Background: We hypothesize that there is no difference in the motion of the scapula with respect to the thoracic wall (scapulothoracic interface) between the affected versus non-affected shoulder on 0° and 90° standard arm abduction radiography. Methods: We enrolled 30 patients with the diagnosis of unilateral frozen shoulder after ruling out of other pathologies. Bilateral standard should...

background: ankle fractures, especially those resulting from external rotation mechanisms are associated with injury to the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis. some authors have recommended performing ct scanning after open ankle surgery to evaluate the reduction of syndesmosis. in this current study, we aimed to investigate the sensitivity of plain radiography in diagnosing syndesmosis malreducti...

Distalization of maxillary molars with intraoral appliance is a non-extraction treatment approach for correction of Class II malocclusion that has been described as an alternative to headgear. The aim of this review article is to discuss about the various criteria that should be considered while deciding to distalize molars and a comprehensive review of commonly used intraoral molar distalizati...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical usefulness of intraoral sonography-assisted resection for securing adequate deep resection margins in T1-2 tongue cancers. STUDY DESIGN Prospective clinical trial. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty consecutive patients with clinical T1-2 tongue cancers were enrolled and their lesions were removed by intraoral sonography-assisted resection. We then retrospect...

schwannomas are benign neoplasms with unknown etiology, which apparently arise from neural sheath schwann cells. intraoral schwannomas are solitary, slow-growing lesions occurring at different ages; these lesions are normally asymptomatic and in some cases, they are accompanied by pain and paresthesia if spotted in the intraosseous regions of the mandibles. definitive diagnosis of schwannoma is...

BACKGROUND Chest radiography and electrocardiogram have been criticized due to their low sensitivity for Left Ventricular Hypertrophy diagnosis compared to echocardiogram. This one, however, is not available in primary health care centers to all hypertensive population. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the association chest radiography-electrocardiogram provides the accuracy to justify its use i...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to design an intraoral environment simulator and to assess the accuracy of two intraoral scanners using the simulator. MATERIALS AND METHODS A box-shaped intraoral environment simulator was designed to simulate two specific intraoral environments. The cast was scanned 10 times by Identica Blue (MEDIT, Seoul, South Korea), TRIOS (3Shape, Copenhagen, Denmark), ...

PURPOSE To retrospectively evaluate diagnostic performance of dual-energy subtraction radiography (DESR) for interpretation of chest radiographs compared to conventional radiography (CR) using computed tomography (CT) as standard of reference. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 199 patients (75 female, median age 67) were included in this institutional review board (IRB)-approved clinical trial....

We present a rare case of intraoral nerve sheath myxoma. Clinically, the neoplasm mimics many other oral mucosal pathosis, underscoring the importance of histopathology in ensuring accurate diagnosis of oral mucosal lesions. Reports of intraoral nerve sheath myxomas are essential to enhance our understanding of this rare intraoral entity.

Aim Cyst-like lesions in the mandible rarely develop into malignancies, and reported incidence is between 0.3% 2%. The present study describes a rare case of primary intraosseous squamous cell carcinoma arising from an odontogenic cyst. Materials Methods An 80-year-old male was referred to Trieste University Maggiore Hospital (Trieste, Italy), with acute pain left retromolar area. initial exami...