June 2009News Headlines

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A Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Classification of Discoid Lateral Meniscus Based on Peripheral Attachment

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Tibiofemoral Joint Osteoarthritis: Risk Factors for MR–depicted Fast Cartilage Loss over a 30–month Period in the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Studies

Radiology

CT–Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Pediatric Osteoid Osteoma Utilizing a Water–Cooled Tip

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Interobserver Reliability of Neovascularization Score Using Power Doppler Ultrasonography in Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Increasing Incidence of Medial Meniscal Tears in Nonoperatively Treated Anterior Cruciate Ligament Insufficiency Patients Documented by Serial Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Bone marrow oedema of the knee

The Knee

Relationship between spinal mobility and disease activity, function, quality of life and radiology. A cross–sectional Spanish registry of spondyloarthropathies (REGISPONSER)

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology Online

Digital Radiographic Assessment of Tibiofemoral Joint Space Width: A Variance Component Analysis

The Journal of Knee Surgery

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Stress Injury of the Cuneiform Bones in Patients With Plantar Fasciitis

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

The cortical ring sign: A reliable radiographic landmark for percutaneous coracoclavicular fixation

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Utility of Delayed Whole–Body Bone Scintigraphy After Directed Three–Phase Scintigraphy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Paraspinal Tropical Pyomyositis and Epidural Abscesses Presenting as Low Back Pain

Radiology Case Reports

Clinical and Radiographic Results of 184 Consecutive Revision Total Knee Arthroplasties Placed with Modular Cementless Stems

Journal of Arthroplasty

Resuscitative Long–Bone Sonography for the Clinician: Usefulness and Pitfalls of Focused Clinical Ultrasound to Detect Long–Bone Fractures During Trauma Resuscitation

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Whole–body magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of skeletal metastases in patients with prostate cancer

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology (JMIRO)

Musculoskeletal CPD revision: Cases from the New Zealand Bone & Soft Tissue Tumour Registry

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology (JMIRO)

Estimation of pretraumatic femoral antetorsion in bilateral femoral shaft fractures

Skeletal Radiology

Posterior epidural mass : can a posteriorly migrated lumbar disc fragment mimic tumour, haematoma or abscess

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Tibiofemoral Joint Osteoarthritis: Risk Factors for MR–depicted Fast Cartilage Loss over a 30–month Period in the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study

Radiology

The Radiographic Measurement of Ulnar Translation

Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)

Computed Tomographic Assessment of Reduction of the Distal Radioulnar Joint by Gradual Lengthening of the Radius

Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)

Pitfalls With Planar Scintigraphy: Osteoma Appearing as a Metastasis in a Case With Bone Metastases From Vulvar Carcinoma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the forearm in motocross racers: findings on MRI

Skeletal Radiology

Osteochondral Defect Repair after Implantation of Biodegradable Scaffolds: Indirect Magnetic Resonance Arthrography and Histopathologic Correlation

Acta Radiologica

MRI Accuracy for Tears of the Posterior Horn of the Lateral Meniscus in Patients With Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and the Clinical Relevance of Missed Tears

American Journal of Roentgenology

Annular Ligament of the Elbow: MR Arthrography Appearance With Anatomic and Histologic Correlation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Percutaneous CT–Guided Treatment of Lumbar Facet Joint Synovial Cysts

HSS Journal (Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery)

Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy might be useful for detecting skeleton abnormalities in patients with multiple myeloma and plasmacytoma

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging

Bone Surface Localization in Ultrasound Using Image Phase–Based Features

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Whole body bone scintigraphy in tenofovir–related osteomalacia: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports Free Full Text   

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Ganglion Cyst

Radiology Case Reports

Meniscal ossicle

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Comparison of the Accuracy Rates of 3–T and 1.5–T MRI of the Knee in the Diagnosis of Meniscal Tear

American Journal of Roentgenology

Real–Time Sonoelastography Findings in Healthy Achilles Tendons

American Journal of Roentgenology

Imaging–Guided Percutaneous Biopsy of Pathologic Fractures: A Retrospective Analysis of 129 Cases

