Prenatal diagnosis of MAGED2 gene mutation causing transient antenatal Bartter syndrome.

Transient antenatal Bartter syndrome due to melanoma-associated antigen D2 gene mutation is a newly reported type of Bartter syndrome. Its characteristics include an X-linked inheritance pattern, early-onset hydramnios, and spontaneous disappearance of symptoms after childbirth. To date, there have been no reports of prenatally diagnosed cases.

[Spindle cell type anaplastic carcinoma of the pancreas: review of 27 Japanese case reports].

Spindle cell type anaplastic carcinoma of the pancreas is extremely rare and has a very poor prognosis. A previously healthy 68-year-old woman was referred to our hospital due to a large tumor in the body of the pancreas. Abdominal computed tomography revealed an irregular, well-enhanced 140-mm tumor containing a cystic component.

Sex determination based on a thoracic vertebra and ribs evaluation using clinical chest radiography.

Our aim was to investigate whether sex can be determined from a combination of geometric features obtained from the 10th thoracic vertebra, 6th rib, and 7th rib. Six hundred chest radiographs (300 males and 300 females) were randomly selected to include patients of six age groups (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s). Each group included 100 images (50 males and 50 females).