Eklem Hastalıkları ve Cerrahisi Joint Diseases and Related Surgery Case Report / Olgu Sunumu Solitary spinous process metastasis: a case report Soliter spinöz çıkıntı metastazı: Olgu sunumu

Primary malignant tumors frequently metastasize to bone, third in frequency after liver and lung. [2] Breast and prostate cancers have particular clinical interest because of the prevalence of these diseases, with about 70% of the patients dying of these cancers having evidence of metastatic bone disease. [3] Bone metastases are also seen in carcinomas of the thyroid, kidney, and bronchus with an incidence of 30-40% at postmortem examination. [3] However, tumors of the gastrointestinal tract rarely (<10%) metastasize to the bone. Anahtar sözcükler: Kemik dokusu; bel ağrısı; neoplazm metastazı; neoplazmlar; omurga. Vertebral column is a common site for bony metastases in patients with systemic malignancy. Patients with metastatic spinal tumors usually present with pain. Some tumors are asymptomatic and can be detected during screening examinations. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the vertebral column with the panel of available imagining methods and the clinical findings should be used for the diagnosis of spinal metastasis. A 45-year-old man was admitted with low back pain. With a history of rectum surgery and radiotherapy, he was on chemotherapy for rectum adenocarcinoma. F18 sodium fluoride positron emission tomography scan which was performed three weeks ago showed no abnormalities other than the primary surgical site. Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar vertebrae spine revealed a lesion on the tip of L4 spinous process. Excisional biopsy of L4 spinous process was performed. Histologic examination revealed mucinous adenocarcinoma. He had no low back pain at two-months follow-up. We could not find any solitary spinous process metastasis reported in English literature. Patients with nonspecific spinal pain with a previous cancer history should be carefully evaluated for a spinal metastasis. Even a solitary spinous process lesion may turn out to be the initial manifestation of a spinal metastasis

Eklem Hastalıkları ve Cerrahisi Joint Diseases and Related Surgery Original Article / Özgün Makale Treatment of mixed type femoroacetabular impingement using safe surgical hip dislocation in adults Erişkinlerde karışık tipteki femoroasetabüler sıkışmanın

ÖZ Amaç: Bu çalışmada tek bir merkezde güvenli cerrahi kalça dislokasyonu (GCKD) tekniği kullanılarak karışık tipteki femoroasetabüler sıkışma (FAS) tedavisinde edinilen deneyim değerlendirildi. Hastalar ve yöntemler: Çalışmada Ekim 2009 -Ekim 2014 tarihleri arasında kliniğimizde GCKD tekniği ile tedavi edilen 21 hastanın (7 erkek, 14 kadın; ort. yaş 33.8±10.6 yıl; dağılım 19-52 yıl) 22 kalçası geriye dönük olarak değerlendirildi. Ameliyat öncesi ve son Harris kalça skorları (HKS) ve alfa açıları karşılaştırıldı. Yaş, cinsiyet, taraf, sıkışma testleri, ameliyat öncesi HKS, tümsek ve kıskaç tip FAS radyografik göstergeleri ve ameliyat sırasındaki eklem bulguları en son işlevsel sonuçlar üzerindeki etkileri yönünden değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Semptomların ortalama süresi 29.5 aydı. Kalçanın fleksiyonu ve iç rotasyonu ile ortaya çıkan kasık ağrısı başlıca semptomdu. Tüm kalçalara radyografik olarak "karışık tipte FAS" tanısı konuldu. Yirmi iki kalçanın ortalama izlem süresi 48 aydı. Ameliyat öncesi ve en son ortalama HKS arasındaki farklılık istatistiksel olarak anlamlıydı (60.0'a karşın 87.6 puan, p<0.001). Yirmi iki kalçadan ortalama HKS'si 95.0 puan olan 17 kalçada (%77) tedavi yeterli olarak değerlendirildi. Ameliyat öncesi HKS'si 60 puanın altında olan kalçalar yetersiz sonuca biraz daha fazla yatkındı. Araştırılan hasta bağımlı, klinik, radyografik değişkenler ve ameliyat sırasındaki eklem bulguları içinde düz bir grafideki koksa profunda belirtisi daha yüksek bir yetersiz sonuç oranı ile ilişkili bulundu (p= 0.040). Sonuç: Güvenli cerrahi kalça dislokasyonu işlemi ortalama dört yıllık izlem sonrasında %77'lik bir başarı oranına sahiptir. Koksa profunda belirtisi yetersiz klinik sonuç ile bağlantılıdır. Ameliyat öncesi 60 puanın altındaki bir HKS klinik sonuç üzerinde negatif belirleyici bir değişken olarak görünmektedir. Anahtar sözcükler: Femoroasetabüler sıkışma; işlevsel sonuç; cerrahi kalça dislokasyonu; tedavi. ABSTRACT Objectives: This study aims to assess the experience gained in a single institution in the treatment of mixed type femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) using safe surgical hip dislocation (SSHD) technique. Patients and methods: In this study, 22 hips of 21 patients (7 males, 14 females; mean age 33.8±10.6 years; range 19-52 years) treated by SSHD technique in our clinic between October 2009 and October 2014 were retrospectively evaluated. Preoperative and final Harris hip scores (HHS) and alpha angles were compared. Age, gender, laterality, impingement tests, preoperative HHS, cam and pincer type FAI radiographic indicators and intraoperative articular findings were assessed in terms of their influence to the final functional outcomes. Results: Mean duration of the symptoms was 29.5 months. Groin pain, activated by flexion and internal rotation of the hip, was the main symptom. A radiographic diagnosis of "mixed type FAI" was made in all hips. Mean follow-up duration of 22 hips was 48 months. The difference between the mean preoperative and latest HHS was statistically significant (60.0 vs. 87.6 points, p<0.001). The treatment was considered satisfactory in 17 of 22 hips (77%) having a mean HHS of 95.0 points. Hips having a preoperative HHS of less than 60 points were more prone to unsatisfactory outcome. Among the investigated patient-dependent, clinical, radiographic variables and intraoperative articular findings, coxa profunda sign in a plain radiograph was found correlated with a higher rate of unsatisfactory outcome (p= 0.040). Conclusion: Safe surgical hip dislocation procedure has a success rate of 77% after a mean follow-up of four years. Coxa profunda sign is associated with the unsatisfactory clinical outcome. Preoperative HHS of less than 60 points seems to be a negative predictive variable on the clinical outcome