American Journal of Roentgenology

Locking of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb with the radial collateral ligament rupture after stress radiography

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

The mean anatomical shape of the tibial plateau at the knee arthroplasty resection level: An investigation using MRI

The Knee

No Midterm Benefit from Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound after Chevron Osteotomy for Hallux Valgus

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Diagnostic plain film radiology of the failing hip replacement

Orthopaedics and Trauma

Stress fractures

Orthopaedics and Trauma

Persistent bone marrow edema after osteochondral autograft transplantation in the knee joint

European Journal of Radiology

Differences in Acoustic Properties of Intact and Degenerated Human Patellar Cartilage During Compression

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Dynamic Visualization Of The Coracoacromial Ligament By Ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Ultrasound Backscatter Imaging Provides Frequency–Dependent Information on Structure, Composition and Mechanical Properties of Human Trabecular Bone

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Evaluation of Singh index for assessment of osteoporosis using digital radiography

European Journal of Radiology

Radionuclide imaging of joint prostheses: established & emerging applications

Orthopaedics and Trauma

Changes in the Acetabular Fossa of the Hip

American Journal of Roentgenology

Falsely Negative F–18 FDG PET of Osteosarcoma Arising In Paget Disease

Radiology Case Reports

Bone Metastases in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumor: 68Ga–DOTA–Tyr3–Octreotide PET in Comparison to CT and Bone Scintigraphy

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Measurement of the acromiohumeral interval on standardized anteroposterior radiographs: A prospective study of observer variability

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Ruptured intramuscular ganglion cyst in the gastrocnemius medialis muscle: Sonographic appearance

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Severe periprosthetic osteolytic lesions after the Ankle Evolutive System total ankle replacement

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (British Volume)

Loss of the sclerotic line of the glenoid on anteroposterior radiographs of the shoulder: A diagnostic sign for an osseous defect of the anterior glenoid rim

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Unusual Tc–99m MAG3 Uptake in Unknown Bone Metastases

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Iliolumbar Ligament Ossification Demonstrated on Bone Scintigraphy: A Normal Variant

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

FDG PET/CT imaging in primary osseous and soft tissue sarcomas: a retrospective review of 212 cases

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging

The single transoral approach for Os odontoideum with irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation

European Spine Journal

Case Report: Longitudinal Stress Fracture of the Humerus: Imaging Features and Pitfalls

Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research

Case Reports: Unusual Cause of Shoulder Pain in a Collegiate Baseball Player

Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research

Positive association between increased popliteal artery vessel wall thickness and generalized osteoarthritis: is OA also part of the metabolic syndrome

Skeletal Radiology

Baseline patterns of bone scintigraphy in patients with established post–poliomyelitis paralysis

Skeletal Radiology

Callus features of regenerate fracture cases in femoral lengthening in achondroplasia

Skeletal Radiology

Contrast–enhanced Coded Phase–inversion Harmonic Sonography of Knee Synovitis Correlates with Histological Vessel Density: 2 Automated Digital Quantifications

Journal of Rheumatology

Feasibility of second–generation ultrasound contrast media in the detection of active sacroiliitis

Arthritis Care and Research

Meniscal tears with displaced fragments: common patterns on magnetic resonance imaging

Skeletal Radiology

Initial Outcomes of 3–Dimensional Imaging–Based Computer–Assisted Retrograde Drilling of Talar Osteochondral Lesions

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Central giant cell granuloma of the jaws: clinical and radiological evaluation of 22 cases

Skeletal Radiology

Does the use of ordered values of subregional change in cartilage thickness improve the detection of disease progression in longitudinal studies of osteoarthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

A histopathological evaluation of a concave–shaped low–intensity band on T1–weighted MR images in a subchondral insufficiency fracture of the femoral head

Skeletal Radiology

Painful camptocormia: the relevance of shaking your patients hand

European Spine Journal

Targeted ultrasound of the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint in an early inflammatory arthritis cohort

