Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jan 2000
Review Case ReportsBilateral Madelung's deformity without signs of dyschondrosteosis within five generations in a European family--case report and review of the literature.
The paper presents a European family showing bilateral Madelung's deformity within five consecutive generations. Females as well as males are affected alternately indicating autosomal dominant inheritance. ⋯ There seems to be the possibility of an inheritance independent from the complete syndroma of dyschondrosteosis. Therefore the genetic counselling will always be difficult and has to regard the wide variety of symptoms ranging from little pain and cosmetic disturbance to moderate pain and functional impairment.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jan 2000
Review Case ReportsRecurrent chondroblastoma of the upper thoracic spine. A case report and review of the literature.
A very rare case of recurrent chondroblastoma of the upper thoracic spine with a follow-up of more than 20 years is presented and discussed with a review of the literature.
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We report a case of giant trichoblastoma, a rare benign hair germ tumor. A 73-year-old man presented with a soft-tissue mass on his upper arm. ⋯ The size of the tumor was 9.5 x 7 x 9.5 cm, one of the largest trichoblastomas ever reported. The rarity and gigantic size of the tumor, together with its misleading clinical features, prompted us to report our case.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jan 1999
ReviewPrevalence of popliteal cysts in children. A sonographic study and review of the literature.
Popliteal cysts in children differ from those in adults. They are considered to be less frequent and usually appear in the absence of intra-articular lesions. However, their prevalence in asymptomatic children is unknown. ⋯ A popliteal cyst could be identified in 4 patients. The prevalence of asymptomatic popliteal cysts was thus 2.4%. For 2 of these patients, we obtained magnetic resonance image of the knee which showed no concommitant intra-articular pathology.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jan 1998
Review Case ReportsTraumatic forearm amputation with avulsions of the ulnar and median nerves from the brachial plexus.
A case of a traumatic forearm amputation and associated complete avulsions of the ulnar and median nerves from the brachial plexus due to a crush-traction injury of the distal part of the right forearm is reported. The patient also suffered a traumatic head injury. The injury of the upper limb and the general condition of the patient were so serious that an amputation at the 1/3 middle part of the forearm had to be performed.