Diaphyseal tuberculosis (TB) is a rare case of the skeletal TB. The following report documents the case of a 52-year-old Moroccan woman with a swelling over the right forearm followed by pulmonary TB under treatment for 3 months. The radiographs of the forearm show a lytic image located at the radius mid-diaphysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report the case of a 40-year old patient referred by the Depatment of Dermatology at the Ibn Sina Hospital in Rabat for amputation of the index finger as a result of a melanoma diagnosed by biopsy. The amputation was performed according to Chase's method. Aesthetic and functional outcome was very good six months following surgical treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPure subtalar dislocation is a rare condition. We here report the case of a young patient presenting with pure internal subtalar dislocation as a result of a sport accident. He underwent orthopedic therapy achieving a good functional outcome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe knowledge of the pathophysiology of patients with severe trauma and the hemodynamic and inflammatory consequences of initial surgical management has led many surgeons to change their approach to the treatment of patients with severe polytraumas associated with lesions of the pelvis or of limbs by integrating the principles of sequential treatment or Trauma Damage Control Orthopaedic (TDCO). We report the case of a patient involved in a public road accident, admitted to hospital in a state of shock with pelvic disjunction and hip dislocation complicated by vascular injury in the same limb. Our approach was based on TDCO concepts by favoring external fixation of the pelvis after hip dislocation reduction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCat-scratch disease (CSD) is a common cause of chronic benign lymphadenopathy in the child and the young adult. Bartonella henselae is the agent responsible for this disease. Common symptoms include regional lymphadenopathy associated with fever.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe treatment of humeral pallet fractures is mainly based on reconstruction surgery with osteosynthesis. We collected the data of 40 patients with humeral pallet fracture from our archives in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat from january 2012 to december 2014. The aim of our study was to highlight the clinical, therapeutic and evolutionary features of these fractures as well as the challenges in managing these complex fractures and in evaluating the results.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPelvic fractures, usually are multiple, unstable fractures occuring most frequently due to violent traumatic events. Orthopedic treatment of these lesions is often distressing both to patients and medical personnel since it requires bed discharge or sometimes tractions which can have a duration up to 45 days and can compromise the static and the walking mechanisms; open operative management is difficult, carrying a significant burden in terms of morbidity and associated with vascular (venous plexus), nervous (sacred roots) or septic risk to take into account. For this reason it is generally reserved for patients with neurologic and strongly displaced forms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe fracture of the upper end of the humerus is the third most frequent fracture in the elderly and its distribution is bimodal, preferentially affecting osteoporotic elderly patients after low energy trauma or, more rarely, young subjects as a consequence of severe kinetic mechanism The treatment of complex fractures of the proximal humerus is the subject of much controversy. Telegraph nail is a highly effective therapeutic approach for displaced fractures of the upper end of the humerus. Surgical procedure is easy but with a learning curve; it allows to start rehabilitation protocol immediately after surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTrochanteric tuberculosis is a rare disease (<2% of osteoarticular tuberculosis), even in high-endemic countries. It is characterized by insidious symptoms. For this reason, diagnosis is often delayed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIsolated clavicle fractures are among the commonest of traumatic fractures in the emergency department. Complications of isolated clavicle fractures are rare. Pneumothorax has been described as a complication of a fractured clavicle only rarely in English literature.
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December 2014
Myositis ossificans circumscripta (MOC) is a benign condition of non-neoplastic heterotopic bone formation in the muscle or soft tissue. Trauma plays a role in the development of MOC, thus, non-traumatic MOC is very rare. Although MOC may occur anywhere in the body, the lesions are localized predominantly in the high-risk sites of injury, such as the thigh, buttock, and elbow.
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