Arthritis Care and Research

Sensitivity and specificity of spinal inflammatory lesions assessed by whole–body magnetic resonance imaging in patients with ankylosing spondylitis or recent–onset inflammatory back pain

Arthritis Care and Research

Follow–up skeletal surveys for nonaccidental trauma: can a more limited survey be performed

Pediatric Radiology

Fatty infiltration of the supraspinatus: A reliability study

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Validation of whole–body against conventional magnetic resonance imaging for scoring acute inflammatory lesions in the sacroiliac joints of patients with spondylarthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

The use of Average Pavlov Ratio to predict the risk of post operative upper limb palsy after posterior cervical decompression

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research Free Full Text   

The femoral insertions of the anteromedial and posterolateral bundles of the anterior cruciate ligament: a radiographic evaluation

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Epidural abscess associated with pyogenic spondylodiscitis of the lumbar spine; evaluation of a new MRI staging classification and imaging findings as indicators of surgical management: a retrospective study of 37 patients

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Effectiveness of multidetector computed tomography arthrography for the diagnosis of shoulder pathology: Comparison with magnetic resonance imaging with arthroscopic correlation

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

The intravertebral cleft in benign vertebral compression fracture: the diagnostic performance of non–enhanced MRI and fat–suppressed contrast–enhanced MRI

British Journal of Radiology

CT and MRI of hip replacements

Orthopaedics and Trauma

Diffraction–Enhanced Imaging of Musculoskeletal Tissues Using a Conventional X–Ray Tube

Academic Radiology

Cam–type femoral–acetabular impingement: is the alpha angle the best MR arthrography has to offer

Skeletal Radiology

Subchondral fluid dynamics in a model of osteoarthritis: use of dynamic contrast–enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Measurement of bone cyst fluid volume using k–means clustering

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis: Comparison of Whole–Body MR Imaging with Radiography and Correlation with Clinical and Laboratory Data

Radiology

Early detection of radiographic knee osteoarthritis using computer–aided analysis

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

The Flip Test: A Reappraisal

Spine

A Correlation of Radiographic and Functional Measurements in Adult Degenerative Scoliosis

Spine

Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus: Retrograde Drilling with High–Field–Strength MR Guidance

Radiology

Computed Tomography Topographic Mapping of Subchondral Density (CT–TOMASD) in Osteoarthritic and Normal Knees: Methodological Development and Preliminary Findings

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Surgical Approach for Synovial Cyst of the Atlantoaxial Joint: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Spine

Cartilage damage in femoroacetabular impingement (FAI): preliminary results on comparison of standard diagnostic vs delayed gadolinium–enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage (dGEMRIC)

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

The role of preoperative MRI in knee arthroscopy: a retrospective analysis of 2,000 patients

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Magnetic resonance appearance of posterosuperior labral peel back during humeral abduction and external rotation

Skeletal Radiology

Correction for Patient Sway in Radiographic Biplanar Imaging for Three–Dimensional Reconstruction of the Spine: In Vitro Study of a New Method

Acta Radiologica

Computed Axial Tomography–Guided Fixation of Sacroiliac Joint Disruption: Safety, Outcomes, and Results at 3–Year Follow–Up

Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology

The relationship between tibial slope and meniscal insertion

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Crush extremity fractures associated with the 2008 Sichuan earthquake: anatomic sites, numbers and statuses evaluated with digital radiography and multidetector computed tomography

Skeletal Radiology

Utilization and costs of lumbar and full spine radiography by Ontario chiropractors from 1994 to 2001

The Spine Journal

The utility of MRI in predicting radiographic erosions in the metatarsophalangeal joints of the rheumatoid foot: A prospective longitudinal cohort study

Arthritis Research & Therapy Free Full Text   

Ultrasound of the hands and feet for rheumatological disorders: influence on clinical diagnostic confidence and patient management

Skeletal Radiology

What is the role of clinical tests and ultrasound in acetabular labral tear diagnostics

Acta Orthopaedica

Ultrasonographic evidence of inflammation is frequent in hands of patients with erosive osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Type II autosomal dominant osteopetrosis: radiological features in two families containing five members with asymptomatic and uncomplicated disease

