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  2. Tietze syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Tietze syndrome is a benign inflammation of one or more of the costal cartilages. It was first described in 1921 by German surgeon Alexander Tietze and was subsequently named after him. The condition is characterized by tenderness and painful swelling of the anterior (front) chest wall at the costochondral (rib to cartilage), sternocostal ...

  3. Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis - Wikipedia

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    Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP), also known as "tooth in eye" surgery, [1] is a medical procedure to restore vision in the most severe cases of corneal and ocular surface patients. It includes removal of a tooth from the patient or a donor.

  4. Alexander Tietze - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Tietze. Alexander Tietze (6 February 1864 – 19 March 1927) was a German surgeon born in Liebenau. Tietze syndrome is named after him. In 1887 he received his doctorate at the University of Breslau, and from 1888 to 1895 was an assistant at the Breslau surgical clinic. During this time period he worked under Jan Mikulicz-Radecki ...

  5. Tietz syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Tietz syndrome is caused by mutations in the MITF gene, located on human chromosome 3p14.1-p12.3. [2] [4] [7] It is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. [2]This indicates that the defective gene responsible for a disorder is located on an autosome (chromosome 3 is an autosome), and only one copy of the defective gene is sufficient to cause the disorder, when inherited from a parent who ...

  6. Costochondritis - Wikipedia

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    Tietze syndrome is a rarer condition that usually has visible swelling, commonly affecting a single joint (usually of the 2nd or 3rd rib), and typically seen in individuals younger than 40 years of age. [16] A similar condition known as slipping rib syndrome is also associated with chest pain and inflammation of the costal cartilage. [17]

  7. Pycnodysostosis - Wikipedia

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    Because of the bone denseness, those with the syndrome suffer from fractures. [7] Those with the syndrome have brittle bones which easily break, especially in the legs and feet. Other abnormalities involve the head and face, teeth, collar bones, skin, and nails. The front and back of the head are prominent.

  8. Osteonecrosis of the jaw - Wikipedia

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    Repeat surgeries, usually smaller procedures than the first, may be required. Almost a third of jawbone patients will need surgery in one or more other parts of the jaws because the disease so frequently present multiple lesions, i.e., multiple sites in the same or similar bones, with normal marrow in between.

  9. Periosteal reaction - Wikipedia

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    Examples of periosteal reactive bone in selected specimens of Triceratops. A periosteal reaction can result from a large number of causes, including injury and chronic irritation due to a medical condition such as hypertrophic osteopathy, bone healing in response to fracture, chronic stress injuries, subperiosteal hematomas, osteomyelitis, and cancer of the bone.