Hydranencephaly in a Newborn: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature.

Hydranencephaly (HE) is a severe and isolated malformation affecting the cerebral mantle. In this condition, the cerebral hemispheres are entirely or almost entirely absent, replaced by a membranous sac filled with cerebrospinal fluid, while the midbrain is usually preserved. Although HE is a relatively rare brain disorder, the differential diagnosis must include conditions such as severe hydrocephalus, porencephalic cysts, and alobar holoprosencephaly.

Brain 18FDG-PET pattern in cognitively impaired elderly patients with bipolar disorder.

Background: Patients with bipolar disorder (BD) are at increased risk of dementia. The underlying mechanisms are debated. FDG-PET elucidates glucose metabolic reductions due to altered neuronal activity in the cerebral cortex, allowing detection and identification of neurodegenerative processes.

Alobar Holoprosencephaly in a Newborn: A Case Report of Prenatal Diagnosis and a Review of the Literature.

Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a severe and complex congenital brain malformation caused by a defect in the midline cleavage of the prosencephalon during early embryonic development. It is the most common prosencephalic malformation in humans and is categorized into three classical forms based on the severity of this cleavage defect: alobar, semilobar, and lobar HPE. A milder interhemispheric variant, called syntelencephaly, is also considered a form of HPE.

A new homologous series of semi-conducting liquid crystals based on phenyl-anthracene: synthesis and effect of the alkyloxy terminal chain on charge transport and photoconductive properties.

π-Conjugated systems are the key to the charge transport properties of organic semiconductors. Four multifunctional mesogenic materials were designed and synthesised from 2-amino anthracene and -hydroxybenzaldehyde. Each material contains a central, rigid phenyl-anthracene core and one flexible alkyloxy chain with different lengths based on the concept of combining liquid crystal (LC) materials featuring facile processability, highly ordered alignment, and effective charge transport.

Case report of a successful conservative surgical treatment of a giant liposarcoma of the forearm invading the median nerve.

Liposarcomas (LPS) are the most common malignant tumors among soft tissue sarcomas. We report a rare case of well-differentiated liposarcoma (lipoma-like) located along the anterior compartment of the right forearm, which was successfully treated with complete excision, resulting in good functional recovery without recurrence during a 2-year follow-up. Surgery is the primary treatment for localized forms, involving complete and radical excision with clear resection margins.

Fracture-dislocation of the radiocarpal joint: bony and capsulo-ligamentar management, outcomes and long-term complications.

Purpose: Radiocarpal dislocation fractures (RCDF) are rare injuries that usually occur in a violent trauma setting. Our work aimed to analyze our patients' functional and radiological results after surgery and identify potential medium- and long-term complications while reviewing other series previously reported in the literature.

Methods: We have performed a retrospective study over five years at our university hospital, eleven patients were selected, and the mean follow-up was about 33 months.

Synovial sarcoma in the buttocks: an exceptional location - case report according to SCARE guidelines.

Unlabelled: Pelvic pain is a frequent reason for consultation; the management is complex, given the differences in symptomatic and anatomical orientation. We present an exceptional case of intergluteal synovial sarcoma rarely described in the literature, with an incidence of about 1/1 000 000 and less than 10 cases of intergluteal location are published.

Case Presentation: Through this publication, we present a very exceptional case of synovial sarcoma.

Giant fibrolipoma of the median nerve in the thenar eminence: Case report and literature review.

Nerve fibrolipoma is a very rare benign tumor, corresponding to fibrofatty proliferation of the epineurium and perineurium, where most frequently, the median nerve is touched. We report the case of a 52-year-old patient who has a giant fibrolipoma of the thenar branch of the median nerve evolving at the level of the thenar eminence, an exceptional size and location for this disorder. Our case presents fibrolipoma of the median nerve in thenar eminence, a size and localization that has not been reported in the literature to our knowledge A good dissection makes it possible to obtain total resection without neurological after-effects.

Acute pancreatitis secondary to hypercalcemia in a patient with primary hyperparathyroidism: An uncommon association.

Introduction: An uncommon cause of acute pancreatitis, primary hyperparathyroidism accounts for less than 1% of cases.

Case Presentation: A 41-year-old male with acute pancreatitis and hypercalcemia is described in this case. Primary hyperparathyroidism was discovered during the work-up for hypercalcemia.

Cleft palate-lateral synechiae syndrome: a case report.

Cleft palate-lateral synechiae syndrome (CPLSS) is an extremely rare congenital malformation syndrome with undetermined etiology, characterized by a cleft palate and lateral intraoral synechiae linking the free borders of the palate to the mouth floor. We report a case of a female neonate, admitted for suckling difficulties with a cleft lip and palate associated to multiple lateral intraoral synechiae. Resection of the synechiae allowed oral feeding.

