INTRODUCTION A typical presentations of tuberculosis are not uncommon. Periprosthetic infection with tuberculosis after total joint replacement has well published. Tuberculosis of the elbow following open reduction internal fixation of a distal humerus fraeture is extremely rare. CASE REPORT We report case of a healthy, immunocompetenet 49-year-old male who underwent open reduction and intern...

BACKGROUND Despite safety-related concerns, psychotropic medications are frequently prescribed to manage behavioural symptoms in older adults, particularly those with dementia. We assessed the comparative safety of different classes of psychotropic medications used in nursing home residents. METHODS We identified a cohort of patients who were aged 65 years or older and had initiated treatment...

objective: since colposcopy biopsy test plays a significant role in the evaluation of cervix, especially in patients with an abnormal result of pap smear test, therefore, this research study was conducted to compare the results of pap smear and colposcopy directed punch biopsy tests at firoozgar and akbarabady hospitals from 2001 to 2003. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was ca...

RATIONALE Pycnodysostosis is a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia characterized by short stature, craniofacial dysmorphism, acro-osteolysis, osteosclerosis, and brittle bone with poor healing. Pycnodysostosis results from the deficient activity of cathepsin K, a lysosomal cysteine protease that is encoded by CTSK. PATIENT CONCERNS We report a Korean adult patient with pycnodysostosis...

In general, spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality (SCIWORA) with spondylosis is considered to be a central cord injury. This article describes the clinical features and surgical outcomes of atypical central cord injury in patients with spondylotic SCIWORA (ACCISS). Fifty-two patients were enrolled in the study from January 2006 to December 2011. Diagnoses were made from imaging (c...

A 21-year-old male was admitted to the orthopaedic and trauma department following a left knee injury. On examination, he appeared dehydrated and had left-sided knee pain. Radiological investigations revealed a left patellar fracture (Figure 1A); in addition, incidental distal femoral and proximal tibial bone cysts were present. Routine serum biochemistry revealed severe hypercalcaemia with a c...

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Femoral neck fractures are common in the elderly and are broadly grouped into either intracapsular or extracapsular fractures. We report an unusual femoral neck fracture that had features of both and discuss the management of such a case.

Background. Fracture by trauma is one of the most common types of dental injury in the permanent dentition among children and teenagers. Aim. The aim of this study was to report the treatment performed to an atypical dental trauma case in a maxillary central incisor of a young patient by means of reattachment of the tooth fragment. Case Description. A 12-year-old male patient suffered a vertica...