From the Department of Radiology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA (VBH); Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (VBH, JGS); Department of Radiologic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC (JGS); Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Hospital; Washington, DC (FMM); Department of...

The frequency of Accidental Dental Abnormalities and pathologic finding in panoramic radiography orthodontic patients

As the population ages, adult-onset neurodegenerative disorders will be encountered even more frequently by clinical neurologists. New treatments will continue to emerge as scientific understanding of the molecular genetic and pathophysiologic basis of these disorders evolves. Volume 8 of the Hospital Physician Neurology Board Review Manual will focus on the diagnosis and management of neurodeg...

By analogy, if Sam Spicer were concerned with athletes, I think he would be the manager of a baseball team. At first glance, he seems to know who the batters are, where his players should position themselves, and what kind of pitches are needed to do the job. What is unfair is that this reader is a middle linebacker by nature and training. Histochemistry contains both the theoretical and the ap...

A fold that occurs within a joint is referred to as a plica synovialis. Three such plicae are seen with regularity within the human knee joint. These folds are normal structures that represent remnants of mesenchymal tissue and/or septa formed during embryonic development of the knee joint, and can be seen during arthroscopic inspection of the knee joint. Controversy exists within the orthopaed...

Detection and characterization of autoantibodies reacting with self-antigens is generally used in laboratory diagnostics. However, the presence of different autoantibodies in the blood serum doesn’t mean automatically a pathologic condition. Autoantibodies are present both in different diseases as autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammation or infections, and in healthy individuals without any sy...

T HE cases in this report were selected from our routine material because of some interesting clinical or pathologic feature. They have little that is new to add to otur clinical ahd pathologic knowledge, but perhaps will refresh for us some of the clinical and pathologic possibilities. The history in most of the cases is very brief, because material was sent to the laboratory from practitioner...