Case report: Pure obturator dislocation of the hip, a rare variety of regular dislocations, and long-term clinical outcomes.

Post-traumatic dislocation of the hip is a surgical emergency that is usually caused by a high-energy trauma in a context of polytrauma. The pure obturator hip dislocation variant is very rare. It is considered an emergency, and its management must be done within 6 h by a qualified surgeon in order to reduce the risk of osteonecrosis of the femoral head and iatrogenic fractures.

Giant aneurysmal bone cyst of the scapula: A case report.

Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is a benign bone tumor affecting mainly children and young adults. It occurs in the metaphysis of the long bones. The scapula is a very rare location.

Case report: A rare case of pure tibio-talar dislocation without malleolar clamp fracture in a young athlete: Long-term functional results and recent reviews of the literature.

Introduction And Importance: Ankle dislocation without fracture is an extremely rare injury, requires high-energy trauma, up to 1995, only 73 cases were reported in the literature and 154 cases up to 2017. It is therefore a post-traumatic ankle disease growing in parallel with the increase in road-traffic accidents requiring the study of incriminated factors such as hypoplasia of the medial malleolus.

Case Presentation: The authors report the case of a young patient, a football player, who presented with a pure, closed dislocation of his ankle following a road-traffic accident.

[Osteoid osteoma of the upper extremity of the radius: rare localization and literature review (about a case)].

Osteoid osteoma is a benign but painful bone tumor whose treatment is based on complete surgical resection. We here report the case of a young patient with osteoid osteoma of the upper extremity of the radius through a literature review.

Novel organic semiconductors based on 2-amino-anthracene: Synthesis, charge transport and photo-conductive properties.

Anthracene is considered to be a popular choice as a building block for organic semiconductors. The present work is dedicated to the synthesis and characterization of a novel semiconductor (10-OPIA) possessing mesogenic properties, which allows better control over charge transport in the bulk of a material. A novel anthracene-based molecule is characterized for its potential applications: frontier molecular energy levels are studied by optical spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry and compared to values obtained via ab initio calculations.

The majority of conversion total hip arthroplasties can be considered a primary replacement: a matched cohort study.

Background And Study Aims: The success of conversion total hip arthroplasty (THA) among primary THA and revision THA remains unclear. We hypothesized that most conversion THA's can be performed using primary implants and will have an uncomplicated post-operative course.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-six patients (23 females, mean age 68,0y) who underwent conversion THA for failed interventions for proximal femur fractures in the period 2008-2018 were matched sequentially against patients of the same sex and age who underwent primary THA or revision THA.

Using a participatory qualitative risk assessment to estimate the risk of introduction and spread of transboundary animal diseases in scarce-data environments: A Spatial Qualitative Risk Analysis applied to foot-and-mouth disease in Tunisia 2014-2019.

This article presents a participative and iterative qualitative risk assessment framework that can be used to evaluate the spatial variation of the risk of infectious animal disease introduction and spread on a national scale. The framework was developed through regional training action workshops and field activities. The active involvement of national animal health services enabled the identification, collection and hierarchization of risk factors.

Chronic posterior fracture-dislocation of the shoulder: case report and a literature review.

Posterior shoulder fracture-dislocation is a rare injury accounting for approximately 0.9% of shoulder fracture-dislocations and often misdiagnosed during the initial presentation to a physician. Though the reverse Hill-Sachs lesion is a common injury associated with posterior shoulder dislocation, the associated scapula fracture represents only 6% of the lesions associated with a posterior dislocation of the shoulder.

Giant squamous cell carcinomas of the shoulder.

Giant squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) larger than 5 cm in diameter are uncommon; there is no guideline on the size of an SCC that is considered giant. Treatment may be difficult with the need for large tissue resections and complex surgical reconstruction. We report a rare case of giant squamous cell carcinoma of the shoulder attached to deep anatomic planes.

Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma: rare and serious.

Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma (SEF) is a rare form of soft tissue sarcoma. It is characterized by a slow evolution, with local recurrences and late metastases that are mainly pulmonary and pleural in about 50% of cases. The treatment is based on the surgery which must be as wide as possible.

Carpal antelunar dislocation and Fenton syndrome: Extremely rare association.

Carpal antelunar dislocations are much rarer than posterior dislocations. Their frequencies are between 3 and 6% of carpal perilunar dislocations. Out of 23 cases of carpal antelunar dislocations listed in the literature, there are only 11-scapho antelunar dislocations.

From Complex Modulus E* to Creep Compliance D(t): Experimental and Modeling Study.

Creep compliance (D(t)) is a very important input for the thermal cracking resistance in the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). The aim of the work presented here is to predict the results of creep compliance D(t) from the result of complex modulus E*(ω). The work plan is divided in two main parts: an experimental part consisting of creep tests, and a modeling part.