The 1918 influenza pandemic was the deadliest respiratory pandemic of the 20th century
and determined the genomic make-up of subsequent human influenza A viruses (IAV). Here, …

Craniopharyngioma (CP) adherence represents a most baffling problem for the neurosurgeon.
The highest priority of current surgical treatment is to maximize tumor removal without …

Shared anomalies, always located close to the area of coalescence and observable in
virtually every type of conjoined twinning, are currently seen as separate anomalies caused by …

… Eduard Winter, the director of the pathological-anatomical museum in Vienna who found
specimens that Erdheim had probably used for his studies of craniopharyngioma, took pictures …

A heterogeneous group of epithelial cystic tumors developed at the infundibulum and the
third ventricle disconcerted pathologists at the dawn of the twentieth century. Very little was …

The pathological anatomical collection Vienna (Pathologisch-Anatomische Sammlung Wien;
PASW) is a living and still growing research collection. It was established as early as 1796 …

The collection of the Narrenturm in Vienna houses and maintains more than 50,000 objects
including approximately 1200 teratological specimens; making it one of the biggest …

Background In tertiary syphilis, Treponema pallidum triggers the formation of granulomatous
nodules in various organs of the human body. Within the skeleton, predominantly in the …

A multitude of additional anomalies can be observed in virtually all types of symmetrical
conjoined twins. These concomitant defects can be divided into different dysmorphological …

Tuberculosis is among the leading causes of death from infectious diseases and affects many
organ systems, including the skeleton. Skeletal tuberculosis is an extrapulmonary stage of …