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Retroauricular pain caused by Eagle syndrome: A rare presentation due to compression by styloid process elongation

Summary Eagle syndrome is a rare condition presenting with retroauricular pain (usually as main symptom) associated with dysphagia, headache, neck pain on rotation and, much rarelier, stroke. This occurs due to styloid process elongation. Sometimes, there is also styloid ligament calcification, which can...

Osteoma cutis: rare painful tumor in atypical location

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5,supl.1), 2017
Abstract Osteoma cutis or cutaneous ossification is a rare entity characterized by the formation of bone in the skin. We present an isolated primary osteoma cutis located on the palm, an atypical location....

Hemosiderosis pulmonar idiopática con osificación pulmonar

Biomédica (Bogotá); 36 (4), 2016
La osificación pulmonar es un hallazgo poco usual, generalmente asintomático, que se reporta como incidental en biopsias de pulmón. Asimismo, la hemosiderosis pulmonar idiopática es una causa poco frecuente de infiltración pulmonar. Se presenta el caso de un hombre de 64 años con síntomas respirat...

Sexual dimorphism using the interstyloid distances and clinical implication for elongated styloid process in Northeastern Thailand

Int. j. morphol; 34 (4), 2016
Skeletal remains are crucial in forensic identification of the sex, especially human skulls including the styloid process, a bony projection from the skull. Hence, the objectives of the present study were undertaken to assess the value of the styloid process for the sex identification of unknown skulls a...

Heterotopic mesenteric ossification in a child: Case report

Iatreia; 29 (1), 2016
The term heterotopic ossification refers to bone formation in normally non-ossifying tissue. It represents a benign, localized, self-limiting and well-circumscribed lesion, and the phenomenon is rather unusual in the immediate vicinity of bones. Likewise, it is very rare in soft tissues such as the gastr...

Tuberculosis osteoarticular y osificaciones heterotópicas: reporte de un caso
Heterotopic ossification and osteoarticular tuberculosis: case report

Actual. osteol; 12 (2), 2016
La osificación heterotópica es una condición patológica que conduce al desarrollo de hueso en el tejido blando. En la piel se denomina osteoma cutis. Estas lesiones se clasifican en primarias o secundarias. Las causas secundarias constituyen el 85% y son consecuencia de enfermedades inflamatorias, in...

Osteoma cutis, a propósito de un caso
Osteoma cutis, about a case

Rev. chil. dermatol; 32 (4), 2016
El osteoma cutis (OC) es una lesión compuesta de tejido óseo en dermis y/o hipodermis. Se clasifican en primarios, cuando se desarrollan en piel sana, y secundarios, cuando aparecen sobre lesiones preexistentes. Mujer de 61 años con antecedente de linfoma de Hodgkin en remisión, presentó una lesión...

Anatomical characteristics of infra-lamina ridge in Chinese population

Int. j. morphol; 32 (2), 2014
The aim of our study was to observe the occurrence rate and morphological characteristics of Infra-Lamina ridge (ILR) in Chinese population and provide a comprehensive reference for its clinical implication. Vertebrae columns of 82 sets of Chinese adult skeletons were collected. The shape of ILR was clas...

Frequency of ponticulus posticus in lateral cephalometric radiography of peruvian patients

Int. j. morphol; 32 (1), 2014
The Ponticulus posticus is an anomalous ossification of unknown origin that arches backward from the superior articular process to the posterior arch of the Atlas vertebra, it can be complete or partial and houses vascular and nervous elements; it is diagnosed by lateral cervical radiography, cephalometr...

Remodelación ósea en espondiloartritis

Rev. méd. Chile; 141 (9), 2013
Spondyloarthritis is a group of several related but phenotypically distinct chronic inflammatory diseases, characterized by progressive new bone formation which leads to ankylosis and functional disability. Radiographic images evidence not only erosive changes but also overgrowth of bony structures calle...