Condylar aplasia which means "failure of development" is a rare condition and can be unilateral or bilateral. Mandibular condylar Aplasia without any association with syndrome is extremely rare. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis results from trauma, infection and inadequate surgical treatment of the condylar area. Congenital cases are very rare. We report case of congenital unilateral apl...

Introduction SAPHO syndrome is defined as the association of a group of rare sterile osteoarticular disorders and inflammatory skin diseases whose etiology, although not yet determined, probably involves genetic, immunological and infectious mechanisms. The recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, an inflammatory disease, can be associated with this syndrome even as a single event. Case Report A c...

SAPHO syndrome is a chronic disease of unknown etiology, which is characterized by synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis, however, pediatric osteomyelitis of the jawbone is rarely reported. We present a report of pediatric nonbacterial osteomyelitis of the mandible associated with SAPHO syndrome. A seven-year-old girl presented complaining of pain in, and swelling of, the righ...

AIM To evaluate left and right masseter and anterior temporalis muscle activity in patients before and after orthognathic surgery. PATIENTS Nineteen patients were enrolled, 9 males and 10 females, aged 17-34 years. Four patients were suffering from a prognathic syndrome (skeletal class II with mandibular retrusion) and were candidates for surgical correction involving a mandibular Bilateral S...

introduction:guillain-barre syndrome(gbs) is the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis. respiratory failure is the most serious short-term complication of gbs and invasive mechanical ventilation is required in 30% of patients.moreover,60% of those who are intubated develop major complications including pnemonia,sepsis,gi bleeding and pulmonary embolism. thus respiratory failure predictio...

Klippel-Feil Syndrome is a complex condition due to aberrant fusion of two or more cervical vertebrae characterised by short neck, low hairline, facial asymmetry and limited neck movement. Mandibular hypoplasia, submucous cleft, congenitally missing teeth, asymmetries mouth breathing are frequently observed in patients with Syndrome. Management symptomatic supportive which necessitates multidis...

a 48 year old Indian male presented with a painless swelling of the right upper limb since birth associated with an overlying discolouration involving the right chest wall. at presentation, he complained of increased sweating and a tingling sensation over the involved limb. Clinical examination revealed a port wine stain over the right upper limb and hemithorax extending from the base of the ne...

Fuhrmann syndrome and the Al-Awadi/Raas-Rothschild/Schinzel phocomelia syndrome are considered to be distinct limb-malformation disorders characterized by various degrees of limb aplasia/hypoplasia and joint dysplasia in humans. In families with these syndromes, we found homozygous missense mutations in the dorsoventral-patterning gene WNT7A and confirmed their functional significance in retrov...

Orthodontists and maxillo-facial surgeons are very aware of the different therapeutic options for the correction of maxillary transverse deficiencies. But what about mandibular transverse deficiencies? A number of dentofacial orthopedic mandibular expansion techniques have been suggested, but they often have a tendency to relapse. Symphyseal distraction is the easiest solution for the correctio...