The Arnold-Chiari malfomation is typically associated with downbeat nystagmus. Eye movement recordings in two patients with Arnold-Chiari malfomation type 1 showed, in addition to downbeat and gaze evoked nystagmus, intermittent nystagmus of skew. To date this finding has not been reported in association with Arnold-Chiari malfomation. Nystagmus of skew should raise the suspicion of Arnold-Chia...

orbital lynphangioma is a low-flow or no-flow vascular malformation. it is a congenital and isolated hemodynamic lesion in which the clinical presentation and onset are related to orbital, peri-orbital or intracranial involvement. in addition, history of previous trauma and upper respiratory tract infection are important predictor factors. high resolution mri, doppler ultrasound and ct-scan are...

Fetal Valproate Syndrome (FVS) is caused by prenatal exposure to valproic acid (VPA). Clinical phenotype of FVS includes characteristic facial dysmorphism, various congenital defects, developmental delay/mental retardation, and other neurologic deficits. The risk of congenital malfomation in the developing fetus is 2 or 3-fold higher (4-6%) than that of background population. In this report, we...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the incidence of major and minor congenital malformations among liveborn infants at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Estimation of risk factors were also evaluated. METHODS Between March 2004 and May 2005, a total of 5356 babies born at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, were enrolled in this study for malformations. Details of cases were record...

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 69-year-old male, chronic smoker, presented with dyspnoea on exertion of 6 months duration. His clinical examination was unremarkable and his chest x-ray ( fi gure 1 ) showed cardiac silhouette to be predominantly on the right side of thoracic cavity, mimicking dextrocardia. As it is an apicolardotic posteroanterior view with rotation to right, the cardiac silhouette appear...

Les malformations anorectales chez l'adulte sont des anomalies congénitales rares du tube digestif qui prédominent chez le sexe féminin. Notre étude porte sur deux observations de malformation anorectale basses vues et traitées au stade adulte par les 2 équipes (plasticiens et viscéralistes) à l'Hôpital Avicenne à Rabat. Il s'agit d'un homme de 24 ans avec une dyschésie anale l'autre cas est un...