Author response We thank our colleague Dr Garvey for his interest1 in our paper,2 and take this opportunity to address his queries on the important topic of groin pain in sport.3 First, two ...

Osteochondrosis of the primary ossification center (Köhler's disease of the patella), however, is infrequently described in the literature.

We present the first record for Theraphosa apophysis (Tinter, 1991) for Brazil. A male of T. apophysis was collected in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas state, Brazil.