Skeletal Radiology

Differentiating high–grade from low–grade chondrosarcoma with MR imaging

European Radiology

CT of Rib Lesions

American Journal of Roentgenology

Validation of an adapted MRI pulse sequence for quantification of fatty infiltration in muscle

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Real–Time Sonoelastography of Lateral Epicondylitis: Comparison of Findings Between Patients and Healthy Volunteers

American Journal of Roentgenology

Defining Normal Vertebral Angulation at the Thoracolumbar Junction

American Journal of Roentgenology

Feasibility of using limited–population–based average R10 for pharmacokinetic modeling of osteosarcoma dynamic contrast–enhanced magnetic resonance imaging data

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Degeneration of patellar cartilage in patients with recurrent patellar dislocation following conservative treatment: evaluation with delayed gadolinium–enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Comparison of quantitative imaging of cartilage for osteoarthritis

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Combined Cementoplasty and Radiofrequency Ablation in the Treatment of Painful Neoplastic Lesions of Bone

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Correlation of intra–articular osseous measurements with posterior cruciate ligament length on MRI scans

British Journal of Radiology

A toddler with bilateral fractures of the fibula

Radiology Case Reports

Relation of regional articular cartilage morphometry and meniscal position by MRI to joint space width in knee radiographs

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Radiographic hand osteoarthritis: patterns and associations with hand pain and function in a community–dwelling sample

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Supraspinatus tendon tears: comparison of 3D US and MR arthrography with surgical correlation

Skeletal Radiology

Inter–observer reliability of detecting Dynesys pedicle screw using plain X–rays: a study on 50 post–operative patients

European Spine Journal

Topographical variation of T2 relaxation time in the young adult knee cartilage at 1.5 T

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injection for the management of cervical radiculopathy: a comparative study of particulate versus non–particulate steroids

Skeletal Radiology

Evaluation and Treatment of Navicular Stress Fractures, Including Nonunions, Revision Surgery, and Persistent Pain After Treatment

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Can Anatomic Alignment Measured from a Knee Radiograph Substitute for Mechanical Alignment from Full Limb Films

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

The MR dimple sign in irreducible posterolateral knee dislocations: Case report

Skeletal Radiology

Imaging of gout: findings and utility

Arthritis Research & Therapy Free Full Text   

Relationship of compartment–specific structural knee status at baseline with change in cartilage morphology: A prospective observational study using data from the osteoarthritis initiative

Arthritis Research & Therapy Free Full Text   

Ischiofemoral Impingement Syndrome: An Entity With Hip Pain and Abnormalities of the Quadratus Femoris Muscle

American Journal of Roentgenology

Multiple extra–articular synovial cysts complicated with rheumatoid arthritis

Modern Rheumatology

Focal partial tears of the long head of the biceps brachii tendon at the entrance to the bicipital groove: MR imaging findings, surgical correlation, and clinical significance

Skeletal Radiology

Outcome of long–axis percutaneous sacroplasty for the treatment of sacral insufficiency fractures

European Radiology

Lesion size changes in osteonecrosis of the femoral head: a long–term prospective study using MRI

International Orthopaedics

The many faces of sarcoidosis: asymptomatic muscle mass mimicking giant–cell tumor

Rheumatology International

Radiographic features predictive of patellar maltracking during total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Factors affecting disability and physical function in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis of L4–5: evaluation with axially loaded MRI

European Spine Journal

The role of pre–treatment MRI in established cases of slipped capital femoral epiphysis

European Journal of Radiology

Lack of radiographic loosening signs in a hip resurfacing that failed by stem fracture; Case report

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Analysis of urolithiasis in patients with gout and hyperuricemia using ultrasonography

Modern Rheumatology

Whole–body MR imaging for patients with rheumatism

European Journal of Radiology

Scintigraphic Assessment of Patellar Viability in Total Knee Arthroplasty After Lateral Release

Journal of Arthroplasty

Diffusion–Weighted Imaging of Bone Marrow

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology