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We studied the clinical, scintigraphic, and histopathologic characteristics of 26 intravenous drug abusers with costochondral involvement secondary to systemic infection with Candida albicans. The clinical findings were of a mass appearing in the anterior region of the thorax. In general, signs of inflammation were absent. Histopathologic study of this costochondral mass in 12 patients showed perichondritis in 100% and myositis in 87%, with secondary involvement of cartilage in 43% and of bone in 75%. Results of bone scintigrams using 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate were positive in only 7 of 15 patients (47%), with a correlation between positive uptake and osteitis. Gallium scintigraphy findings were positive in 9 of 10 patients (90%). The greater sensitivity of 67Ga was probably because the invariably present pericartilaginous inflammatory mass was not always accompanied by secondary cartilage and bone involvement.
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PMID:Costochondral involvement in systemic candidiasis in heroin addicts: clinical, scintigraphic, and histologic features in 26 patients. 328 49

This article discusses three selected areas of sports medicine in which MRI is useful. The first is muscle injuries and includes the MRI findings in muscle tears, contusions, and myositis ossificans. The second section discusses the usefulness of MRI in imaging the athlete with groin pain, which is a difficult clinical problem for the orthopedist. The ability of MRI to differentiate between such causes of groin pain as osteitis pubis, bursitis, and stress fractures is shown. The final section covers plain radiographic and MRI findings in osteochondritis dissecans. Also discussed is the MRI staging of osteochondritis dissecans, which is important in treatment decisions and surgical planning.
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PMID:MRI of selected sports injuries: muscle tears, groin pain, and osteochondritis dissecans. 780 70

This review article describes the imaging finding of the connective tissue disorders in children. The radiological features of the following conditions are described; the spondyloarthropathics, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), dermatomyositis, scleroderma, the vasculitides, Kawasaki disease, synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteitis (SAPHO), and focal myositis. The features on several integrated imaging techniques are described.
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PMID:Overview of the radiology of connective tissue disorders in children. 1071 8

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva or myositis ossificans progessiva or still Munchmeyer disease is a genetic ailment with dominant autosomic transmission. It includes a high rate of change and doesn't appear any race. The authors gave an account of two remarks about it on a causal and late discovery upon two young black Africans. The first observation is a nine year-old-boy, without any similar family previous history and who has been hospitalized in maxillo-facial milieu for a mandible osteitis staphiloccocus. It showed some muscular ossifications of paravertebral, cervical, dorsal and lumbar nature--from a spontaneous appearance and evolving progressively since the age of three months. The radiographic results displayed some specific bones disorders which enable to retain the diagnosis above. The second observation is the case of a twenty four-year-old-woman who has previously benefitted from a surgical exploration a non-inflammatory muscular tumefication at the right arm which occurred at the age of twenty one. Three years later, she took surgery for the restriction of the oral gap and a right hand side lumbar paravertebral tumefaction which was thus restricting the mobility of the rachis. The radiological results have found some specific bone disorder++ at the hands and the feet which enable to link the paravertebral ossifications to their fibrodysplasic origin. Munchmeyer disease remains a affection of easy radio-clinical diagnosis. The essential point is to precociously think of it before the specific osseous anomalies occurring at the level of the feet and the hands. The functional or even vital prognosis remains closely linked to both the important and the topography of conjunctivo-muscular ossifications.
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PMID:[Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva or Munchmeyer disease apropos of 2 cases]. 1079 2

Among diagnostic progress over the last three years in internal medicine, Antisynthetase Syndrome is now more easily recognised with the diffusion of laboratory tests for research of antibodies against tRNA synthetases (Anti JO1, anti PL7, Anti PL12). In two third of cases, these antibodies are found despite absence of antinuclear antibodies. Hence, we have to search them specifically in patients with polyarthritis associated with myositis, cutaneous manifestations (Raynaud phenomenom and "mechanic'hands") and interstitial lung disease. Discovery of asymptomatic mutation in the L ferritin coding sequence help us to better understand the "unexplained" hyperferritinemia. Initially described by japonese gastroenterologists, auto immune pancreatitis in fact a part of a systemic sclerosing disease with a biochemical hallmark: in crease of a subclass of immunoglobulins G (IgG4). A new pediatric disease due to a deficiency of the interleukin1 receptor antagonist (multifocal aseptic osteitis, periostitis, stomatitis, disseminated pustulosis) help us to better understand unexplained auto inflammatory diseases. The therapeutic progress is primarily due to an explosion of biological therapies, particularly four of them very useful for internists (in an off label use) : Interleukin 1 inhibitors (anakinra, Canakinumab) to treat some auto inflammatory diseases (cryopirin associated periodic syndromes and deficency of interleukin 1 receptor antagonist), monoclonal antibody against interleukin 5 (mepolizumab) to treat some hypereosinophilic syndromes and Churg and Strauss angiitis, interleukin 6 inhibitiors to treat multifocal Castleman's disease and adult Still disease, a monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor (Bevacizumab) to treat hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
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PMID:[What's new in internal medicine?]. 2011 57

A 9-year-old Thoroughbred gelding was presented for swelling over the left neck and inappetence. There was recent history of intramuscular administration of flunixin meglumine into the left neck. On examination, there was evidence of focal myositis, anaemia, haemolysis and pigmenturia. Culture of aspirated fluid from the left side of the neck produced a heavy growth of a Clostridium species. Complications of infection included haemolytic anaemia, hepatopathy, osteitis and transient hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Treatment included intravenous fluid therapy, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, blood transfusion and surgical debridement. There was complete resolution of clinical, haematological, biochemical and echocardiographic abnormalities, and the horse returned to ridden work. This report highlights the complications that can arise from clostridial myonecrosis, including the effect on the myocardium.
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PMID:Clostridial myonecrosis, haemolytic anaemia, hepatopathy, osteitis and transient hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after intramuscular injection in a Thoroughbred gelding. 2361 16

Cat scratch disease (CSD) - bartonellosis, is zoonosis caused by the intracellular gram negativebacterium Bartonellahenselae or Bartonellaquintana. The pathogens of this disease enter the human body usually as a consequence of a bite or scratch by young cats which are the natural source of such bacteria. The illness proceeds asymptomatically or with topical symptoms of infection such as a lump, spot or blister. Within 14 days a high fever and topical lymphadenopathy are observed. Lymph nodes are sore and start suppurating. In half of patients, these symptoms may resemble malignancy, and in single cases there are symptoms associated with the musculoskeletal system, such as: osteitis, arthitis and myositis. In paper presented case of 9 year-old girl patients, treated in Oral Surgery Unit due to odema and lymphadenopathy in right submandibular space. Primary surgical treatment of deciduous teeth was conducted without recovery. In few months follow-up, biopsy of lymph node of submandibular group was taken and provisional diagnosis of cat scratch disease was set. Patient was referred to the Infectious Diseases Unit where serological test confirmed cat scratch disease, and pharmacological treatment was conducted with success and recovery of young patient.
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PMID:Cat scratch disease in 9-year-old patient - a case report. 2721 58