The results of the measurements of upper lips repaired according to a modified Tennison-technique (which has been previously published (Bick 1961) are presented. Contrary to the measurements done at that time after Le-Mesurier-plasty (1949), the present results did not show asymmetry of the upper lip in any case. This is ...

A case is presented of a monozygotic twin pair, discordant for phenotypic sex, in which the female member showed gonadal dysgenesis and chromosomal mosaicism. Review of the pertinent literature reveals that in monozygotic twin pairs, phenotypic and karyotypic concordance is the usual occurrence for Down's and Klinefelter's syndromes, whereas discordance ...

From Tanzania 2 cases are reported, and reference made to a third, of carcinoma arising in the upper lip in relation to a lip-plug, a traditional wooden adornment worm within an orifice in the tissues of the upper lip. Mangement was by excision and repair with a modified Abbe flap.

The embryology, anatomy and pathology of branchial cleft anomalies are discussed and 87 cases reviewed.The most frequent anomaly was branchial cleft cyst, of which there were 77 cases. Treatment in all cases consisted of complete excision.There were five cases of external branchial sinus and five cases of complete branchial fistula. ...

The pre- and post-operative vectorcardiograms of 55 patients with atrial septal defect (ASD) are discussed. Forty-nine were of ostium secundum type and six of ostium primum type. The criteria used to study the regression of right ventricular hypertrophy were: in the horizontal plane, the ratio of anterior-over-posterior forces, the right-over-left ...