extensive, these lesions can produce cavitations, as in multicystic encephalomalacia (MCE). The most common etiology of MCE is neonatal hypoxia and ischemia, but there are reports of cases due to viral encephalopathies and head traumas. MCE h...

Thoracoabdominal foregut duplications account for less than 2% of all gastrointestinal duplications. Here, we report a case of thoracoabdominal duplication cyst in an eight-month old boy who presented with both respiratory and abdominal complaints. Excision of both thoracic and abdominal extensions of the thoracoabdominal duplications in the same session is an appropriate and safe option to pre...

Th theory has, therefore, been advanced that mongolism is to some extent a result of of foetal environment due to this state. Advanced age of the mother has also been shown to be a factor in other congenital malformations, such as anencephaly, spina bifida, and congeital hydrocephaly (Malpas, 1937; Penrose, 1946a). In one series of 570 families with children showing various congenital abnormali...

Th theory has, therefore, been advanced that mongolism is to some extent a result of of foetal environment due to this state. Advanced age of the mother has also been shown to be a factor in other congenital malformations, such as anencephaly, spina bifida, and congeital hydrocephaly (Malpas, 1937; Penrose, 1946a). In one series of 570 families with children showing various congenital abnormali...