Urgent MRI scan of the knee showed acute on chronic joint disease with synovitis, destruction of the lateral femoral condyle, periosteal reaction, intra-articular calcification. The appearance was felt to favour a traumatic injury or osteochondral fracture rather than an inflammatory arthropathy. Her ...
Radiographs may show extensive soft tissue swelling and loss of quadriceps tendon shadow, displaced calcifications, or patella baja [44]. Imaging of Anterior Knee Pain 2006, Clinics in Sports Medicine Relationship between hypovascular zones and patterns of ruptures of the quadriceps tendon 2008, ...
The histopathologic results mainly showed synovial papillary proliferation, tuberculosis nodules (cheese necrosis, Langhans giant cells, epithelial cells and inflammatory cells) and granulomatous lesions (epithelioid histiocytes surrounded by lymphocytes, granulomas fibrosis and calcification). Surgical technique ...
The most suggestive MRI finding is the presence of marked edema of the infrapatellar fat pad associated with a fibrous area, which may contain deposits of hemosiderin and calcifications (Fig. 10). Cysts Popliteal cysts are the most frequent cysts in the knee. They are synovial cysts that aris...
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Questions What does the X-ray show? Infection Periarticular soft tissue calcification Artefact Gout What condition is associated with these radiological findings? Tumorous calcinosis Synovial sarcoma Chronic renal failure Juvenile dermatomyositis All of the above What biochemical abnormality is seen in this...
Background Crowned dens syndrome (CDS) is a clinical and radiographic entity characterized by acute neck pain, positive inflammatory indicators and periodontoid calcification by a cervical CT scan.[1,2] However, these features can be seen in other diseases such as giant cell arteritis, meningitis,...
calcifications incidental findings pain physical exam range of motion x‐ray CASE PRESENTATION A 70‐year‐old female presented to the emergency department with right knee pain. She suffered a mechanical fall while walking on a trail outdoors and landed on her knee. The patient was able to conti...