Primary pyomyositis in children: a retrospective analysis of 11 cases.

This study was undertaken to review our approach to diagnosis and treatment in a series of 11 patients (mean age 8.2 years) with primary pyomyositis, who had neither an underlying disease nor a compromised immune system. Nine of the children had positive blood cultures, Staphylococcus aureus (eight) and Streptococcus group A (one).

Early experience with the Ponseti method for the treatment of congenital idiopathic clubfoot.

Background: The preferred conservative treatment for congenital idiopathic clubfoot deformity remains a controversial issue.

Objectives: To compare the outcomes of two groups of CICF patients who underwent two different treatment protocols.

Methods: The study cohort included 72 infants treated in our hospital from August 1998 to December 2002.

Epiphyseal involvement of simple bone cysts.

Epiphyseal involvement of a simple bone cyst (SBC) is uncommon. Eight patients are reported in whom an SBC was found to cross the growth plate, involving the epiphysis in seven patients and the apophysis in one. All patients had more than two pathologic fractures.

Primary subacute epiphyseal osteomyelitis: role of conservative treatment.

Primary subacute epiphyseal osteomyelitis is a rare disease. Owing to its insidious onset, mild symptoms, and inconsistent supportive laboratory data, diagnosis and treatment are usually delayed. The authors report a retrospective review of 16 patients with hematogenous osteomyelitis primarily affecting the epiphysis.

Perthes-like changes in geleophysic dysplasia.

Geleophysic dysplasia is a rare skeletal dysplasia characterised by 'happy natured' facies, short stature with short limbs, brachydactyly, and joint contractures. This report describes a case of a patient with unilateral Legg-Calvé-Perthes-like changes associated with dysplastic proximal capital femoral epiphysis, typical to geleophysic dysplasia.