OBJECTIVE To clarify the presenting signs and symptoms, clinical course, pathogenic organisms, and management of deep-neck-space abscesses in infants. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Tertiary care academic children's hospital. PATIENTS Records of 25 patients 9 months or younger with deep-neck-space abscesses from July 1989 through May 1999 were reviewed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE ...

on for scirrhus of the right breast in 1917. A radical operation with removal of axillary glands was done by Col. R. P. Wilson, i.m.s. She was in a very poor state of health when seen by me, being very weak, emaciated and practically bedridden. Besides spasms of cough, difficulty in swallowing (liquids only) and hoarseness of voice, she had the following symptoms for about a year and half:? (1)...

OBJECTIVE To clarify presentations, organisms, and locations of deep neck abscesses in children. DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING Tertiary children's hospital. The study population comprised 169 patients younger than 19 years who were surgically treated for deep neck abscesses between 1989 and 1999. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Resolution of abscess. RESULTS Neck mass (91%), fever (86%), ce...

Compressive lesions of the suprascapular nerve produce weakness and atrophy of the supra- and infraspinatus muscles and a poorly defined aching pain along the posterior aspect of the shoulder joint and the adjacent scapula. Entrapment neuropathy of the suprascapular nerve is fairly common whereas tumorous lesions are rare; among the latter ganglion cysts are frequently seen. An isolated solitar...

BACKGROUND Intracapsular femoral neck fractures are associated with high rates of nonunion. We aimed to identify risk factors for nonunion in patients with both displaced and nondisplaced intracapsular femoral neck fractures treated with three 7-mm parallel cannulated screws, placed in either a triangle or an inverted triangle configuration, using failure of fixation as the primary outcome. M...

Bone density and Ca intake were assessed in fifty-six healthy premenopausal women, aged 21-47 years. Bone density was measured at the spine (lumbar vertebrae 1-4, anterio-posterior view), the non-dominant femur (neck, Ward's triangle and trochanter) and radius (33% distal and ultradistal) using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (Lunar DPX-L). The mean values (SD) for bone density (g/cm2) were 1....

The digastric muscle is formed by two muscle bellies: one anterior and one posterior, joined by an intermediate tendon. It is localized in the anterior cervical region. The anterior belly divides the region between the hyoid bone and the mandible into two: laterally the submandibular triangle, and medially the submental triangle. The anatomical variations described in the literature relate to t...

The purpose of this article is to provide information that facilitates the critical evaluation of the thoracic outlet syndrome and other nerve entrapment syndromes in the regions of the posterior cervical triangle and the shoulder. General comments regarding entrapment are followed by discussions of specific entrapment sites. Each discussion stresses the anatomic view and includes comments on c...

The current study investigated the association between vitamin-D-receptor (VDR) genotypes with bone-mineral density (BMD) and its interaction with physical activity level (PAL). Individuals in a sample of 192 volunteers (67.84 +/- 5.23 years) underwent BMD evaluation and were genotyped for VDR ApaI, BsmI, FokI, and TaqI polymorphisms. Haplotypes were reconstructed through expectation-maximizati...

OBJECTIVES We evaluated patients who had been treated for head and neck tuberculosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective study included 40 patients (28 males, 20 females; mean age 32.6 years; range 11 to 65 years) who had received treatment for tuberculosis of the head and neck region between January 2000 and June 2009. Clinical findings, treatment modalities, and the results of treatmen...