Identification of schizophrenic patients by examination of body odor using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and a cross-selective gas sensor array.

Background: Previous findings have shown that the body odor of patients affected by schizophrenia contains some specific compounds. Chemical sensor technology has proved to be able to classify different odours. We investigated the possibility of using a chemical sensor array to detect body odor alteration in schizophrenic patients.

[Giant diverticulum of the bladder. A case report].

Vesical diverticula are a common pathology of the urinary bladder, generally secondary to cervico-urethral obstruction. Frequency of giant diverticula is not reported in the literature. The Authors present a case of giant vesical diverticulum (20 x 30 cm in diameter) due to prostatic adenoma in which any referable symptomatology was absent.