Caisson disease of the talus: brief report

Munchausen's syndrome simulating caisson disease.

Aseptic necrosis of bone in caisson disease.

Caisson disease, or decompression sickness, is encountered when a raised atmospheric pressure on the body is reduced too rapidly and excess gases which have been held in solution in the blood and tissue fluids are set free as their solubility decreases. Typically the condition is manifested by tingling and paraesthesia, itching of the skin, and by bone and joint pains. The symptoms vary within ...

Chondroblastoma of the talus: a case report.

Chondroblastoma of bone is an uncommon condition that has a predilection for secondary ossification centers, particularly of the humerus, tibia, and femur. Treatment usually involves surgical curettage and autogenous bone graft. This article reports the case of a chondroblastoma affecting the talus of a young man and a minimally invasive surgical approach for the treatment of this lesion. The p...

Osteosarcoma of the talus: a case report.

The reported incidence of osteosarcoma of the foot is very low. Osteosarcoma of the talus is extremely rare and few cases have been reported in the literature. The clinical findings are not typical, and osteosarcoma of the talus can be easily misdiagnosed, resulting in a delay in proper treatment. We report the case of a patient with osteosarcoma of the talus, from a series of 120 osteosarcomas...

Decompression sickness during the sinking of a caisson; a study of some factors in the pathogenesis of caisson disease.

Most of the studies of decompression sickness in industry have been made during the construction of tunnels. The sinking of a caisson, however, is a much briefer undertaking involving certain special features not encountered in tunnel work. Work of this type has received relatively little attention in recent years, although caisson sinking is performed all over the world. This paper describes a...