This article contains bibliographical data concerning the rheumatic clinical manifestations in hypothyroidism: polyarthralgias, lack of recent skill of fine movements of the hands, carpal tunnel syndrome or tarsal, degenerative arthropathy or acute type (gout, chondrocalcinosis), adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder syndrome), generalized muscular stiffness, hypothyroid myopathy, secondary oste...

Late complications of spinal cord injury can include Charcot arthropathy, in which spinal instability occurs as a result of repetitive trauma in the insensate spine. In rare cases, this can present as autonomic dysreflexia. We present the case of a 60-year-old man with longstanding C6 quadriplegia who presented with six months of hypertension, diaphoresis and dizziness. After an extensive worku...

Abstract Conventional radiographs and CT are primary investigations in spinal trauma. However MRI is the technique assessment of degenerative inflammatory disorders. There occasions when conventional radiographs, bone scintigraphy assist diagnosis A detailed understanding anatomy spine dynamic function essential interpretation imaging. Degenerative disorders including disc disease sometimes res...

Tuberculous synovitis in the elbow joint is extremely rare in developed countries. We describe a 68-year-old man who had had a gradually enlarging mass over the volar side of the left proximal forearm near the elbow joint for 4 months. Plain roentgenograms of the diseased elbow showed early osteoarthritic change. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed diffuse synovitis with a large 8 x 8 cm extra-...

Background and Aim: Degenerative lumbar scoliosis is a spinal deformity resulting from advanced disc degeneration and facet arthropathy. Given the inconclusive available literature and lack of high-quality data supporting the role of minimally invasive surgical management of degenerative lumbar scoliosis, this review intends to highlight and compare the various viable minimally invasive surgica...

O steoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder in the world; it occurs in the majority of people over the age of 65 and is an important cause of (work) disability. The public health impact of OA is immense and will further increase with the growing elderly population. Therefore, the search for, and evaluation of, treatments for OA are relevant research topics, not only for the medical c...

A 60 year-old male patient with end stage kidney disease secondary to Alport syndrome presented with worsening swelling and pain in both shoulders. He had been on regular haemodialysis for 20 years, having had two failed renal transplants previously and had renal amyloidosis confirmed on renal biopsy. Radiographs of the shoulders showed evidence of an erosive arthropathy affecting the glenohume...

Individuals with severe factor VIII deficiency experience recurrent hemorrhages and develop progressive joint damage. Large retrospective, nonrandomized studies of patient cohorts followed over decades show that factor prophylaxis initiated at an early age before the onset of recurrent bleeding reduces the incidence of hemophilic arthropathy. Two recent prospective, multicenter, randomized tria...

Five patients severely affected by haemophilia, in whom six knees showed advanced haemophilic arthropathy, have been studied. The patients presented with painful limitation of movement and increasingly frequent episodes of spontaneous bleeding in the affected knees. These all showed secondary degenerative changes and varus deformity. A Corrective osteotomy of the proximal tibia was performed un...