Subacute infective endocarditis caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae: a case report.

The authors report an 11-year-old boy with septicemia and subacute infective endocarditis due to toxigenic-Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The patient had underlying congenital heart disease and incomplete immunization. He presented with fever, epistaxis and congestive heart failure.

A new technique for the repair and reconstruction of frontoethmoidal encephalomeningoceles by medial orbital composite-unit translocation.

A frontoethmoidal encephalomeningocele is a herniation of brain and meninges through a congenital bone defect in the skull at the junction of the frontal and ethmoidal bones. Between 1992 and 1999, we treated 145 cases of frontoethmoidal encephalomeningocele. Before 1993, the operation was performed in two stages.

Morphologic study of 120 skull base defects in frontoethmoidal encephalomeningoceles.

Frontoethmoidal encephalomeningocele is a herniation of brain and meninges through a congenital bone defect in the skull at the junction of the frontal and ethmoidal bones. From 1992 to 1996, 120 cases of frontoethmoidal encephalomeningocele were seen in our institutes, and the morphology of the skull defects was studied. The patients underwent thorough physical examinations and radiographic investigations including spiral three-dimensional computed tomography scan.