This study covered 40 patients (22 females and 18 males) suffering from post-burn hand deformities admitted to Assiut University Hospital and Luxor International Hospital (Egypt) from June 2004 to May 2006. Their ages ranged between 4 and 45 yr (mean, 24.5 yr). They presented a variety of post-burn hand deformities, e.g. dorsal hand contracture (14 cases), volar contracture (10 cases), first we...

Spinal deformity is a serious disease, mainly suffered by teenagers during their growth stage. In this paper, we propose a new technique for an automatic judgment method of spinal deformity from moire topographic images. Normally the moire stripes show a symmetric pattern, as a human subject is almost symmetric. According to the progress of the deformity of a spine, asymmetry becomes larger. Me...

Charcot (1877) described some aspects of the typical deformities of the hands and feet seen in Parkinson's disease. He likened the deformity of the hands to that sometimes observed in chronic progressive rheumatism. He said that the differential diagnosis is usually made with ease, because in cases of Parkinsonism 'there is found neither the articular tumefaction and stiffness, nor the osseous ...

A 14-year-old male high school volleyball player was seen to evaluate right- and left-hand little-finger distal interphalangeal joint deformity and pain. His symptoms began during his second season of competitive play. The distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints of the little fingers flexed 20-30°, and a 10-15° valgus deformity was seen at the same joints. Pain was relieved with rest but returned i...

Radial longitudinal deficiency, also known as radial club hand, is a congenital deformity of the upper extremity which can present with a spectrum of upper limb deficiencies. The typical hand and forearm deformity in such cases consists of significant forearm shortening, radial deviation of the wrist and hypoplasia or absence of a thumb. Treatment goals focus on the creation of stable centraliz...

DESCRIPTION A 22-year-old man, right-hand dominant, presented with pain in his left hand after a severe crush injury at work using a forklift. Deformity, open fractures, swelling over the dorsum of his hand, and paresthesias to the index and middle digits were evident during initial examination. He was vascularly intact. Radiographs showed markedly comminuted fractures of the index metacarpal n...

Localized morphea is a disorder of unknown cause in which there is localized sclerosis of the skin. Disabling pansclerotic morphea of childhood is a rare severe mutilating form of morphea involving the dermis, fat, fascia, muscle and even bone, usually starting before the age of 14 years. Here, an eight-year-old boy with progressive sclerosis of palmar surface of wrist and hand and digits...

A 51-year-old woman experienced intermittent left hand numbness and weakness over 2 years, with a claw-hand deformity and weakness of finger abduction, adduction, and distal interphalangeal joint flexion of the medial 2 fingers. Wrist flexion produced hand radial deviation. Palmar and dorsal aspects of digits IV (medially) and V, including medial forearm, had decreased pinprick sensation. Nerve...