Scalp cooling with gel packs was used to try to prevent alopecia in 31 patients being treated with doxorubicin (Adriamycin), 29 for advanced breast carcinoma and two for carcinoid tumour. Twenty-eight of the 31 patients tolerated the procedure well, and 22 of these had either no hair loss or only slight loss which remained acceptable and did not require a wig. The main factor limiting success w...

I read the article by Dr. Molina et al. on alopecia areata incognita (AAI) with great interest. As the author of the original 1987 article in which the existence of AAI was hypothesized, I feel entitled to present my dissenting opinion with respect to some of statements made by Dr. Molina et al. The case Dr. Molina et al. described and successfully cured is not a case of AAI but rather of diffu...

Purpose and Methods Hereditary vitamin D resistant rickets (HVDRR) is a rare disease that presents with signs and symptoms of rickets, alopecia, and growth retardation during the early years of life. The disease is caused by mutations in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene, which leads to unresponsiveness of the mutant receptor to 1-25(OH) 2 D3. The disease is transmitted as an autosomal recessiv...

Situs inversus totalis is a rare autosomal recessive congenital anomaly. There are very few reports in the published literature of abdominal aortic aneurysm in patient with situs inversus totalis, all of whom underwent open aneurysm repair. DeBakey type III acute aortic dissection is life threatening condition with organ malperfusion. A 74-year-old male, referred our department with back pain a...