BACKGROUND Aplasia cutis congenita is a disorder where e newborn child is missing skin from certain areas. It is a rare condition with no particular race or sex more at risk. May occur by itself or be associated with other physical syndromes or disorders. A classification system exists for aplasia cutis congenital consisting of 9 groups, based on the number and location of the skin defects and ...

Epidermal nevus syndrome (ENS) is a rare condition characterized by congenital epidermal nevi (EN) associated abnormalities of other organs including central nervous system (CNS), skeletal system, eyes, and oral cavity (1). ENS is divided into a group of distinct disorders, based on the associated epidermal nevus and genetic inheritance pattern. Organoid nevus could be seen in some ENS, includi...

BACKGROUND During twin pregnancies, several complications may result in the death of a co-twin depending on the date of death. We describe herein 2 infant survivors of monozygotic twin pairs with 2 distinct possible complications: a aplasia cutis congenita and Volkmann ischemic contracture. OBSERVATIONS One infant had extensive aplasia cutis congenita with an associated monozygotic co-twin wh...

Anguilla japonica and Anguilla marmorata share overlapping spawning sites, similar drifting routes, and comparable larval durations. However, they exhibit allopatric geographical distributions in East Asia. To clarify this ecological discrepancy, glass eels from estuaries in Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and China were collected monthly, and the survival rate of A. marmorata under varying...

cutis laxa is an acquired or inherited condition characterized by redundant, sagging and inelastic skin.  the inherited form is heterogeneous condition with autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive and x-linked inheritance.  autosomal dominant cutis laxa is divided into three types, type i, ii and iii and the responsible genes are eln, fbln5 and aldh18a1 respectively. an x-linked form of cutis l...

Ravindran R. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2014-203856 Description Prolonged abdominal heat application in an individual with diabetes and gastroparesis leads to the development of erythema ab igne. Practitioners should be aware of the various ways that erythema ab igne can present. Erythema ab igne is due to prolonged heat exposure (43–47°C) which causes damage to superficial vascular ple...

Salinity is one of the most important factors that affect the fish growth and survival. Superoxide dismutases (SODs), as the primary antioxidant enzymes, play a first role in the process of preventing oxidative stress caused by excessive superoxide anion (O[Formula: see text]) in living organisms. In the present study, we investigated the effects of salinity on the gene expressions as well as e...

Vascular disease of the upper extremity consists of a diverse group of conditions of different etiologies and presentations. These conditions can be broken down into the following groups: (a) vaso-occlusive disease, which consists of embolism, thrombosis, aneurysms, atherosclerosis, and vasculitis; (b) vasospastic conditions, including Raynaud’s disease, secondary Raynaud’s phenomenon, acrocyan...