| Pathologic findings in synovial tissue of the musculoskeletal system: role of MRI in therapeutic clinic assessment. | |
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PMID: 21533306 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: The clinical diagnosis of synovial lesions is difficult and radiographic findings may establish a confident diagnosis only in some cases. MR imaging has become the technique of choice in evaluating these lesions, because a presumptive diagnosis can be made in most cases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the joint synovial disease through intravenous contrast MRI examination and the following histological validation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-eight patients were considered, twenty-seven women and twenty-one men, with pain relief or collectively determined by a known joint synovial disease, who underwent MRI at our institution between 2000 and the second half of 2010. All patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging using a low field magnet (0.2 Tesla) or high field magnet (1,5Tesla). RESULTS: Only nine patients were diagnosed with an inflammatory arthropathy, in the remaining cases non-inflammatory arthropathy of which the most frequent form was pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) was diagnosed. CONCLUSIONS: MRI is able to provide an accurate representation of all the pathological changes involved in the joint space following acute or chronic inflammation and to define the characteristic features useful in differential diagnosis. |
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Authors:
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E Bassetti; R Candreva; E Santucci; P Cavallo; R Passariello |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: La Clinica terapeutica Volume: 162 ISSN: 1972-6007 ISO Abbreviation: Clin Ter Publication Date: 2011 |
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Created Date: 2011-05-02 Completed Date: 2011-09-29 Revised Date: 2012-02-27 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372604 Medline TA: Clin Ter Country: Italy |
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Languages: eng Pagination: e27-34 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Radiology, University of Rome "Sapienza", University Hospital "Policlinico Umberto I", Italy. erica.bassetti@uniroma1.it |
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Female Humans Joint Diseases / pathology* Magnetic Resonance Imaging* Male Musculoskeletal System / pathology Synovial Membrane / pathology* |
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