Atypical Presentation of Non-Ossifying Fibroma in a Professional Muay Thai Boxer: A Case Report and a Narrative Review of the Literature.

Introduction: Sports injuries occur during sport athletic activities, or exercising. However, there are some lesions which are typically associated to sports, in such a demanding and physical sport like Muay Thai that no typical lesion has been detected yet. We performed a narrative review of the literature to highlight the typical lesions of this sport to analyze the differential diagnosis of those conditions.

Inverse shoulder tumor megaprosthesis after large bone resection in massive metastasis of the proximal humerus.

Background And Aim: Bone metastases are a significant prognostic factor in the history of cancer and often involve pain and a great impairment of the quality of life. The complete resection of tumor tissue is increasingly performed in patients with solitary bone metastases, to improve the survival of patients and their functional outcomes Methods: We report the case of a 65-year-old man with a painful, massive, highly perfused osteolytic lesion localized at the proximal third of the humerus, associated with extensive lesions of the rotator cuff tendons was diagnosed with keratoblastic squamous cell lung cancer metastasis.

Results: The patient underwent shoulder and proximal humerus reconstruction with inverse tumor megaprosthesis after embolization of the lesion.

Why malnutrition in orthopaedic elective patient is still an issue? A recent review of the literature.

Background: Malnutrition is a known risk factor for complications and adverse outcomes after elective total joint arthroplasty (TJA). The progressive increase in the ageing of world population and in the numbers of TJA, widens the demand for a faster post-operative recovery and function. The aim of this study was to review the literature regarding: post-operative transfusion, infections, wound complications, length of hospital stay (LOS), rate of admission in intensive care unit (ICU), and total patient charges, in malnourished patient undergoing TJA.

A rare presentation of tubercular osteomyelitis of the foot.

Tuberculosis is a communicable disease that is a major cause of ill health. It is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide and the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Its most common clinical presentation is pulmonary involvement.