OBJECTIVE To determine whether levels of cryofibrinogen are increased in non-traumatic osteonecrosis (ON) and could correlate with disease staging. METHODS We prospectively analysed cryofibrinogen levels by immunofixation electrophoresis in 50 patients with non-traumatic ON, 50 healthy volunteers and 8 patients with traumatic ON. Staging of disease involving the femoral heads and the size of ...

The hip joint is one of the major structures in the human body and the resultant force acting through the hip joint is 300% of body weight. Therefore, weight bearing, as a cause of ischaemia, may contribute to the development of non-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH). However, it remains unclear whether weight bearing is related to the development of non-traumatic ONFH. Therefor...

Abstract The pediatric musculoskeletal system differs from the adult in many ways, including anatomical, physiological, and psychological differences. These differences will result clinical radiological presentation. In this chapter specific knowledge essential for radiologists who deal with diseases children be discussed a focus on: (a) hip pathologies, (b) infectious inflammatory diseases, (c...

Many acutely ill children are not fully conscious. Most make a full neurological recovery as the underlying cause is treated, but considerable skill is required to distinguish the group at high risk of further deterioration, potentially leading either to death or to severe handicap. This article is an attempt to guide the worried paediatrician in casualty or on the ward faced with a child in no...

There is a certain degree of confusion in the literature concerning nasal leakage of cerebrospinal fluid when trauma is not the cause. The term 'spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea' has been used more or less consistently to describe such cases since 1899. Although isolated observations had been made earlier, it was the monograph by St. Clair Thomson (1899) that first clearly described ...