Wukang Leprosarium is located in the eastern part of Zhejiang, China in a valley far away from the county town. A girl was born in this colony, the daughter of a person seriously disabled by leprosy. She was left there as her parents were unable to look after her. A Youth Volunteer group was established to help children in the centre, and members included the young staff in the colony and peopl...

This article explores the vital roles of matter in emerging sexual cultures elementary school children. Based on a case study seven-year-old girl, it draws from ethnographic research gendered and power relations students Northern Finland. Inspired by feminist, new materialist theories, analysis indicates how everyday objects may be seen as co-constituting heterosexual femininity attaching even ...

Teratoma is the most commonly encountered germ cell tumour among the most common ovarian tumours; however, teratomas of the omentum and mesentery are extremely rare. They are usually asymptomatic or can produce compressive symptoms. The imaging features are suggestive. The present report describes such a case of primary omental teratoma encountered in a young patient, which was managed by surgi...

Osteochondromas are common benign tumors of cartilage and bone. They are usually found as contiguous bone with a cartilage cap at the end of the growth plate of long bones. Similar to structure are extraskeletal osteochondromas. However, unlike typical osteochondromas, extraskeletal osteochondromas are noncontinuous with bone. To our knowledge, all reported extraskeletal osteochondromas have be...

Sinus node dysfunction, previously unreported in girls, occurred in a 13-year-old girl who required permanent pacemaker implantation because of recurrent syncopal attacks. In addition to periodic sinus arrest, the presence of significant atrioventricular conduction disturbance was also documented. Although she had had a persistent ductus arteriosus divided at an earlier age, the disturbance of ...

H syndrome is an autosomal recessive genodermatosis with reports dating back to the last decade. This syndrome is caused by mutations in the SCL29A3 gene. The clinical characteristics of this syndrome consist of dermatological manifestations, including hyperpigmented, hypertrichotic, and indurated patches and plaques. It affects various systems by causing heart anomalies, hepatosplenomegaly, hy...

As a masterpiece of Chinese writer Yan Geling's short stories, The Young Girl Little Fisherman focuses on the plight and way out "other" status oriental women in cross-cultural context. This article takes Siao Yu, main character Girl, as an example, construction Oriental women's cultural identity from intercultural perspective, exploring how can gradually construct their own find East-West whil...

8 years young girl presented with uncontrolled seizures in obtunded and bedridden state. MRI brain showed multiple extra-axial coalescent cystic lesions in bilateral frontotemporo parietal regions - diagnosed as multiple hydatid cyst. We used irrigation saline during surgery and a total 35 cysts were removed intact, one by one separately and histologically confirmed as hydatid cyst. Postoperati...

concentration of up to 28 mmol/I has been shown not to interfere with measurement of serum amylase with this technique (personal communication, Boehringer Mannheim). In view of his heavy alcohol intake, we considered that our patient may have chronic relapsing pancreatitis in which a normal serum amylase is seen more commonly. This is unlikely, however, as the patient was well between acute epi...