[Aggressive pediatric hip fibromatosis with severe joint destruction. A case report].

Fibrous or desmoid tumors are grouped under the term fibromatosis; there are several groups; the pediatric aggressive form is rare, especially the pelvis and/or hip presentation. This causes a variable degree of destruction of the surrounding tissues. It is a diagnosis by exclusion and histopathologic testing; treatment is always surgical and conservative treatment is indicated only for special locations and/or patient conditions.

[Minimally invasive treatment of mild and moderate hallux valgus].

Introduction: Our institution implemented a minimally-invasive surgery program that included a thorough preoperative assessment and planning to provide the patient with an appropriate correction of the radiographic parameters as well as esthetic satisfaction, together with a shorter hospital stay and less analgesic use.

Material And Methods: Retrospective, comparative, longitudinal and observational clinical trial. The study period was from January 2002 to December 2007; 40 patients with hallux valgus underwent minimally invasive surgery, 12 of them underwent bilateral surgery, for a total of 52 feet with hallux valgus; 100% of them were females.

[Association of intercalary cervical bone and occult lumbar and sacral spina bifida. Case report].

The defects of the spinal cord enclose diverse malformations that go from spina bifida to myelomeningocele but there is also a rare variant that is the intercalary bone. The incidence of this phenomenon may vary in 1 to 1,000 to 5,000. At our knowledge, there are no cases reported where it can be an association of intercalary bone and a bifid spine in different levels.

[Osteoarticular caseating tuberculosis of the hip: presenting as severe articular destruction. A case report].

Osteoarticular tuberculosis is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that affects joints. It reaches skeleton and joints by hematogenous spread. The clinical presentation includes localized pain associated with fever and weight loss.

[Generalized polyostotic fibrous dysplasia with subtrochanteric fracture. A case report].

Fibrous dysplasia affects principally bone, but it might comprise extraskeletal anomalies; bone is replaced by dysplastic fibrous tissue. It is classified accordingly to the number of affected bones, and its association to endocrine alterations in: monostotic, polyostotic and Albright's disease. A congenital etiology is suggested.