CT Scan image of Twelfth Thoracic vertebra
CT Scan of Spine Showing D12 Vertebra Fracture
The patient had this fracture due to fall from height.
CT Image Of Fracture D12 Vertebra
July 5, 2011 by 3 Comments
Woven Bone and Lamellar Bone
October 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Major constituent of the is bone matrix. Bone is formed by the hardening of this matrix entrapping the cells. When these cells become entrapped from osteoblasts they become osteocytes.
The inorganic is mainly crystalline mineral salts and calcium and the organic part of matrix is mainly composed of Type I collagen.
Woven and lamellar bone are termed on microscopic differentiation of the bone.
On microspoe, two types of bone can be identified.
These bones differ in the pattern of collagen forming the osteoid. [Read more...]
Dose of Vitamin D May Be Important In Fracture Prevention
April 9, 2009 by 3 Comments
In a recently published paper in march issue Archives of Internal Medicine, prevention of nonvertebral fractures with vitamin D is dose-dependent for individuals aged 65 years or older. The paper is based on meta-analysis of of randomized controlled trials.
Researchers found a significant positive trend between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and hip bone density and lower extremity strength. The reviewers identified 12 double-blind RCTs for nonvertebral fractures, enrolling a total of 42,279 subjects, and 8 RCTs for hip fractures, enrolling a total of 40,886 subjects, which compared the effects of oral vitamin D, with or without calcium, with those of calcium alone or of placebo. [Read more...]
Xray of Intercondylar Fracture of Humerus
January 30, 2009 by 10 Comments
Intercondylar fracture of humerus occurs when person falls on flexed hand and the elbow is axially loaded. This is xray of 43 years old lady who presented to the hospital after a fall.
Intercondylar fractures are mostly treated with operative methods. This patient toowas operated upon and fractures was fixed using two reconstruction plates.
Patient is on postoperative rehabilitation exercises.
Osteogenic Sarcoma- Staging and Biopsy
June 20, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Osteogenic sarcoma is treated by radical excision and adjuvant chemotherapy. Before one proceeds for treatment, the clinical and radiographic diagnosis should always be confirmed by histologic examination of adequate tissue obtained by open biopsy.
Exuberant callus of a stress fracture, subacute osteomyelitis, active myositis ossificans, aneurysmal bone cyst, and eosinophilic granuloma are some of the benign conditions that can easily be mistaken for osteogenic sarcoma. Ewing’s sarcoma, fibrosarcoma, and metatastic carcinoma are some of the malignant lesions that must be considered in the differential diagnosis. [Read more...]
Xray of Fracture Lateral Condyle of Humerus
March 9, 2008 by 1 Comment
The Xray in picture shows fracture lateral condyle of humerus.
This xray belongs to fourteen years old male who hit his elbow when he fell from cycle.
Xray of Operated Fracture Lateral Condyle In A Child
February 21, 2008 by 2 Comments
The image today is an Xray of operated fracture lateral condyle, done immediately after surgery. [Read more...]
Xray of Fracture of Medial Malleolus of Tibia
February 5, 2008 by 204 Comments
A malleolus is a projection of bone beyond ankle joint. The medial one is called medial malleolus. Other arising from tibia is called posterior. A counterpart called lateral malleolus is distal end of fibula
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