Red Panda feces from Eastern Himalaya as a modern analogue for palaeodietary and palaeoecological analyses.

Modern feces samples of the endangered red panda (Ailurus fulgens) were examined using multiproxy analysis to characterize the dietary patterns in their natural habitat in India. An abundance of Bambusoideae phytoliths and leaves (macrobotanical remains) provide direct evidence of their primary dietary plants. In contrast, Bambusoideae pollen is sporadic or absent in the pollen assemblages.

Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma with Kasabach-Merritt Phenomenon.

A 3-y-3-mo old male child presented with massive hypertrophy and bluish-purple discoloration of the left upper limb and adjacent chest wall of 3 mo duration. There was no h/o fever, weight loss, painful large joint swelling, or any bleeding manifestations. He had spindle like nonprogressive, painless swelling of all fingers of the left hand since infancy.