BACKGROUND Squamous cell carcinomas and renal failure were reported the causes of death in patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). Death from colonic disease in epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is never reported. CASE PRESENTATION We demonstrate a male patient with RDEB. He suffered megacolon due to fecal impaction and died from sigmoid colon perforation with peritonitis at...

Neurological deterioration sometimes follows removal of cerebro-spinal fluid by lumbar puncture below a spinal block caused by a tumour. Experience has shown that similar impaction of a spinal intradural tumour may occur following the draining of hydrocephalus. We have used the term "upward spinal coning " to describe this and report four cases in which impaction of an intradural metastasis occ...

Multiple circular or oval pulmonary densities on chest roentgenogram most commonly represent neoplastic metastases. This radiographic picture may also be seen in other tumors (lymphoma, myeloma), infectious diseases (especially tuberculosis and fungal chest diseases), immunologic disorders (Wegener’s granulomatosis and rheumatoid lung), mucoid impaction, pneumoconiosis, A-V fistulae, multiple b...

Posterior fracture-dislocations often remain undiagnosed at initial medical attendance. In dislocation, the head of humerus extends beyond glenoid to form a zone impaction, which “fixes” it. The injury is almost unidentifiable in standard frontal X-ray images. Meanwhile, continued fixation state posterior dislocation leads rapid progression traumatic impaction over up 50% articular surface area...

Impaction of the lower second molar is not a common problem, but it is very challenging for both orthodontist and oral surgeon. Treatment options depend on the degree of tooth inclination, the position of the third molars, and the desired type of movement, which may be surgical and/or orthodontic in nature. A good treatment alternative is surgical uncovering with orthodontically-assisted erupti...