Mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I) is a rare inherited disorder characterized by physical deformities and developmental anomalies. Part of a group of clinically progressive disorders, it is caused by the deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme, α-L -iduronidase, which results in intralysosomal accumulation of dermatan sulfate and heparan sulfate and in turn causes cell dysfunction. Two sisters, one 11 ...

The aim of this study was to identify the potential projection errors of lateral, postero-anterior (PA) and submentovertex (SMV) cephalometric radiographs due to head rotation in the vertical z-axis. For this investigation, a complete human dry skull of an adult was used. The skull was rotated from 0 to +/-14 degrees at 2 degree intervals. A vertical axis, the z-axis, was used as the rotational...

The etiologic diagnosis of cerebrovascular diseases requires non-routine complementary examinations to be performed. Thus, in specific cases, after neuroimaging (computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging cerebral scan sequences) and neurosonology (Doppler test of the supra-aortic trunks, transcranial echography and echocardiography), which academically allow us to classify the patients acc...

OBJECTIVE In patients with medically intractable partial epilepsy of mesiotemporal origin, video electroencephalographic monitoring with foramen ovale electrodes is necessary to plan neurosurgical interventions. Imaging of these electrodes after implantation hitherto required conventional radiography, magnetic resonance imaging, or computed tomography of the skull. These methods are expensive. ...

mas, are malignant neoplasms arising from a single clone of plasma cells. They are commonly found in the axial skeleton; especially in the spine, pelvis, and skull and are characterized as expansile osteolytic bone lesions on radiography (1). The MR imaging findings of plasmacytoma or multiple myeloma located in the spine has been well described, but nonspecifically (2, 3). Plasmacytomas usuall...

Children with mental retardation are often subjected to a routine battery of tests, a practice that has been criticised.' Investigations often include a blood count, a biochemical profile, urinary screening for metabolites including amino acids, and radiography of the skull and wrist for bone age and may be more extensive. Such routine testing of all children with mental retardation is done in ...

Open wounds represent a potential area of medicolegal risk if foreign bodies are not identified prior to wound closure. The importance of imaging of lacerations was underscored by a recent case where a 20-year-old male collided with a friend's mouth on a trampoline sustaining a simple, superficial scalp laceration. The wound was evaluated in typical fashion including irrigation and local explor...

We describe the case of a nine-day-old female Holstein calf which had cheiloschisis, a moderate dome-shaped head, ataxia and opisthotonus since birth. No significant findings except the dome-shaped head were observed on survey radiography of the skull. Computed tomography (CT) images showed bilateral lateral ventriculomegaly, cerebellar hypoplasia and a cyst-like lesion communicating with the r...

This study describes the radiological and pathological findings in a necropsy series of 70 skulls of Nigerian patients with sickle cell gene, and 70 controls matched for sex and age with no sickle cell gene. 6 (35%) of the 17 patients with sickle anaemia, or 17% of 35 patients with sickle cell gene excluding the trait, all under age 10 years, were shown to have bone trabeculae within the diploe...

OBJECTIVES To explore the diagnostic values of digital intraoral radiography and cone beam CT (CBCT) in the determination of periodontal bone loss, infrabony craters and furcation involvements. METHODS Accuracy assessment of the imaging modalities was conducted through bone level measurements, infrabony crater and furcation involvement classifications. For CBCT, images were obtained at 120 kV...