Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of direct visualization a normal fetal palate and detect cleft in first trimester with novel three-dimensional ultrasound (3D US) technique, Crystal Realistic Vue (CRV) rendering technology. Methods Two-dimensional (2D) images 3D volumes healthy fetuses at 11–13 +6 weeks were obtained prospectively. 2D views included coronal view retronasa...

Background Multidirectional cranial distraction osteogenesis (MCDO) is a procedure of ours developed earlier for treating craniosynostosis. However, the numerous bone flaps led to prolonged operative time and occasional bone detachment from dura. We have since simplified the osteotomy design. In treating sagittal synostosis, required bone flaps have been reduced to 11 (from ~20). Methods In a...

background: tonsilloliths are calcified concretions that develop in tonsillar crypts. they are usually small and asymptomatic, so they are found accidentally during routine dental radiogrphy procedure. large tonsilloliths can occur with clinical signs and symptoms. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and patterns of palatine and adenoid tonsilloliths in cone‑beam computed t...

Craniosynostoses are caused by premature fusion of one or more sutures of the infant’s skull with an incidence between 1:1000 and 1:10 000. Isolated and syndromic forms can be differentiated and are involved in over 150 genetic disorders. Syndromic forms tend to be inherited and include variable other malformations of the extremities, the backbone, and the face. Isolated forms of craniosynostos...

This report concerns a de novo reciprocal translocation between the long arms of the chromosomes 12 and 19 in a mentally retarded child with bilateral radioulnar synostosis, agenesis of the corpus callosum, and several minor congenital malformations.

Metopic synostosis is characterized by keel-shaped forehead (trigonocephaly), prominent midline ridge of the forehead, bitemporal narrowing, bilateral retrusion of supraorbits, egg-shaped orbits, low nasal dorsum, and reduced volume of the anterior cranial fossa. The mainstay treatment is early surgical intervention before the age of 12 months, which usually consists of bifrontal craniotomy wit...

A 32-year-old lady presented to our clinic with persistent painful restriction of her dominant forearm movements for three months after tension band wiring of olecranon. She had full elbow flexion and extension; however, her forearm rotations were restricted and painful. Investigations revealed prominent tips of the wire, eroding the radial tuberosity with heterotopic ossification between the r...

Radioulnar synostosis is a rare complication of forearm fractures. The formation of a bony bridge induces functional disability due to limitation of the pronosupination. Although the etiology of posttraumatic synostosis is unknown, it seems that the incidence is higher in patients who have suffered a concomitant neurological or burn trauma, and extensive soft tissue injury, mainly due to high-e...