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Scheuermann’s disease is a developmental disorder of the spine , where the developmental anomalies leads to abnormal wedging of the vertebral bodies, irregularity of the end plates and intervertebral disc space narrowing with or without disc herniation. Another finding... |
Authors: Shweta Bhatt MD and Vikram S Dogra , MD
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY |
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There is a wide spectrum of chest wall abnormalities. Inflammatory-infectious diseases, soft tissue and bone tumors and development disorders are the most common ones. Poland’s syndrome belongs to the last category.
This pathology was described on 1841 and is characterized by... |
Authors: Maximiliano Curi Tuma
Radiology Department Pontificia Universidad Cat |
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Chondrosarcoma is a cartilage producing malignant tumor which accounts for 8% to 17% of all primary bone tumors and 25% of all biopsied malignant bone tumors [1,2]. Chondrosarcoma can be categorized as primary and secondary or it can also be classified as central (intramedullary) or peripheral [... |
Authors: Eranga Perera, Shweta Bhatt,MD, Vikram S Dogra,MD.
University of Rochester. |
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Thalassemia is an inherited multisystemic disorder with skeletal and non-skeletal manifestations. Plain-film radiography is generally adequate in defining the routine osseous abnormalities of thalassemia. CT and MRI techniques can document the abnormal deposition of iron, EMH, and bone marrow... |
Authors: Victor Lee, Daniel Mauricio Alvarez MD, Shweta Bhatt MD, Vikram Dogra MD
University of Rochester & New York Medical College |
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Marfan’s syndrome was first described in 1891 by Antoine- Bernard Jean Marfan who was a French pediatrician, as an autosomal dominant disorder of connective tissue. It is characterized by musculoskeletal, ocular and cardiovascular complications. The molecular defect is caused by mutations... |
Authors: Eranga Perera, Shweta Bhatt,MD, Vikram S Dogra,MD.
University of Rochester. |
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Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a hemolytic anemia characterize by abnormally shaped (sickled) red blood cells which are destroyed and removed from the circulation at an increase rate. The sickle RBCs also can cause vascular occlusion and lead to tissue ischemia and infarction. Sickle cell... |
Authors: Eranga Perera, Shweta Bhatt,MD, Vikram S Dogra,MD.
University of Rochester. |
 | Osteoid osteoma is a benign osteoblastic tumor of the bone which is composed of osteoid and atypical bone which was first described by Jaffe in 1935. It usually occurs in males (2:1) in 10-20 yr of age group. Typical clinical features are pain worsening at night which relieves on ingestion of... |
Authors: Ekta Dhamija, Paresh Desai
Goa University, Goa Medical College |
 | Chondroblastoma is an uncommon benign cartilaginous neoplasm of the bone which is derived from primitive cartilage. It is seen most commonly in young age group, mainly 5-25 yrs. Men are affected more commonly than female. The neoplasm occurs in para articular region, predominantly involving the... |
Authors: Ekta Dhamija, Paresh Desai
Goa University, Goa Medical College |
 | Primary bone lymphoma: Lymphoma of bone can present as primary lymphoma of bone (isolated to bone) or as a part of the disseminated disease. Diagnosis of primary bone lymphoma is based on lymphoma with a single bone lesion with or without regional nodal metastasis and the absence of distal lesion... |
Authors: Eranga Perera, Shweta Bhatt,MD, Vikram S Dogra,MD.
University of Rochester. |
 | Eagle syndrome is a relatively rare disorder characterized by a calcified stylohyoid ligament or elongated styloid process resulting in multitude of otolaryngological symptoms. Eagle syndrome derives it name from Watt Weems Eagle an Amercian Otolaryngologist who was born in 1898. He first... |
Authors: ANSHU MAHAJAN
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