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Factitial dermatitis was the presenting sign of the multiple lentigines syndrome (leopard syndrome) in a young woman. Six years of an unremitting succession of erosive lesions was medically interpreted as a continuous, nonverbal appeal for help in avoiding an undesirable job. Manifestations of her multiple lentigines syndrome included generalized lentigines, mild mental retardation, diabetes mellitus, transitory ECG abnormalities, a cardiac murmur, ocular hypertension, eye muscle paresis, webbed toes, and skeletal deformities of the hands and chest. Through the years, the repetitive sequence of factitial, erosive, nonscarring lesions eradicated her lentigines, leaving the relatively inaccessible back as the only site of residual multiple lentigines.
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PMID:Factitial dermatitis as the presenting sign of multiple lentigines syndrome. Therapeutic effect of autodermabrasion. 706 83

The atypical clinical course of a young male with encephalopathy due to right hemispheric cortical dysplasia (pachygiria) is described. From the first months of life the course of the disease was a static encephalopathy with left hemiparesis, epilepsy and mild mental retardation. When he was 14 years old a subacute pseudobulbar palsy, dystonia and spread of the paresis to the right side occurred. Epileptic seizures, paroxysmal EEG abnormalities and drug ingestion were excluded. Neuropsychological studies showed a low level of cognitive functions, probably related to the malformative encephalopathy and expressive language deficit due to the pseudobulbar paresis. We speculate that this case could be an atypical case of delayed onset dyskiesia.
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PMID:[Late onset of pseudobulbar paralysis and dystonia in a case of hemispheric cortical dysplasia]. 924 18

Only a few series of patients with cervical myelomenigocele (cMMC) and cervical meningocele (cMC) have been published. Interventions as well as the neurologic, orthopaedic, urologic and intellectual outcomes were analysed in this retrospective description of five patients with cMMC and cMC diagnosed in the period 1984-1999. Four patients suffered from cMMC, one from cMC. The average duration of follow-up was 9.5 years. None of the patients had periconceptual prevention with folic acid. Three had a Chiari II malformation and two a hydrocephalus. Tethering of the cervical cord was demonstrated in three patients at follow-up. All children achieved an independent ambulatory function and urinary continence. Incomplete sensorimotor hemiparesis was present in two children, and a mild unilateral arm paresis in one. Two of five patients had age appropriate cognitive functions. Three patients with mild mental retardation or behavioural problems had to be placed in special classes. The outcome of patients with cMMC is favourable regarding to the neurologic, orthopaedic and urologic problems compared with lower neural tube defects. However, the burden of repeated examinations and therapies is considerable and induces high costs, therefore prevention with periconceptual folic acid is a crucial issue also in cMMC. Spinal cord dysfunction has to be considered in growing children due to persistent tethering or re-tethering, therefore regular neurologic and urodynamic investigations are of particular importance.
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PMID:Cervical myelomeningocele--follow-up of five patients. 1462 20