OBJECTIVE Rubber dam is recommended by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) for various restorative and endodontic procedures. To date, there has been no report of actual usage of rubber dam within the speciality of paediatric dentistry. The aim of this study was to assess the usage of rubber dam amongst paediatric dentistry specialists within the UK. METHODS A postal questionna...

To cite: Nayak HK, Raizada N, Sinha N, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-009064 DESCRIPTION A 14-year-old North Indian boy presented with a one-year history of multiple hospitalisation anamnesis for recurrent melaena and anaemia. He had received iron supplementation and whole-blood transfusions of more than 10 units for the last 1 year. ...

A 71-year-old woman with the blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome experienced 4 episodes of self-limiting unilateral exophthalmos. Is is suggested that a vascular malformation in the orbit is responsible for this phenomenon. A biopsy sample was taken of one of the cutaneous lesions and studied by light and transmission electron microscopy. The histological appearances are discussed in relation to p...

primary benign neoplasm of spleen and usually represents a small localized tumor. Diffuse hemangiomatosis of the spleen is a variant of hemangioma in which the splenic parenchyma is widely replaced by vascular proliferations. This condition may be confined to the spleen or may occur as a manifestation of systemic angiomatosis. Associations of splenic hemangiomatosis with Beckwith-Wiedeman syndr...