Filippi syndrome: Three new families suggest that urinary system abnormalities may belong to clinical spectrum of the disease.

Filippi syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by growth and neurodevelopmental delays, dysmorphism, and selective limb abnormalities. Although the syndrome was described approximately four decades ago, only a few families with molecularly confirmed diagnoses have been reported. In this article, we present three new patients of Filippi syndrome with unusual clinical and genetic aspects.

An unusual cause of intestinal obstruction: abdominal cocoon.

Objective: abdominal cocoon is characterized by total or partial encasement of the small bowel by a thick fibrotic membrane, leading to mechanical obstruction. Here, we report two cases of abdominal cocoon; both patients presented with symptoms of intestinal obstruction.

Conclusion: We describe the CT and sonographic features of this disease, emphasizing the role of MDCT, and discuss the preoperative diagnostic clues.

[To the 60th anniversary of Foundation of the Laboratory of X-ray Receivers, Russian Scientific Center for Roentgenoradiology. Part I: Records of the past, current research - a base for the future ].

The evolution of X-ray phosphors, screens, and films from the 1940s to present day and the contribution of the Laboratory of X-Ray Receivers, Russian Scientific Center for Roentgenoradiology, to this process are considered. It is shown that this evolution was mainly due to the attempts to obtain maximal diagnostic information with minimal dose load on patients and medical personnel. As a result, a family of intensifying screens was developed on the basis of traditional calcium-tungstate and zinc-cadmium-sulfide phosphors, as well as new phosphors based on rare-earth oxysulfides, oxyhalides, and tantalites and barium fluorohalides.

[To the 60th anniversary of foundation of the Laboratory of X-ray Receivers, Russian Scientific Center for Roentgenoradiology. Part I: From birth to recognition].

The evolution of X-ray phosphors, screens, and films from the 1940s to present day and the contribution of the Laboratory of X-Ray Receivers, Russian Scientific Center for Roentgenoradiology, to this process are considered. It is shown that this evolution was mainly due to the attempts to obtain maximal diagnostic information with minimal dose load on patients and medical personnel. As a result, a family of intensifying screens was developed on the basis of traditional calcium-tungstate and zinc-cadmium-sulfide phosphors, as well as new phosphors based on rare-earth oxysulfides, oxyhalides, and tantalites and barium fluorohalides.