Five CKMA boys transformed in juvenile spondiloarthropathy (3 had psoriatic arthritis). Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis was diagnosed in 6 children (4 F: 2 M), all girls were ANA-positive and developed oligoarthritis and one also had uveitis. There were 3 cases of tuberculosis arthritis without primary lung damage. Another cases included knee osteoarthritis, Borrellia burgdorfery infection, angio...

Case A 50 year old male, known HIV patient on ART for past 4 months, presented with complaints of scaly raised lesions over palms, soles and genitalia with history of burning micturition and swelling of right knee for over one month. On examination patient was thin built, anaemic. Right knee joint effusion with tenderness was present. Palms and soles revealed keratoderma blenorrhagicum. Nails w...

i. Tuberculosis of the knee-joint is in the very large majority of cases initially a synovial infection, and remains so for a long period, and is sometimes entirely confined to the synovia. 2. X-ray examination is of no real value in the early diagnosis which must be made and treatment started long before X-ray changes are apparent. 3. Despite treatment the disease tends to involve the whole jo...

INTRODUCTION Bilateral Flexion Deformity commonly results secondary to cerebral palsy, poliomyelitis, haemophilia etc. It is accompanied by valgus deformity and external rotation at knee in long standing cases secondary to the contracture of the iliotibial tract. Flexion deformity at knees is an impediment to the normal ambulation and is difficult to address. CASE REPORT A 34 year old male pr...

objectives: knee osteoarthritis (oa) is a leading cause of disability in older adults. in current study, the effects of three types of orthoses on pain reduction were evaluated in oa patients in iran. methods & materials: in this prospective clinical trial, thirty six patients consisting of 11 men and 25 women with age (mean±sd) of 54.56±2.82 years and diagnosis of mild to moderate knee oa incl...

conversion of knee arthrodesis to total knee arthroplasty is a difficult procedure accompanied by many complications due to soft tissue and extensor mechanism contracture and bone defects. we report two cases of distal femur osteosarcoma that had been undergone wide resection arthrodesis initially. arthrodesis was converted to total knee arthroplasty with hinged prosthesis after many years. we ...