Haemochromatosis arthropathy and repetitive trauma

Arthropathy of haemochromatosis. Clinical and radiological analysis of 63 patients with iron overload.

Ultrasound verified inflammation and structural damage in patients with hereditary haemochromatosis-related arthropathy

BACKGROUND Chronic arthropathy occurs in approximately two thirds of patients with hereditary haemochromatosis (HH). The aim was to study inflammatory and structural lesions in patients with HH with (HH-A) and without arthropathy (HH-WA) using ultrasonography. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of 26 patients with HH-A, 24 with HH-WA and 37 with hand osteoarthritis (HOA). Clinical exami...

Haemochromatosis.

Haemochromatosis is now known to be an iron-storage disease with genetic heterogeneity but with a final common metabolic pathway resulting in inappropriately low production of the hormone hepcidin. This leads to increase in intestinal absorption and deposition of excessive amounts of iron in parenchymal cells which in turn results in eventual tissue damage and organ failure. A clinical enigma h...

Abusive head trauma: judicial admissions highlight violent and repetitive shaking.

OBJECTIVE Confessions are uncommon in abusive head trauma (AHT) cases, and there is debate over whether shaking alone can cause the injuries characteristic of AHT. The objective of this article is to correlate legal statements by perpetrators with medical documentation to offer insights into the mechanism of injury. METHODS In this retrospective observational study we examined forensic eviden...

Repetitive strain injury (cumulative trauma disorder): causes and treatment.

BACKGROUND The computerization of the workforce in the last two decades has led to increases in the incidence of repetitive strain injury (RSI). U.S. Workers Compensation claims made by persons disabled in the upper extremities in 1989 were estimated to be $563 million. METHOD Through an investigation of factors that increase the likelihood of contracting an RSI in various industries, the aut...