BMJ case reports
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Joubert's syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disease, which is under-diagnosed, associated with other brain and body malformations, and carries a poor prognosis. We describe a 6-year-old boy who presented with non-progressive instability of stance and gait, mental retardation and a new onset of generalised seizures with the typical brain imaging findings of Joubert's syndrome. We believe this is the first diagnosed case of Joubert's syndrome in Iraq.
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We present a case of a 43-year-old lady who presented with an acute coronary syndrome, but without any cardiac risk factors or previous cardiac symptoms, and who had a spontaneous coronary artery dissection. This was successfully treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. A brief discussion of this clinical entity and literature review is presented.