The uniquely designed limbs of the African elephant, Loxodonta africana, support the weight of the largest terrestrial animal. Besides other morphological peculiarities, the feet are equipped with large subcutaneous cushions which play an important role in distributing forces during weight bearing and in storing or absorbing mechanical forces. Although the cushions have been discussed in the li...

Erosive bony lesions are radiographic findings where localized bone resorption and cortical line breakage occurs. One less common cause of bone erosions is arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). This should always be included in the differentials for foot pain.A 33-year-old gentleman presented with a 5-year history of chronic left foot pain. Clinical examination was unremarkable. Magnetic resonanc...

Giant cell tumours are uncommon benign osseous neoplasias with an obscure origin. They mostly occur in the epiphyses of long bones after skeletal maturity. Occurrence in a metatarsal bone in a child less than 10 years old is quite exceptional. The authors report a case of a 7-year-old girl with an aggressive giant cell tumour of the first metatarsal bone of her right foot. Intralesional excisio...

The application of transmission ultrasonics to the equine cannon holds promise as a method of monitoring metacarpal and metatarsal development, quality and integrity under a variety of experimental and field conditions. The validity of relating the velocities of sound pulses transmitted through the cannon to the mechanical breaking strengths of these bones was tested in two studies. Breaking st...

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine ñ September December 2008 To the Editor: Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABC), are usually located in the long bones and the spine and have a benign pathology [1, 2]. ABC are mainly diagnosed in infants, children and young adults. Pain and/or pathological fractures are the most common findings [1-3]. A rare location for ABC is metatarsal bone and few such cases occur...

In 2 simultaneous experiments (Exp. 1 and Exp. 2), the effects of benzoic acid (BA) and phytase (Phy) in low-P diets on bone metabolism, bone composition, and bone stability in growing and growing-finishing pigs were examined. Experiment 1 was conducted with 16 crossbred gilts in the BW range of 25 to 66 kg of BW, whereas in Exp. 2, 32 crossbred gilts (25 to 108 kg of BW) were used. All pigs we...

Syndactyly type II (synpolydactyly (SPD)) is an autosomal dominant condition with typical abnormalities of the distal parts of both upper and lower limbs. We report here a previously undescribed phenotypic feature of people with severe hand and foot deformities who were born to two affected parents. This is the first example of SPD subjects manifesting a very distinctive phenotype, suggesting t...

Tuberculosis of the bones and joints is an uncommon entity. The bacterial infection small foot, like metatarsals, extremely rare. Such cases are often detected late, as a result, there delayed management. present case that 12-year-old Indian boy who came with complaints pain swelling below his right foot. In absence pulmonary involvement, definite diagnosis tuberculosis fifth metatarsal fourth ...

Seventy-two 4-week-old pigs were randomly assigned by sex (gilts, barrows, boars) to two dietary treatments and four age periods for determinations of the effects of age, sex and Ca and P levels on the mechanical properties of various bones in swine. Pigs were individually fed diets containing either. months after the initiation of the trial. The femur (Fem), humerus (Hum), third and fourth met...