Background: Bone marrow is the site of many malignant disorders and it is one of the common places for solid tumors to metastasize. Examination of the bone marrow aspirate and biopsy is a routine procedure performed for assessment of various conditions such as cytopenias, hematologic neoplasms, nonmalignant disorders and metastatic neoplasms. Methods: The patients were referred to the Hema...

A 36-year-old woman presented with joint pain and swelling, not improving with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Plain radiographs of feet, ankles, pelvis and lumbar spine were unremarkable. To rule out seronegative spondylarthropathy, MRI of the sacro-iliac joints (SIJ) was performed. The SIJ were normal, but multiple, nodular zones of bone marrow replacement were seen within the iliac and...

Bone marrow involvement is reported in approximately 25% of patients with newly diagnosed acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related lymphoma (ARL). Studied were 291 patients with ARL, diagnosed and treated at one medical center between 1984 and 1998. Clinical, immunologic, and pathologic characteristics of patients with bone marrow involvement were compared with those of patients without marro...

427 virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, cyto‐ megalovirus, and Epstein–Barr virus) were ex‐ cluded. Blood and urine cultures were negative. Tuberculosis was excluded. Serum iron and fo‐ lic acid levels were normal, while a moderate vi‐ tamin B12 deficiency was detected (101 pg/ml; normal range, 157–1057 pg/ml). A small propor‐ tion of erythroblasts had dysplastic features on bone marro...

OBJECTIVES This study was aimed to assess the relationship between the type of temporal bone area involved and conductive hearing loss. METHODS We enrolled 97 patients who visited the otolaryngology clinics of Seoul National University Hospital or Boramae Medical Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University with temporal bone fracture between January 2004 and January 2014. ...

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this report is a brief presentation of one case of oilier's disease. ollier's disease (multiple enchondromata) patients have widespread involvement of the skeleton, especially the hands the lesions are detected because of bone pain or deformity. virtually all cases have been sporadic. roentgenographically, the lesions may be detectable in early infancy as clear, homogeneous, oval lesi...

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a clonal B-lymphocyte neoplasm of terminally differentiated plasma cells. Imaging modalities which allow the recognition of the effects of myeloma cells on the skeletal system have been utilized for a long time. Herein, we represent a patient with generalized osteoporosis and hypercalcemia, who was referred for parathyroid scan, in whom the widespread bone marrow techne...

Correlation of Radiologic Tests in the Diagnosis of Brucellosis with Osteoarticular Involvement Background. The most common complication of brucellosis is musculoskeletal system involvement. Bone and joint involvement in brucellosis may present as mainly sacroiliitis and spondylitis. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the correlation of plain X-rays, bone scintigraphy, and contrast-enhanced ma...

brucellosis is a protean disease and should be excluded in any febrile child with a constellation of symptoms such as fever, malaise, sweating, arthralgia, and joint swelling in endemic areas. skeletal system involvement is the most common source of complaints in brucellosis. the frequency of skeletal involvement in children is 6.4% to 73.5%. there are some controversies regarding the most comm...