This case describes the clinical and radiographic appearance, medical treatment and long-term followup of a 6-year-old French trotter stallion that was referred with an acute onset of pain and swelling at the tail-head without a history of traumatic insult. Radiographic examination revealed multiple semicircular and millet-sized radiolucencies at the endplates of several adjacent caudal vertebr...

1. Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Mechanic Engineering, Babol University of Technology, Babol, Iran 2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran 3. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran 4. Dental Materials Research Center,...

Volume 82, Number 12 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 1523 A 22-year-old woman presented to the emergency department five days after eating lettuce that she said had scratched her throat. She had seen two physicians in the outpatient setting and was given pain medication. However, she was now unable to tolerate oral fluids. She had an intact airway with moderate trismus and mild anter...

We describe a rare case of osteochondroma of the coronoid process of mandible accompanied by severe trismus in a 14-year-old Japanese boy. The patient had initially been diagnosed as having internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), and conservative treatment had failed to improve the symptoms. Despite extremely limited TMJ movement, panoramic radiography revealed no abnormality...

Oral health care in pregnancy is often avoided and misunderstood by physicians, dentists, and patients. Evidence-based practice guidelines are still being developed. Research suggests that some prenatal oral conditions may have adverse consequences for the child. Periodontitis is associated with preterm birth and low birth weight, and high levels of cariogenic bacteria in mothers can lead to in...

Background: Few studies have investigated on vitamin D metabolites Serum levels, and calcium homeostasis in humans receiving retinoids, despite a substantial amount of literature concerning retinoid-induced osteoporosis in animals. We prospectively measured vitamin D metabolites serum levels and calcium homeostasis and radiographic bone changes in short course treatment with oral isotreti...