Aneurysm of a common digital artery: case report and literature review

The authors' recent experience of a 46-year-old woman with an aneurysm of a common digital artery led them to review the appropriate treatment for this rare condition. They found only one other reported case. In most reports on aneurysms of hand vessels, the aneurysm is of traumatic origin, but this was not the case in their patient. For such a rare condition, the authors emphasize the need for acute awareness of its possibility, angiography to evaluate the collateral circulation and early excision to relieve symptoms and avoid neurologic damage.     

Formal Thought Disorder in Childhood Onset Schizophrenia and Schizotypal Personality Disorder

The Kiddie Formal Thought Disorder Rating Scale (K-FTDS) was examined in a sample of 29 schizophrenic, 10 schizotypal, and 54 normal children, aged 5-12.5 yrs. The schizophrenic and schizotypal children had significantly more illogical thinking and loose associations than the normal children. There were no significant differences between the illogical thinking and loose associations ratings of the schizophrenic and schizotypal children. Young schizophrenic, schizotypal, and normal children had more illogical thinking and loose associations than older children in their respective groups. The diagnostic, developmental, and cognitive implications of the study's results are discussed.