Permanent paresthesia to sculptured nails. A distressing problem.

In order to discourage her habit of nail biting and to repair her damaged nails, a 50-year-old woman sought cosmetic improvement in a beauty salon, where a manicurist suggested the use of sculptured nails. A permanent paresthesia resulted from this procedure without allergic reaction.

[Place and value of tomodensitometry examination of malignant skin tumors of the face].

Computerized tomography of the face offers a new technique for the evaluation of malignant tumors. It serves to ascertain exactly the extension of the malignant process and to establish the indication for surgery in the best possible conditions. A brief clinical description of the most frequent tumors of the face is given and the indications for this examination are discussed.

Simultaneous O2 and CO diffusing capacity estimates from assumed lognormal VA, Q and DL distributions.

O2 and CO pulmonary transfer data obtained in dogs under steady-state conditions in hypoxia by Savoy et al. (Respir. Physiol.