The establishing of 46 chromosomes as the normal complement in man and the report of the sex chromatin bodies in buccal smears were followed by reports of trisomies and other abnormal patterns of the X and Y chromosomes in Klinefelter's and Turner's syndromes. Abnormal autosomal complements were described in mongolism, ...

The extrarenal manifestations of hypernephroma in 34 medical patients are described, and the literature on this subject is reviewed. One case presented with hematuria and 11 other cases with metastases. Presentation was not obviously related to metastases in 22 patients. Eight were first seen because of fever or general weakness. ...