The adductor muscles of the pectoral fins of the hatchetfish Gasteropelecus are innervated by bilateral pools of about 40 motoneurons which lie primarily in the first spinal segment. A pair of giant fibers on each side of the medulla send processes ventroposteriorly to the motoneuron pools. Electrophysiological evidence indicates that giant fibers are presynaptic to ipsilateral motoneurons, but...

Giant cell-rich osteosarcoma is an extremely rare variant of conventional osteosarcoma. It accounts for only 1%-3%. undifferentiated high-grade sarcoma with numerous osteoclast-like giant cells. also contains variable amount tumor osteoid. This article aims to present a case involving the right knee joint in young man.

mediastinal lymphangioma is primarily a benign lesion and the majority of the cases are found incidentally. these lesions account for approximately 1% of all mediastinal tumors. here we present a giant mediastinal cystic mass in a 35-year-old female who was presented with severe respiratory distress. on the plain chest radiography and ct scan, a massive left pleural effusion with large paraster...

INTRODUCTION Hepatic and splenic hemangiomas are common benign tumors that mainly affect female patients. Giant splenic hemangiomas are extremely rare, especially when correlated with multiple hepatic hemangiomas. Pathogenetic mechanisms between hemangiomas and oral contraceptives, as well as therapeutic approaches, are analyzed in this case report, in particular for the management of synchrono...

Giant reactions to the tuberculin skin test are extremely rare and have been previously reported almost exclusively in patients with lepromatous leprosy. We herein report a giant tuberculin reaction associated with the homeopathic drug Tuberculinum in a patient with no evidence of active tuberculosis or leprosy.

Review of Marilyn Francus. Monstrous Motherhood: Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Ideology of Domesticity. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins UP, 2012. Xi + 297pp. Index. ISBN 978-1-4214-0737-1.