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Zhongguo Zhen Jiu
January 2025
Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Wuxi Municipal Hospital of TCM, Wuxi 214100, Jiangsu Province, China.
The paper reports one case of osteitis condensans ilii treated with acupuncture in the young and middle-aged female patient. Based on the "analogy" thinking, bilateral Chengshan (BL57) and Ximen (PC4) were selected. The short needling was delivered at Chengshan (BL57), in which, the needle tip went directly to the bone surface and the needle was lifted and thrusted to induce the tolerable sensation.
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January 2025
AOFE Clinics Oosterbeek, Oosterbeek, The Netherlands.
Objective: Transcutaneous osseointegration prosthetic systems (TOPS) offer a stable skeletal attachment for artificial limbs post-extremity amputation, serving as an alternative to socket attachment. Press-fit osseointegration implants (OI) utilized in TOPS consistently enhance quality of life and mobility for amputees, particularly those experiencing socket-related issues. Despite notable benefits, late complications such as infection and implant loosening pose challenges unique to TOPS due to their percutaneous nature.
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December 2024
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, 38030, Kayseri, Turkey.
Paget's disease is a condition marked by abnormal bone remodeling, involving both excessive bone formation and destruction, predominantly in the elderly. Pagetic vertebral ankylosis is a rare manifestation, often associated with Paget's disease, ankylosing spondylitis, or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. This form of acquired vertebral ankylosis is uncommon and occurs in cases with bone-bridging syndesmophytes or osteophytes.
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December 2024
Department of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Centre Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Brown tumors or osteitis fibrosa cystica are a rare bone metabolism disorder that may mimic cancer metastasis. It represents a late manifestation of prolonged and mostly unrecognized hyperparathyroidism. In this case report we present a 44-year-old female patient with multiple lesions detected on bone scintigraphy and F- FDG-PET/CT, initially interpreted as a bone metastatic disease, rather than multiple gigantocellular bone tumors.
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October 2024
Summary: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a disorder in which excessive parathyroid hormone (PTH) is secreted from the parathyroid glands. The cause of PHPT is most commonly parathyroid lesions such as parathyroid adenoma. The clinical manifestations of PHPT include hypercalcemia, nephrolithiasis, bone disease and rarely pathological fractures and brown tumors, which arise within the foci of osteitis fibrosa.
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