BACKGROUND Hemophilia A is a rare inherited bleeding disorder caused by mutations in the factor Ⅷ gene. This clotting factor plays an intrinsic role in the blood coagulation pathway. Patients with hemophilia may deve...
BACKGROUND Ochronosis,also known as alkaptonuria,is a rare autosomal recessive selfmetabolic disease arising from deficiency of homogentisate 1,2 dioxygenase enzyme.It affects several organs and muscoskeletal structur...
BACKGROUND Multiple myeloma(MM)can be accompanied by amyloidosis,which occurs in a small number of patients and is characterized by deposition of light chains in the joints,leading to multiple myeloma-associated amylo...
Supported by Talent Training Project of Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine,No.0103030908;Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the School of Biomedicine,Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Medicine,Basic Clinical Collaborative Innovation Project,No.YN2018HK04。
BACKGROUND Ochronotic arthropathy(OcA)is a rare disease,which is caused by the accumulation of homogentisic acid in the joint.Patients with OcA have obvious joint pain and the disease progresses rapidly,eventually res...
Neuropathic arthropathy of the shoulder is a rare disorder characterized by joint degeneration, and is associated with loss of sensory innervation. Syringomyelia is a disease in which fluid-containing cavities(syrinxe...
A case of osteoid osteoma of the elbow in a patient with hemophilia A is described. This male patient presented with chronic and nocturnal pain of the left elbow which was alleviated with acetaminophen. Besides pain, ...