Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy of the Periarticular Inflammatory Soft-Tissue Changes in Experimental Arthritis of the Rat

1985 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 813-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCOIS TERRIER ◽  
HEDVIG HRICAK ◽  
DID1ER REVEL ◽  
CHARLES E. ALPERS ◽  
CHARLES E. REINHOLD ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Mikkel Østergaard ◽  
Philip G. Conaghan ◽  
Charles Peterfy

In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), early diagnosis combined with early initiation of appropriate therapy and tight control of inflammation have been recognized as essential for optimal clinical outcomes. Conventional radiography, though able to detect structural joint damage in patients with established disease, is not sensitive in detecting early disease manifestations such as soft tissue changes and bone damage at its earliest stages. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows multiplanar tomographic imaging of the body in any plane without geometric distortions associated with projectional techniques, such as radiography, and no ionizing radiation is used. Early bone involvement and inflammatory soft tissue changes of synovitis and tenosynovitis, which are not detectable by conventional clinical, biochemical, and radiographic methods, can be directly visualized and evaluated in detail by MRI. MRI is an increasingly available sensitive technique which has documented utility in the diagnosis, monitoring, and prognostication of patients with RA, and important new knowledge and technical improvements are continuously being acquired.


2004 ◽  
Vol 100 (5) ◽  
pp. 532-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feyza Karagöz Güzey ◽  
M. Hakan Seyithanoglu ◽  
Altay Sencer ◽  
Erhan Emel ◽  
Ibrahim Alatas ◽  
...  

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah M. Prescott ◽  
H. Cecil Charles ◽  
H. Dirk Sostman ◽  
Richard K. Dodge ◽  
Donald E. Thrall ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (9) ◽  
pp. 2498-2500
Author(s):  
Bogdan Sendrea ◽  
Antoine Edu ◽  
George Viscopoleanu

Magnetic resonance imaging has become the gold standard for soft tissue lesions evaluation especially after a traumatic event where there is need for diagnostic confirmation. The objective of the current paper was to evaluate the ability of magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosing soft tissue lesions in patients who underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction compared with arthroscopic findings. Through the ability to diagnose soft tissue injuries, particularly meniscal lesions, magnetic resonance imaging should be considered as fundamental in guiding therapeutic management in patients with anterior cruciate ligament lesions.


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