Hajdu-Cheney syndrome is a rare, autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasia marked by acro-osteolysis of the distal phalanges and severe osteoporosis. Although there are more than 60 reports published to date, proper treatment and subsequent outcome have been scarce. Herein, we report a progress of anti-resorptive therapy with zoledronic acid, in a woman with Hajdu-Cheney syndrome. Results suggest t...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com (Figures 1 & 2). Intellectual development was normal and absence of similar cases in the family. The laboratory tests requested were hemogram, electrolytes, albumin, glycemia, thyrotrophic hormone, parathyroid hormone, vitamin D and zinc; all normal. Radiographs showed bone changes of the phalanges, with cone-shaped epiphyses (Figure 3) and advanced...

Speaking generally, the treatment of fractures in country districts is very unsatisfactory in South India. Out of 165 fractures of the metacarpals and phalanges seen from 1930-37, 85 per cent were treated as sprains and contusions in mofussil hospitals and by bone-setters. The result of such treatment was very marked I functional disability. Any injury which occurs ! at the metacarpophalangeal ...

Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (BPOP) is a benign disorder within a spectrum of reactive proliferative processes of tubular bones, particularly the phalanges of the fingers or toes. The cause is unknown, and it is difficult to distinguish BPOP from a bone or soft tissue tumor. The radiographic and magnetic resonance imaging manifestations of reported BPOP cases are mostly no...

In this paper we apply the kineto-static mathematical models commonly used for robotic hands and for parallel manipulators to an example of handplus-object (parallel manipulator) with three fingers (legs), each with two phalanges (links). The obtained analytical matrix expressions that define the velocity and static equations in both frameworks are shown to be equivalent. This equivalence clari...

Patients The details of three patients with phalangeal microgeodic syndrome are summarized in the table. Three boys presented before the age of 2 years with swelling of the digits of one or both hands. Further clinical examination and laboratory evaluation were normal. On radiological examination multiple small osteolytic areas with sclerotic lining and periostal reactions were visible in the p...

Tresner, H. D. (Lederle Laboratories, American Cyanamid Co., Pearl River, N.Y.), M. C. Davies, and M. E. Englert. Morphological subtype of the smoothspored streptomycetes. J. Bacteriol. 91:1998-2005. 1966.-Electron microscopy reveals that certain Streptomyces species produce chains of smooth-surfaced, contiguous, cylindrical spores that resemble the phalanges. Although spore shape itself has no...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com (Figures 1 & 2). Intellectual development was normal and absence of similar cases in the family. The laboratory tests requested were hemogram, electrolytes, albumin, glycemia, thyrotrophic hormone, parathyroid hormone, vitamin D and zinc; all normal. Radiographs showed bone changes of the phalanges, with cone-shaped epiphyses (Figure 3) and advanced...

Pycnodysostosis is an uncommon autosomal recessive sclerosing bone disorder which is characterized by short stature and generalized diffuse osteosclerosis. Patients usually have a large head with separated sutures, open fontanels, aplasia of frontal sinuses, obtuse mandibular gonial angle, and acroosteolysis of the distal phalanges. This case report showed a 25-year-old female with features pat...