AIM The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and topographical distribution of minor physical anomalies (MPAs) in schizophrenia patients and control subjects, and the ability of the items of the Waldrop scale to predict the patient-control status. MATERIAL AND METHODS 128 schizophrenic patients (66 men, 62 women) and 103 normal controls (49 men, 54 women) were evaluated for MPAs w...

The foot is an important element of the locomotor apparatus and performs a number functions in our body. Abnormalities its shape can affect everyday functioning. Therefore, it worth paying attention to proper development feet children. aim study was assess dynamics changes selected parameters younger children school age. involved 70 observations were conducted twice same children, aged 5 9 year...

To determine the time for additional epidural anaesthesia, skin temperature of the big toe was evaluated in 50 patients undergoing mastectomy. Epidural catheters were placed at or near the T5-6 intervertebral space and 12 ml, lidocaine 1.5% with 1:200,000 epinephrine were injected. When the skin temperature, which had increased following epidural anaesthesia, decreased by 0.3 degrees C without ...

DESCRIPTION A 54-year-old diabetic female patient with type 2 diabetes of 7 years’ duration presented with pain in her big toe. She had previously sustained foot ulceration several times and hence worried for recurrence. On examination she had a laminated, thickened, dark yellow toe nail of an extremely rare structure (figure1). Onychodystrophy, which is a widely used term referring to nail def...

Purpose: Peripheral neuropathies, changes in body composition, presence of ascites which means pathologic fluid accumulation in peritoneal cavity, leg edema and lower extremity muscle mass loss are possible factors that may alter plantar pressure distribution in patients with liver cirrhosis. Our aim was to determine the changes in plantar loading characteristics during walking in patients with...

Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome is a rare congenital mesodermal abnormality characterized by varicose veins, cutaneous hemangiomas, soft tissue and bony hypertrophy of limb. Potential complications such as deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism have not been reported in Korea to date. We demonstrate the case of a 48-year-old woman with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome with extensive varicose...

A male Bedouin baby with the clinical profile of femoral hypoplasia-unusual facies syndrome is described. The phenotype includes bilateral asymmetrical lower limb hypoplasia/aplasia with short remnants of both femora, absent right tibia, bifid right big toe, dysmorphic facies, thoracic/pelvic abnormalities, macrophallus, and bilateral cryptorchidism. This report re-emphasises the previously des...

Solitary metastases to the small bones and/or to the soft tissue of the hands and feet (acrometastases) are rare. We report a case of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with big toe metastasis revealed before the primary tumor became apparent. The best treatment for a single metastasis is always surgical excision, regardless of the lesion being synchronous or metachronous. The biological behavior of me...

This is an electromyographic study of the activity in flexor and extensor muscles of the big toe in 22 patients with a Babinski sign and 49 controls, after mechanical or electrical stimulation of the sole. The results indicate: (1) the Babinski sign is mediated by the extensor hallucis longus (EHL), and not by the extensor hallucis brevis; (2) electrical stimuli may fail to activate the EHL in ...