[Multiple ruptures of major vessels and womb in a parturient woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome].

Presented herein is a clinical case report demonstrating uncontrolled development of fatal complications in a young parturient woman with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. The disease had not been known previously. In the third period of natural term delivery we revealed a complete linear vertical uterine rupture with a clinical picture of haemorrhagic shock.

[Human epiphyseal concrements in schizophrenia].

The epiphysis is a gland containing firm extracellular bodies (brain sand) the number of which increases with age. Microscopy and roentgen microtomography showed that in some cases of schizophrenia the amount of brain sand decreases. In parallel, cytoplasm of pinealocytes appears to contain concrements of a new type--irregular hollow spheres of 0.

[Transcutaneous external ventriculostomy (surgical technique)].

The paper deals with the placement of external ventricular drainage, one of the most common mini-invasive surgical techniques. The operation is described in the stepwise fashion. Photos of each of the surgical stages allow the reader to gain a deep insight into the specific features of the surgical technique.