Long-Term Surgical Success in Treating Vohwinkel Syndrome: A Case Report.

Case: Vohwinkel syndrome is a rare, inherited condition marked by defective keratinization. The disorder may feature digital constriction bands (pseudoainhum) which can lead to autoamputation. Surgical excision is the only treatment of pseudoainhum; however, it is fraught with recurrence.

Schmorl's Node Mimicking Spinal Metastatic Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

In this report, we present a progressively enlarging, degenerative, intraspongious/intravertebral herniated nucleus pulposus, also referred to as a "Schmorl's node," in a 65-year-old patient with a history of prostate cancer. The patient initially presented to our orthopedic oncology clinic for the evaluation of lytic-appearing lesions involving the L4 and L5 vertebral bodies. He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer approximately four years prior and had been previously treated with prostatectomy.