Prefabrication of vascularized bone allograft in a recipient rat using a flow-through vascular pedicle, bone morphogenetic protein, and bisphosphonate.

We attempted to prefabricate vascularized bone allografts by implanting flow-through vascular bundles from recipient rats into transplanted bone allografts. We also applied bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and bisphosphonate into the bone allograft to accelerate bone formation and inhibit bone resorption in the transplanted bone. After prefabrication, bone formation and resorption in the vascularized bone allograft were evaluated radiographically and histologically.

Massive heterotopic ossification around the ankle in a patient with macrodactyly of the foot: a case report.

A 40-year-old man with macrodactyly of the left great toe presented with progressive enlargement of the ipsilateral ankle and increasing pain after minor trauma. Radiographs and computed tomographic scans of the foot and ankle revealed macrodactyly of the great toe and a large heterotopic ossified mass in the anteromedial aspect of the ankle. The large osseous lesion in the ankle was operatively excised.

Ischiogluteal bursitis: a report of three cases with MR findings.

Ischiogluteal bursitis is an uncommon disorder which can be confused with neoplastic conditions in the buttock. Three cases of ischiogluteal bursitis in a 57-year-old man, a 73-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man are presented. All patients presented with a gradually increasing, painful buttock mass.

[Serum amyloid A as a useful index of disease activity in polymyalgia rheumatica].

Purpose: To clarify the usefulness of measuring serum amyloid A (SAA) levels in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), we compared this parameter to C-reactive protein (CRP).

Subjects And Methods: The study included 10 patients with PMR, who could be prospectively followed up from the start of prednisolone (PSL) treatment until the CRP level decreased to 1 mg/dl or less. When the CRP level decreased, the subjects were divided into the group in which the symptom persisted (n = 6) and those in which the symptom disappeared (n = 4).

[A patient with polymyalgia rheumatica who exhibited fever as the main symptom for a long period].

We encountered a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) who exhibited fever as the main symptom for a long period without muscular pain. As an etiological factor, the condition may have been associated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). A 71-year-old man consulted our Department of Orthopedics for fever and lumbar pain, which initially developed in early September 2000.