PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical results and prognostic factors of arthroscopic surgeries for tears of the discoid lateral menisci. MATERIALS AND METHODS From March 1997 to September 2005, 260 patients received arthroscopic surgeries due to discoid lateral menisci tears. Among these patients, 179 knees in 168 patients were followed up for at least 2 years and wer...

Scalp involvement with hair loss is common in systemic lupus erythematosus. Discoid erythematosus may cause scarring alopecia, characterized by well-delimited erythematous plaques scales, follicular hyperkeratosis and atrophy, which considered a trichological emergency. Early diagnosis treatment are necessary order to prevent permanent loss. We describe 44 years’ old female patient for 4 years,...

The discoid lateral meniscus (DLM) was first described by Young in 1889 in a dissected cadaver specimen [1], but it was not until 1910 that Kroiss [2] attributed the snapping knee syndrome to the anomaly. The discoid menisci have been the object of many studies, because they are frequently the source of symptoms [3,4]. The incidence is estimated to be 3% to 5% in the general population and slig...

During the course of experimental work on acquired hypotrichosis and canities, it was noted that in discoid lupus erythematosus of the scalp there was improvement of the inflammatory phase of the disease associated with calcium pantothenate therapy. Following this, a series of patients with subacute and localized and disseminated discoid lupus crythematosus was studied with oral calcium pantoth...

I HAVE been asked many times what I)oyne's Discoid Cataract (Coppock) looks like under the slit-lamp. One of the original family attended at the Oxford Eye Hospital the other day, so I arranged with Mlessrs. Hamblin to have an ophthalmoscopic and slit-lamp painting done. In this particular case the opacity is a fairly dense one, and the patient can only carry on if her pupils are kept slightly ...

Since the original description ofa dissecting-room specimen ofa congenital discoid lateral cartilage by Young of Glasgow in 1889, numerous publications have appeared on the subject. The stage has now been reached when it is recognised to be fairly common. Abnormalities of the medial cartilage on the other hand are rare. In this report three examples are described. Smillie (1948), in a contribut...