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The article presents a case study about a 10-month-old female infant with an amniotic band syndrome or a congenital depressed scar over her face and scalp leading to facial asymmetry.

Faun tail nevus is a congenital, posterior midline cutaneous defect, characterized by a circumscribed, hypertrichotic area on the lumbosacral region. It may be a cutaneous marker of underlying spine and spinal cord anomaly. Although, patients with this condition present to us mostly for cosmetic disfigurement, we should be vigilant, and look beyond cosmetic disfigurement, to unearth any underlying spinal anomaly. Here, we present a case of faun tail nevus in a 6-year-old girl, who consulted us merely for cosmetic disability, which was found to be associated with underlying spinal anomalies affecting the lower part of spinal cord and solitary neurofibroma. The clinical importance of such a finding has prompted this report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a rare congenital anomaly frequently associated with other anomalies particularly coronary anomalies. It may be detected on transthoracic or transesophageal echocardiography. We present here a case report of a 27-year-old male patient with a QAV, the valve being regurgitant and requiring aortic valve replacement. It has been reported as isolated case reports in the literature and various theories exist to the development of QAV. The diagnosis requires a high degree of suspicion and a detailed assessment, and if asymptomatic, then patients need to be carefully followed up for the development of aortic regurgitation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]