Rectus abdominis sheath hematoma as a complication of tetanus. Diagnosis by computed tomography scanning.

Tetanus infection as the cause of rectus abdominis sheath hematoma has not been previously reported in the literature. Such a patient, diagnosed by computed tomography scanning, is presented. The place of computed tomography examination in diagnosis of rectus sheath hematomas and abdominal wall pathology is emphasized.

[The treatment of epilepsies with Convulsofin]. / Die Behandlung der Epilepsien mit Convulsofin.

The testing of Convulsofin carried out in 220 patients at 14 clinics over a period of six months confirms the international experience gained with valproic acid and sodium valproinate. The main field of application of Convulsofin according to the experience gained will again be the treatment of fits in generalised primary epilepsy for which it permits to carry out a monotherapy to a remarkable extent. The favourable effect of the preparation in photosensitivity could be confirmed. Also in generalised secondary epilepsy and in fits of partial epilepsy. Convulsofin is partly effective, so that it can recommended as a co-medication in the treatment of therapy-resistant forms of these epilepsies which are difficult to treat. Decrease in thrombocytes, transient increase in serum transaminases, gastrointestinal disorders, loss of hair and undesired increases in body-weight were the more frequently occurring side-effects.

[Suicide attempts in children. Follow-up in picture figures]. / Suizidversuche bei Kindern Verlaufskontrolle im bildnerischen Gestalten.

This is a report on 15 children who, after having committed acts of taking their own lives voluntarily and intentionally, were admitted, between 1971 and 1974, to the Pediatric Clinic of Neuropsychiatry, Brandenburg District Mental Hospital. The number of boys (10) was greater than the number of girls (5). Fourteen children were at the age of puberty (i.e., between 12 and 15), while only one child was under 10. A brief description is given of the various causes of suicidal acts committed by children. The children's personalities are also described. All of the patients, right from the start of impatient treatment, were included in a program of drawing and painting in addition to the medical and psychotherapeutic treatment given to them. For this creative activity, a studio was made available where the children, in the presence of the therapeutist, could make drawings or pictures with paints. The explanations given by the patients of their respective drawings or pictures were carefully recorded by the therapeutist. The pictures made by two patients, who had made several attempts upon their own lives, are presented along with the explanations given by them. One of the boys is a child who had been in an educational establishment for many years, while the other boy came from an orderly family. Regarding the therapeutical drawing and painting program it can be said that this nonverbal form of expression results in the children becoming physically and psychically relaxed, making them willing to freely explain the contents of their drawings and pictures.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)