1/2. An 11-year-old boy with swelling and progressive deformity of his finger.The following case is presented to illustrate the roentgenographic and clinical findings of a condition of interest to the orthopaedic surgeon. Initial history, physical findings, and roentgenographic examinations are found on the first two pages. The final clinical and roentgenographic differential diagnoses are presented on the following pages.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = physical (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/2. magnetic resonance imaging to visualize the internal anatomy in the Baller-Gerold syndrome.The Baller-Gerold syndrome is identified by radial aplasia with craniosynostosis. Only 12 cases have been reported previously in the literature; none of the reports describe surgical treatment for the radial aplasia. We report the case of a 10-month-old female infant with this syndrome, including severe bilateral radial clubhands. A radial anlage, which was tethering growth of the ulna, was suspected on physical examination and confirmed with magnetic resonance imaging. Resection of the anlage resulted in dramatic improvement in elbow extension, but additional follow-up will be necessary to determine the complete functional effect of the procedure.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = physical (Clic here for more details about this article) |