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Lyme Neuroborreliosis/diagnosis , Adult , Female , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedSubject(s)
Maxillary Neoplasms/diagnosis , Osteosarcoma/diagnosis , Adult , Contrast Media , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Image Enhancement/methods , Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods , Male , Maxilla/diagnostic imaging , Maxilla/pathology , Maxilla/surgery , Maxillary Neoplasms/surgery , Osteosarcoma/surgery , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methodsABSTRACT
We present a rare case of Paget's disease involving the spine and pelvis, with unusual imaging features, including severe bony expansion and fatty infiltration, resulting in a "vanishing bone" appearance. Other rare imaging features are the presence of spinal and sacroiliac ankylosis.
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Osteitis Deformans/diagnosis , Spinal Diseases/diagnosis , Aged, 80 and over , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Osteitis Deformans/diagnostic imaging , Spinal Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
The purpose of this short review is to give an overview of the normal imaging anatomy of the ankle and the foot, required to understand pathologic conditions. The anatomy of the ankle and foot reflects the specific needs of the complex biomechanics of walking and running. Therefore, a short discussion of the biomechanics will precede the description of the ankle anatomy. For didactical reasons, the anatomic structures of the ankle and foot will be divided into medial, lateral, anterior and posterior compartments to help the reader conceptualise the particularly complex anatomy, and to describe the different structures in relation to each other. In a the second part the normal variants, which should not be interpreted as pathologic changes, will be discussed.
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Ankle Joint/anatomy & histology , Ankle/anatomy & histology , Biomechanical Phenomena , Foot/anatomy & histology , Humans , Magnetic Resonance ImagingSubject(s)
Aneurysm/diagnosis , Carotid Artery Diseases/diagnosis , Carotid Artery, Internal , Magnetic Resonance Angiography , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Angiography , Carotid Artery, Internal/pathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Hearing Loss/diagnosis , Humans , Middle Aged , Otoscopes , Petrous Bone/pathologySubject(s)
Cocaine-Related Disorders/complications , Nasal Septum/injuries , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Wounds, Penetrating/chemically induced , Wounds, Penetrating/diagnostic imaging , Adult , Chronic Disease , Diagnosis, Differential , Epistaxis/chemically induced , Headache/chemically induced , Humans , Male , Recurrence , Rhinitis/chemically inducedABSTRACT
The role of different imaging techniques in the assessment of musculoskeletal soft tissue infection will be reviewed in this article. As classification according to the causative agent is impossible with imaging, soft tissue infections will be classified in view of their location. Consecutively, musculoskeletal soft tissue infections of the joints, tendons and bursae, muscles, the skin and its related structures as well as infectious lymphadenitis and lymphangitis will be discussed.
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Diagnostic Imaging , Musculoskeletal Diseases/diagnosis , Soft Tissue Infections/diagnosis , HumansABSTRACT
Aspergillus flavus was identified as the causative organism of a case of osteomyelitis involving the proximal epiphysis of the left tibia in a heart transplant patient. History revealed a previous pretibial wound due to a fall in the street as the consequence of a sudden cardiac arrest. Surgical debridement combined with fungostatic treatment including amphotericin B and itraconazole was followed by clinical improvement, although the fungus could still be recovered by culture on subsequent samples.
