Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica of the talus

Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica is a rare developmental disorder with unknown etiology affecting epiphysis in childhood. The lesion is an osteochondroma arising from the epiphysis and increasing in size until skeletal maturity is reached. Surgical treatment is mandatory when symptoms such as pain, joint impingement or deformation are present, and yields good results when the mass is juxtaarticular or extraarticular. In those cases where articular symptoms are not present and only mass evolution is observed, surgical treatment is not recommended before skeletal maturity has been reached. A case of DEH located in the talus and successfully treated with surgery is presented

Pseudoaneurysm overlying an osteochondroma: a noteworthy complication

Pseuodaneurysms are an extremely rare complication of osteochondromas. We describe a case of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the brachial artery presenting as a soft tissue mass in a patient who was treated for an osteochondroma 3 years earlier. This case demonstrates that radiographic follow-up of large osteochondromas is mandatory and that, in patients with soft tissue masses and a history of osteochondroma, pseudoaneurysms should be included in the differential diagnosis

Serving the World - Sustainability?

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Outsourcing Strategies of Emerging Country Firms : Are they Different from Developed Country Multinationals?

The purpose of the paper is to analyze differences in the sourcing strategies of manufacturing firms from emerging and from developed markets. More specifically, we test whether manufacturers from emerging markets have other objectives when sourcing from within their countries or from international sources, as compared to firms in developed markets. Contingency effects of the business strategy followed are taken into account. The key findings are that companies that source globally try to achieve cost benefits; companies that source nationally try to achieve capacity flexibility. However, firms do not differ dependent on whether they are located in emerging or in developed markets. Within the group of firms from emerging markets, there is a substantial difference depending on whether firms originate from an emerging market and subsidiaries of companies from developed markets. The discussion is based on a statistical analysis of data from 569 firms collected in the fourth round of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS