OBJECTIVE To review the causes, presentation, and therapy of primary generalized and localized symmetrical hypertrichosis in children. DESIGN Retrospective medical record review. SETTING Academic specialty referral clinic for pediatric dermatological disorders. PATIENTS Case series of 11 prepubertal male and female patients who had idiopathic hypertrichosis between July 1, 1990, and Novem...

AIM Tethered cord syndrome (TCS) is rarely diagnosed in adults. It is a complex clinicopathological entity that remains poorly understood. In this study, clinical outcomes of 23 consecutive congenital TCSs diagnosed in adults have been evaluated to establish a standard approach to treat congenital TCS diagnosed in adults. MATERIAL AND METHODS Medical records were retrospectively reviewed in 7...

AIM Cutaneous markers in the lumbo-sacral region are indicators of occult spinal dysrhaphism and tethered cord. By means of spinal sonography, anatomical abnormalities of the spinal cord can be shown in the neonatal period. PATIENTS We report on 6 infants with lumbo-sacral cutaneous abnormalities who were investigated with a high resolution linear transducer (> 7.5 MHz) and a computer sonogra...

A. N. GUTHKELCH (Hull) referred to the considerable advances in the treatment of children born with congenital deformities of the CNS and its coverings during the past decade, but felt that a different pattern of development might be appropriate in the 1970s. The loss, at least in Great Britain, of spina bifida and hydrocephalus cases to other hands was an anomaly which should be corrected by e...

BACKGROUND Jarcho-Levin syndrome, also known as spondylothoracic dysplasia and spondylocostal dysplasia, is characterized by varieties of vertebrae and rib anomalies. Jarcho-Levin syndrome is a clinical-radiological diagnosis with clinical evidence of short neck, short trunk, normal-sized limbs, or increased arm span, and vertebral and rib defects on the skeletal survey. CASE REPORT About 400 c...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective clinical study. OBJECTIVE To show retrospective analysis of 21 consecutive patients who underwent simultaneous surgical treatment for progressive spinal deformity and coexisting intraspinal pathologies (tethered cord and/or diastematomyelia). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The classic advocated approach in patients with congenital spine deformity associated with intra...

To cite: VY V, Kesav P, Mehta S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013008862 DESCRIPTION A 24-year-old lady, recently married, was brought to our hospital by her husband when he incidentally noticed a tuft of hair in her lower back which he considered as a bad omen after consulting a rural Indian faith healer. On physical examination, she had...