arising from the hair matrix (1-3). The preoperative diagnosis of this entity may be difficult because of its multiple manifestations (1), especially if the examining physician is unfamiliar with them. There have been some reports in the radiological literature which included the CT (2, 4, 5) and MR (2, 6-8) imaging findings of pilomatricoma however, to the best of our knowledge, there have bee...

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE A 55-year-old man of dark complexion presented with multiple extensive swellings over the chest, right upper arm, and left shoulder for 10 years. Swellings were hyperpigmented, firm, and intensely pruritic especially over the chest region. The swellings progressed in size, extended, and developed satellite lesions over its 10 years history.

This study conducted among 302 infants aimed to determine the most suitable mid upper arm circumference cutoff to diagnose severe acute malnutrition (weight-for-length <-3 SD) in infants aged between 1 and 6 months. The cut off of 11.0 cm had the best performance (Youden index 0.63, sensitivity 82.5%, specificity 80.3%).

BACKGROUND Upper-arm muscle area (UMA), upper-arm fat area (UFA), arm-fat index (AFI), upper-arm fat estimate (UFE) and upper-arm muscle estimate (UME) was introduced for the assessment of body-composition. This cross-sectional study assessed age-sex specific upper-arm composition and nutritional status among children and adolescents. METHODS The present cross-sectional study was conducted am...