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November 24, 2004
  Imaging of acute cervical spine injuries: review and outlook - Clinical Radiology
Save This Article To My Filing Cabinet Email This Article Advances in imaging technology have been successfully applied in the emergency trauma setting with great benefit providing early, accurate and efficient diagnoses. Gaps in the knowledge of imaging acute spinal injury remain, despite a vast wealth of useful research and publications on the role of CT and MRI... The Full Text of This Article Is Available
  Sonography of entrapment neuropathies in the upper limb (wrist excluded) - Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
Save This Article To My Filing Cabinet Email This Article The progressive refinement of broadband transducers with frequencies higher than 10 MHz and improved near-field resolution has enhanced the potential of sonography to evaluate a variety of nerve entrapment syndromes occurring in the upper limb, such as suprascapular neuropathy in the area of the spinoglenoid-supraspinous notch, the quadrilateral space syndrome (axillary neuropathy), radial neuropathy in the area of the spiral groove, the supinator syndrome...
  Sonography of the knee: Intra-articular pathology - Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
Save This Article To My Filing Cabinet Email This Article MRI is the gold-standard imaging technique for evaluation of the intra-articular structures of the knee, and the use of sonography remains controversial. Sonography nevertheless is a useful alternative in several conditions: Inflammatory joint diseases, where it is appropriate for early diagnosis and follow-up of joint effusion and synovitis...
November 23, 2004
  Intense Bilateral Pectoralis Major Muscle Activity on Tc-99m MDP Scintigraphy: The Push-up Sign - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Save This Article To My Filing Cabinet Email This Article Uptake of Tc-99m MDP by skeletal muscle may occur after strenuous physical activity and is usually an incidental finding. The case of a 37-year-old man who underwent bone scintigraphy for the evaluation of back pain is presented. Although no cause for the back pain was found, delayed imaging demonstrated bilateral symmetric Tc-99m MDP activity in the pectoral muscles. The patient gave a history of performing upper torso exercises 48 hours before the examination, but had no symptoms referable to the pectoral muscles...
  Fibula Stress Fracture and Confounding Myositis Ossificans - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Save This Article To My Filing Cabinet Email This Article A 26-year-old man presented with left lower leg pain after a skiing injury. Plain radiography was initially reported as normal at the site of the suspected fracture but revised after the bone scan. An additional area of calcification was described adjacent to the proximal fibula without a conclusive diagnosis. A fibula fracture was easily apparent on Tc-99m bone scintigraphy, and the more proximal focus of uptake in the soft tissues was thought to be an area of myositis ossificans, subsequently confirmed on ultrasound. The patient provided a history of trauma to the area 1 year previously...


  Abnormal Bone Scan in an Adult With Osteopoikilosis - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Save This Article To My Filing Cabinet Email This Article Osteopoikilosis is rare, autosomal dominant bone disorder diagnosed by radiologic features. The findings include multiple small, circumscribed round areas of increased bone density distributed symmetrically in a periarticular location. The lesions cluster at the ends of long bones, around the acetabulum, and in the small bones of the hands and feet...
November 15, 2004
  Therapeutic ultrasound and fracture healing: A survey of beliefs and practices - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Save This Article To My Filing Cabinet Email This Article Conclusions: Some surgeons and PT students believed that therapeutic ultrasound is contraindicated and harmful to healing bone; however, most believed that therapeutic ultrasound may help in assisting fracture healing, in at least some cases. Current usage of this modality is rare, primarily due to the perceived lack of evidence and lack of availability. Large randomized trials are needed to define further the role of ultrasound in fracture healing...

 

 

November 12, 2004
  Musculoskeletal ultrasound - Best Practice & Research: Clinical Rheumatology
Save This Article To My Filing Cabinet Email This Article Over the last few years a sonographic revolution has occurred in rheumatology. Ultrasonography has been shown to be capable of substantially changing the traditional approach to most clinical problems in daily rheumatological practice because of its ability to allow a quick, safe and inexpensive access to otherwise undetectable anatomical information on the early targets of most rheumatic diseases...