Since the beginning, with Sputnik in 1957 and Explorer in 1958, space missions have gone farther and have become more and more demanding in data return to enable far more ambitious science goals. This is particularly so for probes in deep space—at the Moon and farther. In the 1960s and 1970s, the missions were planet flybys, which typically have short encounter periods. Then the missions progre...

A 33-year-old female presented to the acccident and emergency (A&E) department having taken an overdose of Amitryptiline 3 h previously. On admission, she had a decreased level of consciousness and soon after arrival, she had a grand mal convulsion. She remained cardiovascularly stable with sinus rhythm on ECG. General examination revealed blisters and erythematous lesions on her left hand (Fig...

Background: Few reports represent palmar cutaneous nerve neuropathy in the wrist due to a ganglion cyst. Case Presentation: A 25-year-old female was presented with a mass at volar side of the wrist and hypoesthesia at the base of thenar eminence. At ulrasonographic examination, a simple cyst was detected. Sensory response of palmar cutaneous branch of median nerve was absent at the affected sid...

Dorsiflexion, palmar flexion, ulnar translocation, and dorsal carpal subluxation are four, not uncommon, post-traumatic carpal ligamentous instabilities. Palmar carpal subluxation is a theoretical possibility. Dorsiflexion and palmar flexion instabilities are named for the way the distal lunate articular surface dorsally and palmarly, respectively. Ulnar translocation, and dorsal and ventral ca...

Dear Editor, A 45-year-old renal transplant recipient presented with a 2-week history of progressive painful mid-palmar swelling in his right hand and intermittent low-grade pyrexia. There was no history of trauma. He had been on transplant-related immunosuppression (cyclosporin and prednisolone) for 10 years, and had a significant past history of pulmonary tuberculosis treated 20 years ago wit...

INTRODUCTION Lipomas are benign tumors which may appear in almost any human organ. Their diagnosis rate in the hand region is not known. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 63-year-old Greek Caucasian woman with a giant lipoma of the hand and palm which was not initially diagnosed. After repeated surgical decompression of the carpal tunnel the patient was referred with persisting sympt...