

Pertinent Insights On Evaluating And Treating Sesamoiditis
Sesamoiditis is a broad term often used to describe pain in the sesamoids in the presence of negative radiographs.1 Boike and colleagues defined sesamoiditis as any painful inflammatory condition of the sesamoid bones caused by repetitive stress but lacking radiographic changes.2
Sesamoid pain can result from a number of pathologies, such as chondromalacia, stress fractures, acute fractures, avascular necrosis, arthritis and bursitis.1-3 These injuries result most often fro


Keys To Diagnosing And Treating Nummular Eczema
Nummular eczema, also called discoid dermatitis, is an inflammatory dermatitis, which presents as well-demarcated annular xerotic and erythematous plaques on the arms or legs. It derives its name from its characteristic coin-shaped skin lesions.1-3 Initially, nummular eczema can present as oozing papules and/or vesicles. These papules and vesicles later dry and coalesce into round plaques.2
The etiology of nummular eczema differs from that of classic atopic eczema. With ato