Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to B E Monk.
A study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and distribution of subungual splinter haemorrhages in healthy individuals. They were found commonly in both sexes, though significantly more frequently in males. Where present in females, they were confined to a single digit.
A 37-year-old female, weighing 194.1 kg, is described. Her gross obesity was in part due to a massive ovarian dermoid cyst weighing at least 42 kg, which had been overlooked in the past. A dermoid tumour of this size has not previously been reported. The possible presence of cystic ovarian tumours should be considered in patients presenting with severe generalized obesity.