We report an 18-month-old boy with the association of pectus excavatum and tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). We successfully performed simultaneous pectus repair using sternal elevation without any prosthetic support and total correction of TOF after a prior modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. Retracting a divided costo-sternal complex with a rectus abdominal flap away from the operative field before the ...

AIM To characterise the distribution of major growth plate proteoglycans in a group of infants who died of SIDS. METHODS Nine such infants and eight age matched controls were selected from the necropsy files at the Adelaide Children's Hospital. Sections of rib and adjacent costal cartilage were stained for chondroitin-4-sulphate, chondroitin-6-sulphate, and keratan sulphate with antibodies 2-...

it is difficult to reconstruct an alar defect with cartilage involvement. here in the authors report a case of traumatic alar loss during childhood in which an alar reconstruction was carried out with a composite auricular graft put over the pedicle buccal flap which was rotated and passed through the intraoral side. the lining skin and auricular cartilage for the flap was obtained from the aur...

Tietze syndrome is a rare inflammatory disorder characterized by chest pain at costochondral junction with an idiopathic etiology. A patient came to the Central Ayurved Hospital Nardevi excruciating since 5 months. Patient stated that several medications were tried without any success. was further assessed via radiologically and laboratory. Results within normal limits. Hence, given 12 sessions...

Abstract Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and Paratyphi have been imputed in the causation of enteric fever. Cardiovascular extraintestinal infections documented among immunocompromised individuals. Rarely these pathogens are ascribed immunocompetent hosts due to hematogenous seeding. We report a case anterior chest wall abscess with osteomyelitis an adult by paratyphi A without any prior pred...