Repair of an anteroinferior glenoid defect by the latarjet procedure: quantitative assessment of the repair by computed tomography.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine quantitatively whether the Latarjet procedure (coracoid transfer to the glenoid) is sufficient to restore a significant defect area of the glenoid.

Methods: Fourteen cadaveric shoulders were used (mean age, 76 years; range, 72 to 87 years). An anteroinferior glenoid defect was created and then the coracoid osteotomized to its angle and transferred to the defect.

Thrombosis and recanalization of straight sinus.

We describe a case of a 14-year-old boy who presented to the emergency department with nausea, vomiting, headache, and mental status changes. Noncontrast computed tomography scan of the brain in the emergency department revealed bilateral thalamic and striatocapsular infarcts. The patient was diagnosed with possible thrombosis of the thalamostriate veins, which was confirmed with urgent magnetic resonance venography (MRV).

Pulmonary involvement in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.

Objectives: To assess the pleuropulmonary changes in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), using high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT).

Methods: Forty-three non-smoking patients with early RA were included. The disease duration was<1 year, without previous treatment.

Liver, bone marrow, pancreas and pituitary gland iron overload in young and adult thalassemic patients: a T2 relaxometry study.

Thirty-seven patients with beta-thalassemia major, including 14 adolescents (15.2 +/- 3.0 years) and 23 adults (26.