The article by Devlin and Poldrack reminds researchers in the functional neuroimaging domain of the importance of anatomical expertise for functional activation localization. In line with this article, we highlight that macroscopic neuroanatomy should not be considered solely as a landmark system but also as one of the foundations of the functional organization of the brain.

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) consists of the pentad of thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, fever, neurologic abnormalities, and renal disease. We present a case report of acute TTP following a bout of ischemic colitis. This report reminds the clinician that ischemic colitis can be an atypical presentation of TTP. The prompt recognition and treatment of this disease process resulted...

Martin McKee looks at what lessons we can learn from the government’s many failures in procuring personal protective equipment during pandemic

Following the publication of a paper on Conjonctival human myiasis by Oestrus ovis in southern Tunisia by Anane and Ben Hssine (Bull Soc Pathol Exot (2010) 103(5):299-304), the author reminds that the discovery of this disease was made in Algeria, in 1907 by Edmond and Etienne Sergent.

In this issue, Simpson and colleagues report a large-scale ecological study that reminds us of the importance of physical environmental factors in the development of atopic dermatitis. The mechanisms through which these factors influence AD development are incompletely understood, but further research in this area is likely to yield substantial insights into this very common childhood dermatolo...

We present the first report of intraosseous meningioma accompanied by intradural cyst formation. A 76-year-old woman had previously undergone breast cancer treatment, so the preoperative diagnosis was metastatic breast cancer. This case reminds us that the possibility of meningioma should be kept in mind in patients with breast cancer, irrespective of neuroimaging findings.

the report of two cases of chest and kidney infections reminds of the possibility of distant infections caused by thrombophlebitic complications of cholesteatoma. deep neck infection, mediastinitis, pleural empyema, pulmonary abscesses and hematogenic microabscesses of kidney have been proved by clinical, radiologic and laboratory examinations in two cholesteatoma patients. the clinical course ...