To cite: Baba A, Ojiri H, Takahashi S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015213401 DESCRIPTIONF A 47-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to symptoms of trismus and exacerbation of palmoplantar pustulosis. He had been presenting, for 20 years, with refractory and recurrent mandibular osteomyelitis accompanied by palmoplantar pustulos...

OBJECTIVES To document the incidence of difficult intubation following mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO) in children with severe mandibular hypoplasia. BACKGROUND Syndromes associated with significant mandibular hypoplasia, especially Pierre Robin sequence, provide a challenge in airway management both in and out of the operating room. Mandibular advancement using mandibular distracti...

Numb chin syndrome is a rare sensory neuropathy of the mental nerve characterized by numbness, hypoesthesia, paraesthesia, and very rarely pain. Dental causes, especially iatrogenic ones, maxillofacial trauma, or malignant neoplasm are etiologic factors for this rare syndrome. Many malignant and metastatic neoplasms are causing this syndrome, like primary osteosarcoma, squamous cell carcinoma, ...

Introduction: SAPHO syndrome is defined as the association of a group of rare sterile osteoarticular disorders and inflammatory skin diseases whose etiology, although not yet determined, probably involves genetic, immunological and infectious mechanisms. The recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, an inflammatory disease, can be associated with this syndrome even as a single event.  Case Report:...

Cerebro-costo-mandibular syndrome (CCMS) is a rare syndrome that includes a constellation of mandibular hypoplasia and posterior rib defects as its basic features. Additional features can include hearing loss, tracheal cartilage abnormalities, scoliosis, elbow hypoplasia, and spina bifida. Here we report two cases of CCMS and discuss the reported long-term outcome of the disease.

Sotos syndrome is an overgrowth syndrome leading to peculiar facial characteristics, large hands and feet, and mental retardation. The maxillofacial characteristics are metopic protrusion, a high and narrow palate and a tapered mandible. In this study, we evaluated changes in maxillofacial growth in 2 patients with cerebral gigantism during the peripubertal period. Patient 1 was a boy aged 8 ye...

To cite: Kumar MH, Kumar MS, Kumar VS, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-212949 DESCRIPTION A 10-year-old girl presented to the oral medicine department, with restricted mouth opening since childhood. Her family history revealed that she was the third child born of a consanguineous marriage. She was born after an unremarkable pregnancy, ...

We present the case of a 68-year-old woman, referred to our department for critical upper limb ischemia, which had occurred a few days after homolateral surgical ligamentotomy for carpal tunnel syndrome, diagnosed and confirmed by electromyography, and performed with a brachial tourniquet. The patient was later admitted for subsequent progressive necrosis of the first three fingers of the left ...