Maffucci's syndrome is a rare non hereditary disorder characterized by multiple enchondromas and haemangiomas. A 12 year old boy presented with a painful swelling at his right hand and deformed left upper limb. On detailed workup, he was found to have multiple enchondromas involving long bones and a single haemangioma. A diagnosis of Maffucci's syndrome was established. The clinical features an...

Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen syndrome (DMC) is a rare, dwarfing, skeletal dysplasia characterised by a coarse facies, bulky jaws, short trunk, and barrel chest. Significant radiographical changes include platyspondyly and dysplasia of the epiphyses and metaphyses of the proximal limb bones. Dislocation of the hips and malalignment of the spine and knees are variable features. Inheritance is autosoma...

Objective- The aim of this study was to determine the age of physical maturity and evaluation of radiology and histology of hind limb ossification centers in pigeon. Design- Fundamental study. Animals- 14 pigeons. Procedures- These pigeons were cultivated in identical and standard conditions and radiological and histological tests performed every 7 days to 91 days. Resu...

developing supernumerary limbs is a rare congenital condition that only a few cases have been documented. depending on the cause and developmental conditions, they may be single, multiple or complicated, and occur as a syndrome or associated with other anomalies. polymelia is defined as the presence of extra limb(s) which have been reported in human, mouse, chicken, calf and lamb. it seems that...

We report on a-6-months-old girl who manifested the phenotypic features of focal dermal hypoplasia. Significant limb deformities in connection with typical skin changes were documented. The family history had a high frequency of spontaneous abortions and male stillbirths. Male stillbirths are a landmark in favour of X-linked dominant pattern of inheritance. Despite the severe hand/foot deformit...

A single human inhumation and a small quantity of other vertebrate remains were recovered from a watching brief at Kilima Hotel, Holgate, York. The skeleton was found associated with iron hobnails and was of Roman date. It represents the well preserved remains of a subadult (16-18 year old) male, approximately 5'6" tall. The individual displayed bilateral asymmetry of the limb bones, a number o...

Summary Changes in appendage structure underlie key transitions vertebrate evolution. Addition of skeletal elements along the proximal-distal axis facilitated critical transformations, including fin-to-limb transition that permitted generation diverse modes locomotion. Here, we identify zebrafish mutants form supernumerary long bones their pectoral fins. These new integrate into muscul...

Sexual dimorphism has been poorly evaluated or investigated in Pleistocene Eurasian Stephanorhinus species, leaving a gap our knowledge about their morphometric variability. Among the representatives of this genus, S. etruscus is most abundant with several remains collected from Western European localities, allowing us to investigate presence sexual limb bones taxon. We considered measurements ...

This study compares histological preservation in archeological bones from different burial types to unravel the histotaphonomy-to-funerary practices relationship. ?n intraskeletal approach is also adopted explore intraindividual (inner ear part of petrous bone vs. upper/lower limb long bones) and intrabone (proximal distal diaphysis) variability collagen preservation, ?13C, ?15N. The aim (a) ta...

Selection pressure for greater milk solid production, calving ease and early puberty attainment has resulted in the alteration of growth trajectory New Zealand dairy heifers. Although previous data have looked at stature terms height girth, changes as a result seasonal not been examined. In addition, relative contributions appendicular skeleton thorax relation to considered studies. Therefore, ...