Elemental analysis of cetacean skull lesions associated with nematode infections

Benign skull lesions.

OBJECTIVE To document the epidemiologic and clinical features of benign skull lesions. DESIGN A case series. SETTING St. Michael's Hospital, a tertiary care facility affiliated with the University of Toronto. PATIENTS Thirty-one patients who had a neurosurgical consultation and were discharged from hospital after excision of a benign skull lesion during a 10-year period. MAIN OUTCOME ME...

Ranavirus infections associated with skin lesions in lizards

Ranaviral disease in amphibians has been studied intensely during the last decade, as associated mass-mortality events are considered to be a global threat to wild animal populations. Several studies have also included other susceptible ectothermic vertebrates (fish and reptiles), but only very few cases of ranavirus infections in lizards have been previously detected. In this study, we focused...

FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH SUGAR BEET CYST NEMATODE FROM FIELDS OF W. AZERBAIJAN (I)

Fungi associated with sugar beet cyst nematode (Heterodera schachtii Schmidt) in W. Azerbaijan were isolated from different stages during 2002-2004 and studied. Some 300 fungal isolates were obtained. In this paper, 16 species belonging to nine genera are identified. Among them, three species viz. Lecanicillium aphanocladii, Myrothecium verrucaria andPlectosporium tabacinum are as new records t...

Intestinal nematode infections

cloverleaf skull syndrome associated with cleft palate

purpose: to report a case of cloverleaf skull syndrome with cleft palate. results: we report a 20-day-old boy with cloverleaf-shaped skull deformity, very constricted cranium and prominent temporal bones associated with severe proptosis, maked lid retraction, conjunctival chemosis, exposure keratitis, corneal opacity and cleft palate. ct-scan dislosed fusion of the coronal, sagittal and lambdoi...