The term dry socket was first used by Crawford in 1896 (1). It is one of the most common postoperative complications and many different terms have since then been used to describe the condition. For example: Alveolar osteitis, localized osteitis, postoperative alveolitis, alveolalgia, alveolitis sicca dolorosa, septic dry socket, necrotic socket, localized osteomyelitis and fibrinolytic alveoli...

Changes in mineral and bone metabolism are prevalent in chronic kidney disease. There are several types of renal bone disease, called 'renal osteodystrophy (ROD)'. ROD includes osteitis fibrosa, osteomalacia, adynamic bone disorder, and mixed osteodystrophy. Osteitis fibrosa is high turnover bone due to secondary hyperparathyroidism. Osteomalacia is low turnover bone concomitant of increased os...

INTRODUCTION There is increasing interest in the underlying bone of the paranasal sinuses as an important player in recalcitrant Chronic Rhinosinusitis. Close inspection of CT scans often reveals areas of increased bone density and irregular thickening of the sinus walls. This osteitic bone could at least partly explain, why inflammation of the mucosa persists. METHODS We searched PubMed for ...

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterised by inflammation of the synovial lining. In addition to synovitis, tendon sheaths small hand and foot joints are also frequently inflamed. This results in tenosynovitis, which often missed at clinical evaluation early RA but visible on imaging, such as MRI. A third anatomical structure surrounded a lining formed intermetatarsal bursae forefe...