Plantar fascia evaluation with a low-field MRI scanner in weight-bering position: our initial experience in patients with plantar fasciitis and in healthy volunteers

Purpose: To assess the usefulness of weight-bearing examination of the ankle performed with a low-field MRI scanner in the evaluation of plantar fascia in normal healthy volunteers and in patients with a clinical evidence of plantar fasciitis. Methods and Materials: We retrospectively evaluated ankle MR examinations in two groups of 40 patients each, performed between January and July 2008. Spin echo T1W, Gradient echo T2W, and Short Tau Inversion Recovery (STIR) images were acquired with a 0.2 T scanner (G-Scan, Esaote Biomedica, Genoa, Italy) in both weight-bearing position and normal conventional supine position. A dedicated extremities transmitter/receiver coil was used. The lesion site…

3D TC role in cranic trauma autopsies. A case report

The case aims to show radiological essays could be useful to forensic investigations even if they can not substitute autopsy

Evaluation of supraspinatus tendon teras with elastosonography in comparison to US and MRI . Our experience

INTRODUCTION: Elastosonography is a new promising ultrasound tool that can evaluate soft-tissue elasticity, in particular of the tendons. The purpose of this study was to value the elasticity of the supraspinatus tendon in shoulders with clinically suspected unilateral rotator cuff tear, and to compare the findings with those of US and MRI. MATHERIALS AND METHODS: 36 shoulders of 18 patients (mean age 46 years; range: 32 – 58 years) were examined by Elastosonography using the EUB – Hitachi 7500 Japan. Electronic array transducer of 13 MHz was used. By Elastosonography, we have evaluated the tendon fibers with a seminquantitative score of different colors representing stiff tissue (blue) to …

Imaging nelle patologie da sovraccarico

L’ecografia dinamica nella tendinopatia inserzionale epicondilare

Evaluation of lateral ankle instability with weight-bearing MRI. Preliminary Experience

PURPOSE/INTRODUCTION: To assess the usefulness of weight-bearing examination of the ankle performed with a dedicated MRI scanner in the evaluation of patients with clinical evidence of lateral ankle instability. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated ankle MR examinations of 18 patients, performed between September 2008 and January 2009. Spin echo T1W, Turbo Spine Echo T2W, 3D Steady-State (SSE) and Short Tau Inversion Recovery (STIR) images were acquired with a 0.2 T scanner (G-Scan, Esaote Spa, Genoa, Italy) in both weight-bearing position and normal conventional supine position. A dedicated extremities receiver coil was used. If present, signs of instability and ligament sig…

Supero-lateral Hoffa's fat pad edema: associazione con malallineamento o conflitto femoro-rotuleo.

OBIETTIVO. Il nostro studio è stato disegnato per valutare sistematicamente la correlazione dell'edema della porzione supero-laterale del corpo adiposo di Hoffa con diversi parametri anatomici della morfologia trocleare e dell'allineamento della rotula. MATERIALI E METODI. Abbiamo riesaminato in maniera retrospettiva 50 esami RM di ginocchio di 47 pazienti, eseguiti nel periodo gennaio 2011-marzo 2011 per la presenza di edema nella porzione supero-laterale del cuscinetto adiposo di Hoffa e di anomalie anatomiche associate dell'articolazione femoro-rotulea. RISULTATI. Dei 50 esami, 25 (50%) hanno mostrato edema della porzione supero-laterale del corpo adiposo di Hoffa, e differenze statistic…

Correlazioni tra reperti radiologici ed anatomici in un caso di grave traumatismo cranico

Trattamento con pappa piastrinica delle lesioni parziali isolate del legamento crociato posteriore: nostra esperienza e risultati preliminari.

OBIETTIVO. Lo scopo del nostro lavoro è quello di valutare l'efficacia del trattamento con pappa piastrinica (PRP) delle lesioni parziali isolate del legamento crociato posteriore. MATERIALI E METODI. Sono stati arruolati 7 pazienti sportivi (5 uomini e 2 donne; range d'età: 18-43 anni; età media: 27 anni) che avevano subito una lesione parziale isolata del legamento crociato posteriore diagnosticata con esame RM ed ecografia. E' stata eseguita una singola iniezione di PRP. L'outcome clinico è stato valutato utilizzando una scala visuo-analogica (VAS) del dolore il giorno dell'iniezione (T0), dopo tre settimane (T1), dopo sei settimane (T2); inoltre, per valutare la struttura del legamento …

Quantitative value of medial femoro-tibial width (FTW) with weight-bearing technique. Our experience with a modified Lyon-Schuss view.

In the period between September 2008 and February 2009, we evaluated with knee radiography a group of 30 patients with known knee osteoarthritis (OA). For each patient, two weight-bearing views of the knee were acquired, the first with a standard antero-posterior (AP) technique, the latter with a posteroanterior (PA) technique with a 10° skull-caudal incidence. The radiographs obtained were evaluated blinded by two radiologist who assessed the medial femoro-tibial width (FTW). Statistical analysis of the results, carried out with the “t” Student test, showed a statistically significant difference about FTW values between the two radiographic views (t = 5.2331 for reader 1 and t=5.1970 for r…