Fatal Oedipism: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Purpose: To describe a unique case of a fatal self-enucleation and review previously published cases.

Methods: The authors describe a unique case of a complete unilateral self-enucleation while under the influence of drugs, which resulted in severe intracranial hemorrhages, right internal carotid artery opacification, and death. A literature review was performed by searching articles published before January 2023 in the Pubmed/MEDLINE database using the keywords "auto-enucleation or self-enucleation.

Pediatric skull fracture with injury and thrombosis of the superior sagittal sinus: illustrative case.

Background: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (VST) is a complication of head injury and can be secondary to sinus compression by depressed skull fractures. Fracture elevation is a treatment option for VST secondary to extrinsic compression, but conservative management may also be effective. Venous sinuses can also be lacerated from skull fractures, resulting in epidural or subdural hematomas.

SF3b1 mutations associated with myelodysplastic syndromes alter the fidelity of branchsite selection in yeast.

RNA and protein components of the spliceosome work together to identify the 5΄ splice site, the 3΄ splice site, and the branchsite (BS) of nascent pre-mRNA. SF3b1 plays a key role in recruiting the U2 snRNP to the BS. Mutations in human SF3b1 have been linked to many diseases such as myelodysplasia (MDS) and cancer.