Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to A Babajews.
The locking bar is an inherent element of cap splint jaw localisation and fixation technique. The modified method described facilitates relocalisation; potentially reducing operating theatre and technician time.
Over the years, blindness following maxillofacial trauma has been reported by many workers. Although various mechanisms and suggested treatments have been proposed, blindness in the absence of any bony or direct penetrating injury is rare.
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A patient developed painless swellings of the tongue which proved to be due to amyloid. An initial search for multiple myeloma was negative; however, three months later Bence-Jones proteinuria developed and multiple myeloma was diagnosed.
A case of tetanus is described in a 71-year-old female. Her initial presentation was trismus and dysphagia following a tongue laceration by grossly carious teeth. Subsequently, she developed muscular spasm which led to the diagnosis of tetanus. This paper discusses tetanus generally, and the management of the condition.
Aspergillus is a fungus, usually found growing as one of the many moulds of fruit, foods and nuts. This paper deals with a ball of fungus growing in the maxillary antrum of an elderly female patient presenting as a radio-opaque expansile mass. In man, aspergillus fumigatus and aspergillus flavis have both been incriminated as pathogenic species in the para nasal sinuses. Spores of aspergilli become mixed with dust and can enter the ear, nose and lungs. If conditions are favourable, growth will ensue. Generally aspergillus is believed to be an opportunistic pathogen more commonly found in the chronically ill and debilitated. In recent years, the widespread use of antibiotics, steroids as well as anticancer agents, has resulted in an increase of case reports (Zimmerman, 1955) although this may be due to a greater awareness and reporting (Titche, 1978).