introduction: this study aims to evaluate the dentomaxillofacial radiographic changes in end stage renal disease (esrd) patients who were on hemodialysis. methods: parathyroid hormone (pth), calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase (alp) measurements, as well as panoramic and periapical radiographs were obtained from seventy four patients with a history of end stage renal disease (esrd). re...

A 60 years male presented with lower backache with tingling and numbness in both lower limbs for last 3 years. Later, he had pain in the neck and progressive weakness in both upper limbs for last 4 months. He had no history of bladder and bowel involvement. On examination, he had increased tone in all the four limbs with power of 4/5, bilateral absent biceps, exaggerated knee reflexes, ankle cl...

BACKGROUND Intervertebral disc calcification is a rare condition in children; in most cases, it is asymptomatic and therefore not diagnosed. CASE REPORTS In our study, we present a case of idiopathic intervertebral disc calcification within the cervical segment, at the level of C2/C3 and C4/C5 vertebrae in a 5-year-old girl with torticollis. Basic neurological examination supplemented by X-ra...

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a noninflammatory spondyloarthropathy characterized by ectopic calcification of spinal cord tissue. Its etiology possibly polygenic. However, its pathogenesis and systemic effects remain unclear. Recent studies have reported high prevalence DISH in heart failure patients. The authors investigated how the incidence severity are associated with v...

PURPOSE Using Zucker fatty rats as an animal model, we evaluate the effectiveness of ethane-1-hydroxy-1,1-diphosphonate on ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament by histopathologically investigating the prodromal, early, and advanced stages of ossification of the spinal ligaments. METHODS 73 Zucker fatty rats were allocated to the ethane-1-hydroxy-1,1-diphosphonate group (n=33) a...

Examination was made of 750 scapular dry bone specimens from museum collections and 80 cadaver shoulders. Hooking of the acromion was not found in subjects under the age of 30 years. The hooked configuration developed at later ages in an increasing proportion of subjects as a result of calcification of the acromial attachment of the coracoacromial ligament.

We report a case of a 45-year-old woman who had a palpable mass in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen. Computed tomography (CT) showed a circumscribed mass in the left round ligament of the uterus. The mass had heterogeneous density and enhancement accompanied by mottled calcification, which was initially identified as a leiomyoma. A histopathological examination revealed a malignant periva...