Disorders of sexual development (DSD) refers to a group diseases that links the mismatch between an individual’s genetic and gonadal its phenotype. Ovotesticular DSD (true hermaphroditism) is one such disease, in which both male female gonads are present. A 15-year-old boy with history surgery for non-palpable testis was examined due bilateral gynecomastia known gonosomal mosaic Klinefelter syn...

Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism and occurs in one percent of cases. Most of the patients at the time of diagnosis are young and the mean age is 40 year-old and occur with equal frequency in both sexes. In most series, serum calcium levels are ≽ 14 mg/dl and in half of them, a palpable cervical mass is evident. Clinical manifestations are maily due to hyperca...

Ambient intelligence and ambient computing is concerned with providing people with information, means of communication, and entertainment at any time and at any place. This vision is implemented by distributed populations of devices capable of adapting their characteristics according to the extant and anticipated needs of users. Palpable Computing (PalCom) complements and extends the tenets of ...

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is the most common small vessel vasculitis of childhood. It is characterized by nonthrombocytopenic palpable purpura, abdominal pain, arthritis, and glomerulonephritis. Although HSP is typically known to be self-limited, serious complications can occur. Acute pancreatitis rarely presents as a complication of HSP. It is even rarer as an initial presenting feature o...