We describe a patient with avascular necrosis in both shoulders. Confirmatory testing in making the diagnosis included plain radiography, bone scan, and magnetic resonance imaging. The pathogenesis and staging of the disease by radiography are presented in the article. Treatment options include a conservative regimen of shoulder range of motion...

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1997 Jan;79(1):53-7. Spinal cord monitoring in operations for neuromuscular scoliosis.Noordeen MH, Lee J, Gibbons CE, Taylor BA, Bentley G. The Institute of Orthopaedics and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust, Stanmore, London, UK. We reviewed retrospectively the role of monitoring of somatosensory spinal evoked potentials (SSEP) in...

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1990 Nov;72(6):1077. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in identical twins.Carr AJ. Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Headington, Oxford, England

PEDIATRICS Vol. 105 No. 6 June 2000, pp. 1299-1304
Discitis and Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Children: An 18-Year Review
Marisol Fernandez, MD*, Clark L. Carrol, MD, and Carol J. Baker, MD*
Conclusion. This comparative study suggests that age and clinical presentation distinguish most patients with discitis from those with vertebral osteomyelitis. Although radiographs...

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1982;64(4):413-5. Spontaneous transposition of the spinal cord.Carvell JE, Dickson

Postgraduate Medical Journal 2006;82:46-51
L Cormican , R Hammal , J Messenger , H J Milburn Department of Respiratory Medicine, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Hospitals Trust, London, UK
Aims: A retrospective study was performed at a UK centre to identify the demographic and presenting features of a spinal TB population, their response...

Synonyms Alè-Calò syndrome Langer-Giedion syndrome acrodysplasia-dysostoses syndrome multiple exostoses-mental retardation (MEMR) syndrome trichorhino-auriculophalangeal multiple exostoses (TRAMPE) dysplasia trichorhinophalangeal dysplasia 2 Multiple exostoses with cone-shaped epiphyses, peculiar facies (mainly microcephaly, bulbous nose with thick septum and alae, and sparse hair), loose redundant skin, and mental retardation.

The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy
William H. Geerts, MD, FCCP; Graham F. Pineo, MD; John A. Heit, MD; David Bergqvist, MD, PhD; Michael R. Lassen, MD; Clifford W. Colwell, MD and Joel G. Ray, MD, MSc
Chest. 2004;126:338S-400S.
This article discusses the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and...

Neurofibromatosis in children: the role of the orthopaedist Crawford and Schorry J Am Acad Orthop Surg.1999; 7: 217-230
Abstract - Type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF-1), also known as von Recklinghausen disease, is one of the most common human single-gene disorders, affecting at least 1 million persons throughout the world. It encompasses...

McGrath et al. (1997, 1999) described a boy with a unique skin disorder comprising trauma-induced skin fragility and congenital ectodermal dysplasia affecting hair, nails, and sweat glands. The proband reported by McGrath et al. (1997) was a 6-year-old boy with unrelated parents. There was no family history of skin blistering...

Annals of Family Medicine 5:48-56 (2007) Full Text
Daniel M. Albertsson, MD, Dan Mellström, MD, PhD, Christer Petersson, MD, PhD and Robert Eggertsen, MD, PhD
One in 4 Swedish women experiences a hip fracture, an event that has high concomitant morbidity and mortality. We developed and validated a clinical predictor of fracture...

Pictorial Essay AJR 2004; 182:1389-1398 Imaging Findings of Fibrous Dysplasia with Histopathologic and Intraoperative Correlation Kimberly A. Fitzpatrick1, Mihra S. Taljanovic1, Donald P. Speer2, Anna R. Graham3, Jon A. Jacobson4, George R. Barnes1 and Tim B. Hunter1 1 Department of Radiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 N Campbell Ave.,...

Indications and Contraindications Radiographic and clinical evaluation Treatment protocol for AO C3 fractures Determining successful reduction Surgical fixation technique Postoperative management Potential complications and long term results Expert

Alveolar soft-part sarcoma: a hormone-sensitive tumour? Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1988, Vol 64, 386-388
Alveolar soft-part sarcoma is a rare, slow-growing, malignant tumour which metastasizes frequently to the lungs. Treatment with radiotherapy or chemotherapy is largely ineffective, and most patients die within 4 years of developing metastases. We report an unusual patient...

objective was to describe the MRI findings of 10 patients with osteochondritis dissecans of the capitellum and to correlate the imaging findings with surgical findings of stability and instability. CONCLUSION. The MRI findings of unstable and stable osteochondritis dissecans of the capitellum are similar to the findings described for osteochondritis dissecans...

This article presents a radiologic review of the spectrum of acquired and congenital orthopedic abnormalities found in patients with myelomeningocele. These abnormalities are caused predominantly by muscle imbalance, paralysis, and decreased sensation in the lower extremity. Iatrogenic injury, such as a postoperative tethered cord, may also cause bone abnormalities. Selected...

Age and Ageing, Vol 29, 454-456, Copyright © 2000 by British Geriatrics Society
Case report. Infective discitis as an uncommon but important cause of back pain in older people
V Goel, J Young and C Patterson
Case reports. Two elderly patients (aged 70 and 80 years) presented with severe back pain and...

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1988 Mar;70(2):261-6. Scoliosis surgery and its effect on back shape.Jefferson RJ, Weisz I, Turner-Smith AR, Harris JD, Houghton GR. Oxford Orthopaedic Engineering Centre, England. Thirty-four patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were assessed by radiography and the integrated shape imaging system (ISIS) both before and after spinal...

1933 JBJS Article - Full text

Intramuscular Myxoma: a rare but important association with fibrous dsyplasia of bone.
Sundaram et al. Am J. Roentgenology 153 (1): 107. (1989)

ALKYLDIHYDROXYACETONEPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE DEFICIENCY ALKYLGLYCERONE-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE DEFICIENCY AGPS DEFICIENCY type 3 rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata (RCDP3) is caused by mutations in the alkyldihydroxyacetonephosphate synthase (alkyl-DHAP synthase) gene (AGPS; 603051). Type 1 RCDP (215100) results from a defect in the PEX7 gene (601757). In type 2 RCDP (RCDP2; 222765), there is an isolated deficiency of DHAP...

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1993 Nov;75(6):881-5. Costoplasty in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Objective results in 55 patients.Barrett DS, MacLean JG, Bettany J, Ransford AO, Edgar MA. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, England. Costoplasty can reduce the important cosmetic deformity of rib prominence in scoliosis but there are few objective reports of correction....

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1980 Feb;62-B(1):65-72. The scintigraphic assessment of the scoliotic spine after fusion.McMaster MJ, Merrick MV.
Scintigraphy using technetium-labelled methylene diphosphonate was performed on 110 scoliotic patients six months after an attempted fusion and the findings compared with those at exploration to detect the possible sites of pseudarthroses....

Tibial hemimelia is a rare anomaly characterized by deficiency of the tibia with relatively intact fibula. Jones et al. (1978) classified the anomaly into 4 types according to radiologic criteria.

Account of Idiopathic Carpotarsal Osteolysis in Ilse Muyshondt, Luc Lateur, Guy Van Roost and Bart Maes1 Nephrol Dial Transplant (2003) 18: 2185-2188