Metallosis has been reported in the setting of weight-bearing joint arthroplasties, like the hip and knee joints. However, the prevalence of metallosis in non-articular portions is very uncommon. We report a rare case of a patient who had metallosis secondary by fibular nonunion after fixation with plate and screw. In addition, we discuss the clinical and the operative findings, as well as the outcome of this uncommon complication.
Arthroplasty ; Hip ; Humans ; Joints ; Knee Joint ; Prevalence ; Weight-Bearing

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Asthma*

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Klinefelter Syndrome*

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Turner Syndrome*

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Child* ; Humans ; Purpura*

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Encephalitis* ; Hemagglutination* ; Japan*

Etretinate is a synthetic retinoic acid which has been reported effective in hyperkeratotic disorders. Recently, it has also been tried, on a limited number, for the treatment of viral wart. A 33-year-old male patient presented with multiple, tender, confluent, verrucous lesions on the scalp, both hands and feet of 4 years duration. Before coming to us, he had been treated with intralesional injection of bleomycin and electrodesiccation with little effect. We started etretinate therapy in a daily dose of 70mg(1mg /kg). After 3 weeks treatment, most of his skin lesions were flattened and softened: but an abrupt elevation of serum aminotransferases was noticed, which was normalized soon after cessation of medication. Unfortunately, the drug stop page aggravated most of skin lesions. After two weeks of withdrawal we started again the drug in a daily dose of 30mg and observed a good response without hepatic dysfunction.
Acitretin* ; Adult ; Bleomycin ; Etretinate* ; Foot ; Hand ; Humans ; Injections, Intralesional ; Male ; Scalp ; Skin ; Transaminases ; Tretinoin ; Warts*

The fracture of femoral head with concommittant hip dislocation is very rare and the choice of its treatment is still controversial. Various methods of treatment such as Judet prosthesis (Palin, 1954), mold arthroplasty (Lipscomb, 1958), Thompson endomedullary prosthesis (Burman, 1958), and bone peg fixation have been adopted without much success, but Sarmiento and Laird (1973) recently reported a case of femoral head fracture that was successfully treated with screw fixation of the fracture fragments. The authors present a case of femoral head fracture combined with dislocation of ipsilateral hip that was treated successfully by the Sarmientos screw fixation method. A two year follow-up indicated a normal hip function, restored without sequellae. The authors consider this method very valuable as a first step treatment.
Arthroplasty ; Dislocations ; Follow-Up Studies ; Fungi ; Head ; Hip Dislocation ; Hip ; Methods ; Prostheses and Implants

The combined congenital malformation of partiaI or complete absence of the pectoralis main muscle and webbing of the fingers, on the same side, was first described by Poland in 1841. The syndrome is not hereditary and is of unknown origin and is affects male more frequently than female. The clinical features are variable but always include congenital aplasia of the stemorostal head of the pectoralls major muscle and syndactyly. The syndectely should be treated by the age of one year and complened before the preschool age. A case of Poland's syndrome is presented with a brief review of literatures.
Female ; Fingers ; Head ; Humans ; Male ; Poland Syndrome ; Poland ; Syndactyly