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Presenting with generalised bony symptoms,

radiologically -

Thin undulating periosteal reaction, over long bones,

may be associated with COPD / emphysema, carcinoma of the lung, malignant thymoma.

Classic metaphyseal lesion – maybe be associated with subperiosteal haematoma / perosteal reaction

Subdural haemorrhage with long bone fractures

Posterior rib fractures

Multiple injuries of differing ages.

Wormian bones are defined as intrasutural bones.

Risk factor for osteogenesis imperfecta

- more than 10 in number

- measuring greater than 6 mm by 4 mm

- arranged in a general mosaic pattern

 

 Although computed tomography (CT) remains the most frequently used imaging examination in acute cerebral infarction, its sensitivity for early detection of strokes remains limited. In middle cerebral artery (MCA) strokes less than 6 hours old, loss of definition of the gray- white interface in the lateral margins of the insula (”insular ribbon”) was observed. . The insular ribbon is supplied by the insular segment of the MCA and its claustral branches. With cessation of MCA flow, the insular ribbon becomes the region most distal from the anterior and posterior cerebral collateral circulations. Consequently, the insular ribbon effectively becomes a watershed arterial zone. Loss of the insular ribbon is thus a reflection of acute edema due to infarction. Loss of the insular ribbon appears to be another frequent and reliable finding in acute MCA stroke.

One of the most interesting pieces in the news today is that British scientists and doctors may have found a method to cure Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. This is a type of diabetes that primarily presents in younger patients, often as potentially fatal diabetic ketoacidosis which may lead to coma and death. These patients are almost always on life-long insulin injections.

However, a solution has been found, where doctors harvest islet cells from cadaveric pancreas, meaning, from dead bodies, and then inject these cells into the patient’s liver. An average of 3 injections is required, and some patients have been almost completely cured, not requiring any insulin injections at all.

More research will need to be done, but it appears that there is light at the end of the tunnel for these young patients.