The stability of the wrist during motion and interrelated motions depends on the capsuloligamentous integrity and the contact surface contours of the carpal bones [1]. Perilunate fracture dislocations (PLFD) are high-energy injuries, produced by wrist hyperextension. It can be palmar or dorsal. Palmar dislocation is extremely rare and result from a fall on the dorsum of the flexed wrist. This i...

Cervical spine fractures associated with diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis (DISH) are less common than those associated with ankylosing spondylitis and can occur after minor trauma in patients asymptomatic of the disease process. This case report describes a hyperextension injury of the neck in a patient unknown to have DISH, which resulted in an angulated C3/C4 fracture. The position of the frac...

Brain-supplying arterial dissection is considered one of the most common vascular causes of stroke in younger patients. Dissections are usually preceded by trauma or mechanical stress; the vascular stressor may be trivial as this condition has been described in association with manipulation and stretching the neck. Here we describe a case of vertebral artery dissection and stroke following esop...

Case Description- A 5-year old male German shepherd weighting 28 kg with the history of falling from the third floor 9 month previous was referred to the Small Animal Hospital. Clinical Findings- In clinical examination roughness and thickness of the skin of the palmar surface of both forelimbs were felt. The animal was using his palmar plane of both forelimbs to walk without any signs of pain ...

Posttraumatic brachial plexus entrapment in fibrotic scarring tissue is taken into consideration as the cause of complaints for patients who suffered a hyperextension-hyperflexion cervical injury. All 54 patients included in this analysis where symptom-free before the accident and subsequently complained for pain, paresthesia and slight weakness in the arm. In 14 neurological signs of brachial ...

Leontiasis ossea (leonine facies) or cervical canal stenosis are rare complications of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (PFD). This case report documents dramatic leontiasis ossea in PFD as well as post traumatic cervical cord contusion due to hyperextension injury in a patient with generalized PFD involving the cranio-facial bones, axial skeleton and entire spine with secondary cervical canal ste...