Several techniques are available for the treatment of displaced fractures of the neck of the radius in children. We report our experience in 14 children treated by indirect reduction and fixation using an elastic stable intramedullary nail. The patients were followed up for a mean of 28 months. One developed asymptomatic avascular necrosis. The rest had excellent results. One had a neuropraxia ...

The role of mycobacteria in the cavitation of large pneumoconiotic masses is well established. In other cases softness is attributed to an ischaemic or aseptic necrosis. Five cases are described in which cavitation of the pulmonary masses was caused by anaerobic bacteria, confirmed by the growth of such bacterial in cultures after transtracheal or transpleural puncture. Repeated cultures for my...

Twenty patients with a subtalar dislocation of the foot are reported in this series. Thirteen cases had medial subtalar dislocation, 4 lateral, 2 posterior and 1 anterior. Open dislocation occurred in 2 cases. Manual reduction was successful in 16 cases and surgical reduction was necessary in 4. A short leg cast was applied for 36 weeks. There were no cases of aseptic necrosis of the talus. Exc...

There is a specific type of displaced four-part fracture of the proximal humerus which consists of valgus impaction of the head fragment; this deserves special consideration because the rate of avascular necrosis is lower than that of other displaced four-part fractures. Using either closed reduction or limited open reduction and minimal internal fixation, 74% satisfactory results can be achiev...

objective due to the high prevalence of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (siadh). this study was carried out to evaluate the prevalence and relevant parameters of siadh in children with septic and aseptic memingitis hospitalized at kashan shahid beheshti hospital between 1996 and 2006. materials & methods this descriptive study was conducted on 230 patients with meningit...

NS: Nicolau syndrome INTRODUCTION Nicolau syndrome (NS) is a rare, aseptic cutaneous necrosis that may involve the subcutaneous and muscle tissue layers. This syndrome is associated with intramuscular, subcutaneous, intravenous, and intra-articular injections of antibiotics, local anesthetics, glucocorticoids, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, hyaluronic acid, vaccinations, and vitamins. NS ...

The aim of this work is to report the histopathological features of jaw bone in 24 cases of bisphoshonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw. In all cases, lamellar bone trabeculae were thicker (bone sclerosis), had no osteocytes in the lacunae (bone necrosis), and exhibited a Pagetlike structure with marked signs of bone remodeling and formation of multiple trabecular compartments that were not ...

Pine wilt is a disease of pine (Pinus spp.) caused by the pine wood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. However, the pathogenic mechanism of pine wilt disease (PWD) remains unclear. Although the PWN was thought to be the only pathogenic agent associated with this disease, a potential role for bacterial symbionts in the disease process was recently proposed. Studies have indicated that a...

BACKGROUND We report a case of a 53 year old lady recently commenced on etanercept, an anti-TNF (tumour necrosis factor) therapy for rheumatoid arthritis presenting with confusion, pyrexia and an erythematous rash. CASE PRESENTATION A lumbar puncture was highly suggestive of bacterial meningitis, but CSF cultures produced no growth, and polymerase chain reactions (PCR) for all previously repo...