One way to better apprehend the problem of diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) is to search for correlations between the bands in a large sample of spectra towards various lines of sight: a strict correlation may imply that a common carrier is at the origin of the bands, whereas a non-correlation means that different species are involved. We propose this observational test for 10 DIBs collected i...

Schilder’s disease is a rare sporadic demyelinating disease of the brain. We report a girl with Schilder’s disease who had undergone Kasai operation for biliary atresia. The patient presented with acute right hemiparesis. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a single large tumefactive white matter lesion. A diagnosis of Schilder’s disease was based on clinical features and MRI findings...

An adult patient developed both Devic's neuromyelitis optica and Schilder's myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis, suggesting that these entities represent rare topographical and aggressive variants within the spectrum of multiple sclerosis.

Methods of controlled electron interference in k-space on the diffraction plane by means of an electron biprism invented during the Tonomura Electron Wavefront Project are briefly reviewed. The results presented show the partial coherence of self-interfered diffusely scattered electrons, elastically scattered and inelastically scattered, found outside and in between the Bragg diffracted beams o...

Controversy has surrounded the rare clinicopathologic entity of inflammatory myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis (IMDS) since the seminal description of Schilder in 1912 [1]. Since that time several distinct myelinoclastic and dysmyelinating conditions have been grouped under this eponym. To this newly described demyelinating disease, the author planted the seeds of an enduring controversy by incl...

Metachromatic leucodystrophy is an uncommon type of diffuse cerebral sclerosis. This condition is found at various ages, but it is convenient to classify cases into congenital, infantile, juvenile, and adult varieties. The infantile form, which presents a fairly constant clinical and pathological pattern, was first described by Greenfield (1933) who recorded two cases, and four further examples...

Hoes AW. Current indications for (adeno)tonsillectomy in children: a survey in the Netherlands. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2003;67:603-7. 8 Blair RL, McKerrow WS, Carter NW, Fenton A. The Scottish tonsillectomy audit. Audit Sub-Committee of the Scottish Otolaryngological Society. J Laryngol Otol 1996;110(suppl 20):1-25. 9 Donnelly MJ, Quraishi MS, McShane DP. Indications for paediatric tons...

Introduction . Castleman disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder also known as angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia or giant lymphoid hyperplasia. CD considered unicentric in the presence of single focus and if clinical picture represented by multiple lymphadenopathy systemic manifestations, it multicentric. Manifestation occurrence that mimics tumor meninges brain extremely rare,...