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@#Objective To analyze the feature of joint osteochondral lesions under the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods The finding under MRI in the 68 focal osteochondral lesions were classified with the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS) classification, with the emphasis on articular cartilage and subchondral bone lesion.Results 58 lesions were classified as 4 grades: 2 focus of grade Ⅰ, 5 of grade Ⅱ, 14 of grade Ⅲ, 37 of grade Ⅳ. Other 10 focuses were grade Ⅰ of osteochondritis dissecans. MRI can discover subchondral bone lesion which couldn't be observed with arthroscopy. Conclusion MRI can accurately show the focal osteochondral lesions.
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@#Objective To investigate the value and clinical significance of MRI in diagnosis of subcortical trabecular injury in knee.Methods45 patients with obvious pain but no fracture diagnosed by X-ray after knee trauma were scanned with MRI to analyze whether having injuries in subcortical trabecular and knee joint accessory structures.ResultsAll of the 45 cases had normal radiographic results in X-ray examination, but subcortical trabecular injury was found by MRI. MRI demonstrated irregular low signal in the subcortical region on both T1WI and T2WI. The high signal in fat suppressed T22subcortical trabecular and knee joint accessory structures.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between genetic polymorphism in glutathione S-transferases T1, M1 and P1 and susceptibility to reflux esophagitis. Methods Genomic DNA was isolated from peripheral blood from the patients with reflux esophagitis (n=109), cases with negative endoscopy reflux disease (NERD) (n=97) and controls (n=97). Genes GSTM1 and GSTT1 were detected by multiplex PCR. A A→G polymorphism of codon 104 of the gene GSTP1 was detected using PCR-based restriction fragment length polymorphisms ( PCR-RFLP ) with Alw26I. Results The frequency of variant GSTP1 genotypes (*A/*B and*B/*B) was found to be 40.4% among the patients with reflux esophagitis compared with 24.7% among cases with gastroesophageal reflux without esophagitis and 21.6% among controls (P
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@#The authors retrospectively analysed 67(63 in cervical cord)cases of traumatic SCIWOAR with positive MR abnormalities. It was deduced that the cases of SCIWOAR might be related with (1)those traumatic forces resulting in SCI being not so heavy and severe, (2)the cases orignally with cervical spondylopathy,(3)the limitation of the conventional X-ray examination for SCI,and (4)the cases of children relativly rare in our country and hospital.The ALL hematomas are the pathognomonic signs in the case of the acute cervical SCI within one week.The analysis demonstrated that MR investigation of the traumatic spine could give the clinical activities the correct diagnosis of different degree of SCI and dependable reference.
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@#The analysis of 87 cases of MR imaging given impression of dysraphic myelodysplasias and their clinical materials found tethered cord deformity in 70 and non - "tethered" cord or "free" cord abnormalities in 17.The purpose of this study was to show that tethered cord was the most important clinical entity resulting in nervous disfunction of the spinal cord of the children among various dysraphic abnormalities and that MRI investigation was the best choice in order to obtain early and correct diagnosis and management of dysraphic myelodysplasias and tethered cord particularly.