Placode rotation in transitional lumbosacral lipomas: are there implications for origin and mechanism of deterioration?

Lumbosacral lipomas: critical survey of 26 cases submitted to laminectomy.

What are the origin and route of diseases in Iran?

Since the gens change due to the environmental and individual factors, the role of these factors is now more important for the human health. In countries that the facilities such as clean air, healthy water and food, sport and recreational sites, social security and disease prevention programs readily available for all, the society is healthy and happy. Thus, the overall morbidities and mortali...

Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae and nerve-root symptoms.

Transitional vertebrae (TV) may be one of the risk factors for lumbar disc herniation. It is not clear, however, whether the presence of TV can affect the development of nerve-root symptoms. Our aim was to clarify this relationship. A total of 501 patients with lumbar degenerative disease and nerve-root symptoms was studied in respect of their level and the presence of TV. As a control group, 5...

Re-evaluating "transitional neonatal hypoglycemia": mechanism and implications for management.

From the Division of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Division of Neonatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; Department of Endocrinology, Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX; Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand; Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX; Department of Endocrinology, Great Ormo...

The clinical significance of lumbosacral transitional anomalies.

Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) are common congenital anomalies of the human spine. In LSTV, either the fifth lumbar vertebra may show assimilation to the sacrum (sacralisation), or the first sacral vertebra may show transition to a lumbar configuration (lumbarisation). Although the condition has an incidence of over 12% in the general population, knowledge about the exact clinical im...