An infant form of Alexander disease (a clinical case and literature review).

We present a case of the infant form of Alexander disease. The case uniqueness is that the patient's examination had been started at the preclinical stage and was continued during the manifestation and fastigium of disease. We present rare images obtained during neurosonography at the preclinical stage of the disease as well as the unique findings of MRI studies.

[Single-step surgical management of lesions of the ascending aorta and aortic arch, coronary and carotid arteries in a male patient with multifocal atherosclerosis].

Described in the article is a clinical case report concerning single-step surgical management of a male patient presenting with multifocal atherosclerosis accompanied by an aneurysm of the ascending aorta and proximal segment of the aortic arch combined with lesions of the coronary and brachiocephalic vessels, thus showing a possibility of surgical treatment in this cohort of patients, if completely and timely diagnosed. Performing a one-stage operation without aggravating the surgical intervention makes it possible to decrease the risk of complications of both the heart and brain in the intra- and postoperative periods.