Rare case of intracranial Salmonella enteritidis abscess following glioblastoma resection: Case report and review of the literature.

Background: Worldwide, Salmonella enteritidis (SE) is becoming a common cause of gastrointestinal infections by contaminated food products, mainly eggs. Extra-intestinal manifestations such as brain abscess are more commonly associated with Salmonella typhimurium and are rare in adults. We report the clinical features, treatment outcomes and risk factors predisposing our patient to Salmonella enteritidis brain abscess and discuss relevant literature.

Minimally invasive surgical treatment of Bertolotti's Syndrome: case report.

Objective: This article aims to provide more insight into the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of Bertolotti's syndrome, which is a rare spinal disorder that is very difficult to recognize and diagnose correctly. The syndrome was first described by Bertolotti in 1917 and affects approximately 4 to 8% of the population. It is characterized by an enlarged transverse process at the most caudal lumbar vertebra with a pseudoarticulation of the transverse process and the sacral ala.

The common deletion found in patient reexamined after 33 years and comparison with complete mtDNA sequences of maternal relatives.

In 1966, a male (17 years old) was clinically examined at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and diagnosed with Idiopathic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia (IPEO). A muscle biopsy showing ragged-red fibers implicated mitochondrial involvement. Since the sequence of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was not determined until 1981, no genetic confirmation of the disease was possible at that time.