The bone mineral density (BMD) and the bone mineral content (BMC) in the bone tissue of the bilateral first phalanges of horses' thoracic limbs were analysed. The research material consisted of isolated pastern bones derived from 22 horses. The research was conducted with the use of a Norland model Excell Plus densitometer (Fort Atkinson WI, USA), using affinited beam X-ray technology and an an...

Pyknodysostosis is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the post natal onset of short limbs, short stature, and generalized hyperostosis along with acro-osteolysis with sclerosis of the terminal phalanges, a feature that is considered essentially pathognomonic. Other features include persistence of fontanelles, delayed closure of sutures, wormian bones, absence of frontal sinuse...

We report an autopsy case of a male fetus with Adams-Oliver syndrome. His mother was a healthy, 31-year-old woman and her family and past histories were unremarkable. Therapeutic termination was done at 28(+6) weeks gestational age due to oligohydramnios detected by antenatal ultrasonography. Chromosomal study revealed normal karyotype. On autopsy, characteristic transverse terminal defect of f...

A wearable, fragmentised, idiomatic, generic and mobile keypad concept, making use of well-established metaphors, is suggested for entering digits and characters. The “Finger-Joint Gesture Wearable Keypad” terminal utilises the inside of the phalanges of the fingers as a wearable telephone keypad. Negligible training time is required. By employing the thumb as an operator, depressing the inside...

More than 25 new specimens of Teilhardina brandti, one of the oldest known euprimates, are reported from earliest Eocene strata of the southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. The new fossils include the first upper dentitions, a dentary showing the lower dental formula for the first time, and the first postcrania ascribed to T. brandti (tarsals and terminal phalanges). The elongated navicular and long...

FIG 1 Pedigrees offamilies WandK clinodactyly. Syndactyly was not persent on the hands or feet. The face (fig 4a) and the neurocranium were without any apparent abnormalities, although complete disappearance of the sagittal suture was reported at the first x-ray examination performed at the age of 5. Impressions of gyri were more apparent. Case 2 (112) was the mother of the proband aged 35 year...

pachydermodactyfy is a rare, benign mostly asymptomatic digital fibromatosis, characterized by swelling on the back and sides of proximal phalanges and (or) proximal interphaiangeal joints. it occurs predominantly in young males although a few women including a familial case were recently described. a history of repeated trauma is sometimes available, but the etiology remains unknown. we report...