A young woman was referred to us for the management of an umbilical hernia with macerated overlying skin through which massive ascites was leaking. On examination we found a jelly-like substance seeping out of the opening. A contrast-enhanced CT scan of the abdomen revealed bilateral ovarian cystadenocarcinoma with pseudomyxoma peritonei. The patient underwent cytoreductive surgery along with h...

Human emotional weeping, or crying, occurs in response to a wide array of antecedents. Although music is often mentioned specifically as stimulus that may make individuals cry, few studies have systematically explored the characteristics these crying episodes. The present study examines over music. Participants ( N = 2778; 1716 women) completed survey asking about last time they cried while lis...

E506 CMAJ, July 9, 2013, 185(10) © 2013 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors A76-year-old woman with a 20-year history of chronic pain in her back and legs caused by degenerative spondylo listhesis, spinal stenosis, morbid obesity, ven ous insufficiency and osteoarthritis presented to our chronic pain clinic. She had previously undergone a laminectomy at L4–L5/ L5–S1 and, 2 years later...

Following a trip to Bolivia, 32-year-old woman developed left lower leg ulcer with sensation of movement within the lesion. After being seen by four primary care providers, she was referred dermatology 7 weeks after her return from Bolivia. At that time, found have 5 mm weeping ulcer, live larva visible at base. We conducted punch biopsy for botfly removal, which patient healed well. Herein we ...