Localized scalp hair loss has different causes which alopecia areata, trichotillomania, tinea capitis and early lupus erythematosus are the most important ones. There are several reports of localized alopecia after tick and flea bites and bee stings, but there is only one report of ant-induced alopecia in the literature. We report herein two cases of alopecia induced by ants of genus Phei...

To obtain suitable deglutoria function and less morbidity after hipopharyngeal surgery,antebrachial free flaps is a very useful option. A posible complication is oral fedding impossibility due to neopharyngeal stenosis. Tumor ecurrence must be excluded. We described two cases of hipopharyngeal stenosis after antebrachial free flap re-construccion, proposing surgical eanastomosis with fibrous ri...

mined. He was ordered a cold evaporating lotion and light diet, 7th October.?The swelling was now so much reduced that the eye could be examined. The conjunctiva was greatly chemosed, the cornea dull looking, the pupil dilated ; there was considerable pain in the globe and brow. Leeches were ordered, and cold still applied. 9th October.?The dull appearance about the cornea and aqueous chamber h...

Background Clinical features of carotid artery dissection include ipsilateral local signs, contralateral ischemic stroke, or both. We observed two patients in whom these features were associated with renal infarcts. Case Descriptions A 57-year-old woman had painful Horner's syndrome caused by a right internal carotid artery dissection. On days 3 and 4 she had acute abdominal pain, first on the ...

were hard, particularly the right, the tension of which was + 3. Oil questioning the patient, she states that she never felt any uneasiness in the eyes, but a sharp pain referred to the supra-orbital notch on the right side, which commenced three years ago, and with it gradual loss of sight in the eye of the same side. Yision on the left side began to fail about a year since. Ophthalmoscopic ex...

Mr R. Gument Q.C.: May it please your Lordship I appear for the plaintiffs, T. Cobley et al. in this action. The facts are straightforward and simply recounted. On or about the 10th of October 2000, the plaintiffs submitted a typescript of a scientific paper to the editors of the journal Nascence. Some two weeks later, they received a communication from the editors stating that their paper woul...