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This is what happens when you make your kid join band…
02.16.09 | Permalink | Comment?

What you’re looking at is the CT scan of a 13 year-old-boy. The arrow on the right image is pointing to a bubble of air located in the parotid gland, a direct result of the child playing his tuba with just a bit too much fervor. This condition is known as ‘pneumoparotid’ and “can arise [...]
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) and the evolution of human bipedalism
12.26.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

Human bipedal locomotion is arguably the most defining adaptation in the narrative of human evolution. It has altered the way our bodies dissipate heat, the way we give birth, and even the way we use our hands – to some extent it has influenced the function/morphology of every element of our anatomy. Of course, when [...]
Breach delivery via brain? Not quite
12.18.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

“I’ve never seen anything like it before,” Grabb told the Colorado Springs Gazette. “It looked like the breach delivery of a baby coming out of the brain.”
Plantar fasciitis: Bleeding for Lucy’s mistake
12.11.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

The Medicine
Plantar fasciitis is a quite common*, very painful foot problem caused by repeated tension on the plantar aponeurosis (or plantar fascia), a ligamentous structure that runs from the calcaneus (heel) to the bases of the proximal phalanges (toes), which results in inflammation. It is found most common in individuals who participate in high stress activities [...]
Cleidocranial dysostosis: Because, who really needs clavicles?
12.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

What pathology jumps out at you in this X-Ray?
I’ll give you a moment.
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Time is up!
If you guessed cleidocranial dysostosis (Really… it’s in the title…), then you’re right on the money!
How could you possibly know this? Well, take a look at the upper third of the x-ray, where the clavicles should be. Now, do me a [...]
DISH (Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis)
10.26.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I hope all of you are excited for the first installment of “The Pathology Profile”. I have received quite a few e-mails regarding It Gets Worse In The Middle Ages: Bone Disease And The Medieval Period, and have decided to make it a point to provide you with a steady stream of posts regarding interesting [...]