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“A boat sails, the moon shines, a triangular pea flies…” — do physiotherapy students find it difficult to learn the anatomy of the hand?

Folia Morphologica
INTRODUCTION: Human anatomy is a key subject in medical education and the foundation of clinical practice. Learning anatomy can be challenging for medical and health science students because they have to memorize a large number of anatomical terms.
Wirginia Likus, Kamila Gromek, Michał Giller, Renata Wilk, Karol Zięba   +4 more
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Osteoblastoma of the Os Capitatum

Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2014
An osteoblastoma is a primary benign bone tumor, which is rarely seen in hand bones. Osteoblastoma is generally seen in spine, pelvis, and long bones. However, there are a few case reports of osteoblastoma in wrist and hand bones. To our knowledge, up to
Çağrı Kaptan, Halil Atmaca
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Primary intraosseous malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of metacarpal bones of the hand in a patient without neurofibromatosis 1: Report of a rare case

Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, 2017
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) usually arises in peripheral nerve sheath cells. The intraosseous location of MPNST is rare. Mandible is the most common site of bony involvement. Involvement of bones of the hand is quite unusual.
Bharti Devnani, Ahitagni Biswas, Sameer Bakhshi, Shah Alam Khan, Asit Ranjan Mridha, Shipra Agarwal   +5 more
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Giant-cell tumor of the metacarpal in a young female: A rare case report

Apollo Medicine, 2020
Giant-cell tumors (GCTs) or osteoclastomas of the bone are locally aggressive tumors with tendency for local recurrence. The tumors show predilection for women with majority of patients in the third or fourth decades of life.
Seema Singhal, Chander Shekhar
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Desmoplastic Fibroma of the Phalanx of the Hand: A Rare Case Report

Case Reports in Oncology, 2023
Desmoplastic fibroma is a rare primary benign bone tumour that typically affects the long bones, mandible, and pelvis. It has a similar local aggressiveness to soft tissue fibromatosis. It rarely involves the small bones of the hand.
Belzinder Pal Singh, Syurahbil Abdul Halim, Sahran Yahaya, Nor Azman Mat Zin, Sharifah Emilia Tuan Sharif, Wan Faisham Wan Ismail   +5 more
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Assessment of musculoskeletal stress marker development in the hand

, 2011
The analysis of musculoskeletal stress marker (MSM) development is a commonly employed tool in osteological surveys and is used to infer patterns of occupational activity and societal organisation in archaeological populations.
L. A. Cashmore, Cashmore, Lisa, S. R. Zakrzewski, Zakrzewski, Sonia R.   +3 more
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The distribution of hand fractures at the university hospital of north Norway [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to describe the fracture pattern for hand fractures in the Arctic region of Norway. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using the hospital's radiological information system and picture archiving and communication system ...
Weum, Sven, de Weerd, Louis, Millerjord, Siri   +2 more
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The human gut microbiome across the life course

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Despite significant individual variation and continuous change throughout life, the human gut microbiome follows some life stage‐specific trends. This article provides a brief overview of how gut microbiome composition shifts across different phases of life. Created in BioRender. Özkurt, E. (2026) https://BioRender.com/8q4nrnc.
Alise J. Ponsero, Basak Bahcivanci, Antonietta Hayhoe, Animesh Acharjee, Ezgi Özkurt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metastatic niche shaped by host factors influences disseminated cancer cell fate

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Metastasis is shaped not only by cancer cells but also by the environments they encounter. This review explores how factors such as aging, diet, the microbiome, lifestyle, and environmental exposures remodel organ‐specific niches in the lung, liver, bone, and brain, influencing where metastatic cells survive, remain dormant, or grow, and ultimately ...
Gwennan Delyth Ward, Álvaro Ruiz‐Tabas, Patricia Altea‐Manzano   +2 more
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Outcomes and complications of exposed Kirschner wire f ixation for metacarpal fractures: a retrospective study

Medicinski Glasnik
Aim Metacarpal fractures are common hand injuries, frequently treated with closed reduction and internal fixation (CRIF) using Kirschner wires (K-wires).
Andrea Cruciani, Silvia Pietramala, Alessio Greco, Alessandro El motassime, Camillo Fulchignoni, Lorenzo Rocchi   +5 more
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