Influence of the percutaneous myofasciotomy on gait of children with spastic cerebral palsy - A short term, retrospective controlled analysis.

Background: One of the primary causes in children with cerebral palsy (CP) leading to gait disorders is an increased muscle tone which may secondary result in a shortening of the muscle fascia. Percutaneous myofasciotomy (pMF) is a minimal-invasive surgical intervention correcting the shortened muscle fascia and aims to extend the range of motion.

Research Question: What is the effect of pMF on gait in children with CP three months and one year post-OP?

Methods: Thirty-seven children (f: n = 17, m: n = 20; age: 9,1 ± 3,9 years) with spastic CP (GMFCS: I-III, bilateral (BSCP): n = 24, unilateral (USCP): n = 13) were retrospectively included.

Detection of silver sulfide deposits in the skin of patients with argyria after long-term use of silver-containing drugs.

Five patients with generalized slate-gray discoloration of the skin have been diagnosed histologically as argyria in the last 35 years in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology of Rostock and Halle. Light microscopically, there was visible black pigmentation in histiocytes, fibroblasts, and multinucleated giant cells of the dermis. In the transmission electron microscope (TEM), the authors observed electron-dense deposits inside lysosomes and residual bodies of phagocytes as well as outside the cells in the connective matrix.

Successful treatment of nodular actinic reticuloid with tacrolimus ointment.

Actinic reticuloid (AR) is the severest clinical variant of chronic actinic dermatitis (CAD) and describes a persistent photoinduced skin disorder often associated with delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions. Histopathologically, AR resembles pseudolymphoma and may also show features of cutaneous lymphoma. In contrast to other UV-induced skin diseases, AR patients show persistent photosensitivity to UV radiation and visible light parallel to permanent changes of skin texture with infiltrated papules and thickened plaques.

Mutational analysis of the BRAF gene in human congenital and dysplastic melanocytic naevi.

Eighteen congenital melanocytic naevi (CMN) from 17 patients and 18 dysplastic melanocytic naevi (DMN) from 18 patients were screened for mutations in the BRAF oncogene (present study) and the N-ras oncogene (in the course of two foregoing studies) by single-strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP)/sequencing analysis. BRAF mutations were demonstrated in both types of lesion. As a whole, 17 of 18 CMN (94.

Detection of gold particles in the neck skin after lightning stroke with evaporation of an ornamental chain.

A German couple was struck by lightning. Both patients survived this event. Whereas the husband was unconscious for only a few minutes, his wife fell into coma for 24 h.