Background: Skeletal complication of brucellosis is common in endemic region of brucellosis, but its frequency has not been clearly determined. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of skeletal complication in brucellosis patients in Babol, north of Iran. Methods: From 2005-2015, 1252 cases of brucellosis were diagnosed at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Ayatollah Rouha...

multifocal skeletal tuberculosis in not uncommon in the countries with tuberculosis. the clinical onest is insidious and sometimes nonspecific, resulting in delay or misdiagnosis. bone scan appearance is presented in some reports, as multiple abnormal accumulations of tracer. this report describes an unusual presentation of multifocal skeletal tuberculosis.

Abstract Purpose: Skeletal staining is a way to study the effect of many chemical or herbal substances on development of bones and cartilages in order to record the level of probable deformity.This article aimed to present a modified protocol to make all skeletal studies on laboratory animals possible. Materials and Methods: The important notes about skeletal staining were fixing by ethan...

introduction: treatment ofcleft lip and palate patients requires a multidisciplinary plan. these patients usually have a hypoplastic maxilla due to the prior surgical scars. orthognathic surgery to advance the maxilla in these patients is not very efficient; therefore, orthopedic interventions during an appropriate age seems to be essential.   case report: in this article, two cleft lip and pal...

skeletal involvement is the second most common site of metastases after lymph nodal metastases in patients with prostate cancer. the skeletal metastases from prostate cancer are osteoblastic in nature and show increased tracer avidity on the bone scan. focal tracer avid lesion in skeleton especially in skull requires the careful examination by further investigation. the patients with skull meta...

this case report illustrates the presence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (dish) in a fighting bulldog. the dog was referred to the veterinary teaching hospital, university of agriculture faisalabad pakistan, with the presenting complaint of slowly progressing staggering gait, inability to stand on hind limbs and muscle stiffness in lumbo-sacral region. hematological, serobiochemica...

background with increasing incidence of traumatic fractures, the use of orthopedic intervention such as traction has increased. inappropriate traction care may cause substantial morbidity and delay the patient rehabilitation. objectives this study was conducted to evaluate the quality of care for patients with traction in the orthopedic unit of kashan's shahid beheshti hospital, kashan, iran. p...

Skeletal deformities seriously relegate the biological performance of fish. The frequency of occurrence of different types of meristic variations and skeletal deformities were shown in population of Mahseer fish, Tor putitora, in two main reservoirs; Korang stream, Islamabad and Dhobi Ghat stream, Hassan Abdal. Total of ninety-five fishes were caught randomly, forty-five from the unpolluted Kor...

camptomelic dysplasia (cmd) is a rare autosomal dominant congenital dwarfism characterized by shortness and bowing of long bones (camptomelia) and other severe skeletal and extra skeletal malformations. cmd is generally considered to be lethal and the majority of cases die in the neonatal period due to respiratory insufficiency. we hereunder report a term male neonate with characteristic clinic...