INTRODUCTION Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous osteochondroplasia with symmetrical involvement. It is characterized by joint pain in childhood and early adulthood with early onset of osteoarthritis, mainly affecting the hips. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 20-year-old man of Asian origin with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia presenting with bi...

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are an increasingly recognized problem in the juvenile population. Unfortunately, outcomes with conservative treatment are extremely poor. Adult reconstruction techniques are inappropriate to treat skeletally immature patients because of the risk of physeal complications, including limb-length discrepancy and angular deformities. "Physeal-sparing" recon...

We studied the pattern of proximal femoral growth after severe Perthes' disease (Catterall grade III or IV) by retrospective analysis of serial radiographs in 52 hips (46 patients). Our aim was to determine the relationship between proximal femoral growth abnormalities and metaphyseal cysts, epiphyseal extrusion, physeal narrowing, and extensive epiphyseal necrosis. The average follow-up after ...

OBJECTIVE To present the case of an 18-year-old collegiate decathlete with a Salter-Harris type I epiphyseal plate fracture of the proximal humerus. BACKGROUND A collegiate decathlete was playing flag football and fell on an outstretched arm. He was taken to the emergency room and diagnosed with a type I epiphyseal plate fracture. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AC sprain, dislocation or subluxation...

In 36 Wistar rats with the iodoacetate-induced experimental osteoarthrosis (OA), effects of doxycycline, given orally, were determined on histochemical reactions of glycosaminoglycans (GAG) in the epiphyseal plate cartilage. The epiphyseal plate of rats with OA was reduced in height (especially the proliferative zone), cell columns were disorganized, many chondrocytes were irregular and polygon...

Bone morphology of the cats (Mammalia: Felidae) is influenced by many factors, including locomotor mode, body size, hunting methods, prey size and phylogeny. Here, we investigate the shape of the proximal and distal humeral epiphyses in extant species of the felids, based on two-dimensional landmark configurations. Geometric morphometric techniques were used to describe shape differences in the...

The goal of this study was to investigate the treatment methods and surgical indications of distal tibial epiphyseal fractures in children. Two hundred eighty-six children with distal tibial epiphyseal fractures were included in the study. Among these patients, 202 were male and 84 were female. Mean age was 11.7 years. A retrospective study on the postoperative long-term complications and relat...

Abnormalities of the epiphyseal growth plate that occur in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) were studied. CIA was induced in 6-week-old Lewis rats by immunization with type II collagen. Radiographic examination revealed the early closure of the epiphyseal growth plate with growth retardation of the femur and tibia. Histological evaluation confirmed the early closure of the epiphyseal growth pla...

2. Part of epiphyseal cartilage of upper vertebra shown in I. Long columns of cartilage cells, indicating the intense activity of the cartilage, are evident. x 130. 3. Part of epiphyseal cartilage of lower vertebra shown in I. Cartilage columns are shorter than those in 2, indicating less marked activity of the growth cartilage. x 130. 4. Sagittal section of lumbar vertebrae of mature rabbit sh...