Intra-articular fractures of the distal radius evaluated by computed tomography.

Purpose: To describe the fracture lines of intra-articular distal radius fractures as evaluated by computed tomography scans.

Methods: With computed tomography, we examined 95 intra-articular fractures of the distal radius from 91 patients. Multiplanar computed tomography images or 3-dimensional images, or both, were assessed.

Spontaneous ulnar dislocation of the index, long, ring and small finger extensor tendons at the metacarpophalangeal joints: a case report.

Finger extensor tendon dislocation at the metacarpophalangeal joint is caused by various etiologies, such as trauma, congenital anomaly, or rheumatoid arthritis. When the dislocation occurs with no etiology, this is called spontaneous dislocation. Although spontaneous extensor tendon dislocation in one, two or three fingers has been described, to our knowledge, simultaneous dislocation in four fingers has not been reported.

[Alterations of symptoms with borderline personality disorder after fronto-temporal traumatic brain injury. A case study].

We report a case of borderline personality disorder in which severe self-mutilation, sense of futility and tendency to manipulate others disappeared after fronto (orbital cortex and dorso-lateral surface) temporal traumatic brain injury. The patient, a right-handed 34 year-old woman began having severe depressive moods, irritability, and performed recurrent self-mutilation by wrist cutting after her marriage at age 20. She was diagnosed as having borderline personality disorder.

[A study of the effect of donepezil hydrochloride on cognitive function in patients with dementia of Alzheimer's type using WAIS-R].

The present study aimed to assess the initial effects of donepezil hydrochloride (DPZ) on various aspects of cognitive function in patients with dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT) using the Japanese version of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R). DPZ was administered to 47 patients with mild-to-moderate DAT (D group). The control group comprised 61 patients who had been followed up before DPZ was released for use (C group).