scholarly journals Osteomyelitis of the Patella in a 10-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Sperl ◽  
Michael Novak ◽  
Daniela Sperl ◽  
Martin Svehlik ◽  
Georg Singer ◽  
...  

The incidence of osteomyelitis constantly declines. While the disease most commonly affects the long bones, involvement of the patella is rarely seen. Due to this rarity and the variable clinical presentation, diagnosis is often delayed. The present case report describes a 10-year-old female patient with a delayed diagnosis of patella osteomyelitis. The diagnostic procedures and the treatment regimen are described. Additionally, a detailed literature review of the available publications reporting osteomyelitis of the patella in children is presented.

1989 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Gutowicz ◽  
RA Fritz ◽  
AL Sonoga

A review of the literature on brown recluse spider bite is presented, including clinical presentation and treatment. Emphasis is placed on the treatment of local tissue necrosis. A case report of a severe necrotic ulcer secondary to a spider bit is presented. Tissue necrosis following a brown recluse spider bit can be debilitating, and healing may be prolonged for many months. Even with early treatment, prognosis often is poor. Future studies might help establish better treatment regimens.


2020 ◽  
Vol 02 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masood Ghori ◽  
Nadya O. Al Matrooshi ◽  
Samir Al Jabbari ◽  
Ahmed Bafadel ◽  
Gopal Bhatnagar

: Infective Endocarditis (IE), a known complication of hemodialysis (HD), has recently been categorized as Healthcare-Associated Infective Endocarditis (HAIE). Single pathogen bacteremia is common, polymicrobial endocardial infection is rare in this cohort of the patients. We report a case of endocarditis caused by Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) and Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia), a first ever reported combination of a usual and an unusual organism, respectively, in a patient on HD. Clinical presentation of the patient, its complicated course ,medical and surgical management ,along with microbial and echocardiographic findings is presented herein. The authors believe that presentation of this case of HAIE may benefit and contribute positively to cardiac science owing to the rare encounter of this organism as a pathogen in infective endocarditis and the difficulties in treating it.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-235
Author(s):  
Carl Maximilian Thielmann ◽  
Wiebke Sondermann

Erythromelanosis follicularis faciei et colli, a rare condition of unknown etiology, was first described by Kitamura et al. from Japan in 1960. It is characterized by a triad consisting of well-demarcated erythema, hyperpigmentation, and follicular papules. We report the case of a 50-year-old Caucasian male, who had asymptomatic symmetrical facial lesions since the age of 42. His family history was unremarkable. Published erythromelanosis follicularis faciei et colli cases of the last 10 years are summarized in this report to demonstrate the variability and differences in the clinical presentation of this uncommon diagnosis.


2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 587-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIEMIN ZHAO ◽  
YAN TAN ◽  
YUGANG WU ◽  
WEI ZHAO ◽  
JUN WU ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
pp. 115-120
Author(s):  
Melanie Ribau ◽  
Mário Baptista ◽  
Nuno Oliveira ◽  
Bruno Direito Santos ◽  
Pedro Varanda ◽  
...  

Partial physeal bars may develop after injury to the growth plate in children, eventually leading to disturbance of normal growth. Clinical presentation, age of the patient, and the anticipated growth will dictate the best treatment strategy. The ideal treatment for a partial physeal bar is complete excision to allow growth resumption by the remaining healthy physis. There are countless surgical options, some technically challenging, that must be weighted according to each case’s particularities. We reviewed the current literature on physeal bars while reporting the challenging case of a short stature child submitted to a femoral physeal bar endoscopic-assisted resection with successful growth resumption. This case dares surgeons to consider all options when treating limb length discrepancy, such as the endoscopic-assisted resection which might offer successful results.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Amr A. Abdelgawad ◽  
Enes Kanlic

Nonunion of long bones fixed with nails may result in implant failure. Removal of a broken intramedullary nail may be a real challenge. Many methods have been described to allow for removal of the broken piece of the nail. In this paper, we are reviewing the different techniques to extract a broken nail, classifying them into different subsets, and describing a new technique that we used to remove a broken tibial nail with narrow canal. Eight different categories of implant removal methods were described, with different methods within each category. This classification is very comprehensive and was never described before. We described a new technique (hook captured in the medulla by flexible nail introduced from the locking hole) which is a valuable technique in cases of nail of a small diameter where other methods cannot be used because of the narrow canal of the nail. Our eight categories for broken nail removal methods simplify the concepts of nail removal and allow the surgeon to better plan for the removal procedure.


2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harpreet Singh ◽  
Satnam Kaur ◽  
P. Yuvarajan ◽  
Nishant Jain ◽  
Lalit Maini

The radiological diagnosis of osteolytic lesions of the long bones in pediatric population constitutes a challenge when the case history and clinical data are uncharacteristic. We believe that the description of few clinically and histologically proven cases to verify the existence of radiological signs useful for diagnosis may be of interest. Here, we describe a case of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (LCH) presenting as unifocal eosinophilic granuloma of femur along with a brief review of the literature.


2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 809-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella De Rosa ◽  
Maria Giuseppina Cefalo ◽  
Riccardo Marano ◽  
Marco Piastra ◽  
Angelica Bibiana Delogu ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph A Walker ◽  
Elizabeth R McLean ◽  
Raymond E Anakwe

ABSTRACT Acute calcific periarthritis (ACP) is an unusual cause of monoarticular pain characterised by the deposition of calcium hydroxyapatite in the peri-articular and intra-articular tissues. Although the most commonly affected joint is the shoulder, other joints may be involved, including the wrist. This case report describes a 57-year-old female presenting with wrist pain and swelling associated with amorphous calcification overlying the lunate. The patient improved with the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and splinting. Clinician awareness of the clinical presentation and radiographic features of ACP is important to reduce unnecessary invasive diagnostic procedures such as joint aspiration.


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