Surveillance of ventricular septal defects in Delaware.

Background: The prevalence of ventricular septal defects (VSDs), a birth defect in which there is an opening in the wall that separates the left and right ventricles of the heart, seemed to be substantially higher in Delaware compared with the National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN). The Delaware Birth Defects Registry (BDR) noted their high prevalence of VSDs in comparison with other states.

Methods: A subset of children with a VSD born in 2007 through 2010 was identified from the complete reportable statewide defect list that the BDR creates each year.

Restrictive Dermopathy: A Rare Disease with Unusual Radiographic Findings.

The patient is a unique case presenting with presumed Restrictive Dermopathy (RD) and intracranial and adrenal calcifications, an association not previously described in the literature. This case postulates the possibility of additional radiographic features that can be included in the spectrum of RD or as secondary events from the underlying pathophysiology of RD.