An unusual bifid first metacarpal

Solitary Metacarpal Osteochondroma; an Unusual Location

Although, osteochondroma is the most common bone tumor, metacarpal involvement is quite uncommon and usually accompanies multiple hereditary exostoses. Herein, we described a patient with solitary ostechondroma of the fourth metacarpal bone, and discussed the differential diagnosis of bony spurs that can be seen in hand.

First metacarpal osteotomy for trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis.

We report a long-term follow-up of abduction-extension osteotomy of the first metacarpal, performed for painful trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis. Of a consecutive series of 50 operations, 41 thumbs (82%) were reviewed at a mean follow-up of 6.8 years. Good or excellent pain relief was achieved in 80%, and 93% considered that surgery had improved hand function, while 82% had normal grip and pin...

First Case Report of an Unusual Echis genus (Squamata: Ophidia: Viperidae) Body Pattern Design in Iran

Three families of venomous snakes exist in Iran including Viperidae, Elapidae, and Hydrophidae. Viperidae family is the only family with a widespread distribution. Saw-scaled vipers are important poisonous snakes in Asia and Africa. This name is given to this snake due to the presence of obliquely keeled and serrated lateral body scales. Distribution of this genera is mostly reported in t...

An Infant with a Bifid Hand

I have to-night the honour of exhibiting to this Society an infant with an interesting deformity of the right hand. The subject of the malformation is a male infant, one year and five months old. The mother is nearly 41 years of age, and has given birth to tpn full-time living children, and has had two miscarriages; two of the children have died, and the infant exhibited is the youngest of the ...

Bifid Cardiac Apex in an Old Woman