The use of infrared radiation in the treatment of skin laxity.

Background: Cosmetic surgery and medicine are extremely interesting fields for a plastic surgeon. Lasers and lights determine ablation, contraction and regenerating stimulus in skin tissues. The aim of this study is to examine the use of infrared lights in treating facial and body skin laxity.

Syndromic true hermaphroditism due to an R-spondin1 (RSPO1) homozygous mutation.

XX true hermaphroditism, also know as ovotesticular disorder of sexual development (DSD), is a disorder of gonadal development characterized by the presence of both ovarian and testicular tissue in a 46,XX individual. The genetic basis for XX true hermaphroditism and sex reversal syndromes unrelated to SRY translocation is still mostly unclear. We report mutational analysis of the RSPO1 gene in a 46,XX woman with true hermaphroditism, palmoplantar keratoderma, congenital bilateral corneal opacities, onychodystrophy, and hearing impairment.

Giant non Hodgkin lymphoma of Scarpa's triangle: a case report.

A 72-year-old lady was admitted to hospital with a large, bleeding mass on the right groin and an 8-month history of deep vein thrombosis of the left leg with pulmonary microembolisation treated medically. On clinical examination there was a solid, necrotising and bleeding right inguinal mass which extended 20 cm below the right inguinal ligament. A tissue biopsy, performed under local anaesthesia, revealed the presence of a non Hodgkin lymphoma with giant B-cells of follicular origin.