osteochondritis/fever

A case of Köhler's disease of the tarsal navicula is described as presenting with swelling, tenderness, and hyperthermia of the right foot. Scintigraphy revealed decreased uptake in the right midtarsal area. The ability of the pinhole collimator to image these tiny bones is demonstrated.

Minipigs are now used in greater numbers in contract research organizations (CROs) as well as in the pharmaceutical industry. Most CROs or pharmaceutical companies use the Göttingen minipig, which displays a number of important background lesions. This review will discuss some of the more infrequent

Five cases of suppurative non-gonococcal arthritis of the knee were treated with synovectomy 1-2 weeks after the diagnoses were confirmed. Indications for operation were persistent fever and continuous effusion, in spite of adequate antibiotic treatment and serial needle aspirations. The infection

Three children with congenital insensitivity to pain are described. Self-injuries of the tongue and fingers occurred during dentition. At infancy and early childhood fever of unknown origin and/or pneumoniae were observed in all children. All of them also suffered from osteomyelitis of various bones

METHODS An 8-month-old male Saint Bernard developed tetanic seizures and hyperthermia during evaluation of bilateral osteochondritis dissecans of the shoulder joints. Further investigation revealed that the dog was receiving an unbalanced homemade diet. RESULTS Preliminary evaluation of the dog

We studied 70 bone scans in pediatric patients to define the indications of this procedure in non-neoplastic disease. Sensitivity of bone scans in infections proved outstanding except in children under one year of age. Eighty-nine per cent of children with pain and fever and a positive bone scan had

Between July 1989 and August 1990, five children (four boys and one girl, age 10-14 years) were hospitalized due to foot infection following nail puncture wound. Symptoms and signs at presentation included cellulitis and deep tissue abscess in all five, fever in three, high erythrocyte sedimentation

Encephalitozoon cuniculi is an obligate intracellular microsporidian parasite that can result in clinical and subclinical infection in many species. In the present study, a serological survey was conducted using samples from 105 horses in the state of New Jersey; 49 of the samples were obtained from