Radiologic Imaging of Spine Injuries
Fig. 11.1 A young girl that fell off her horse. Plain film (a), CT (b), and MR with sagittal T1–WI (c), T2–WI (d), and STIR (e). This 17-year-old girl suffered…
Fig. 11.1 A young girl that fell off her horse. Plain film (a), CT (b), and MR with sagittal T1–WI (c), T2–WI (d), and STIR (e). This 17-year-old girl suffered…
Fig. 36.1 This patient complained of rotational instability of his ankle joint after recurrent ankle sprains in sports. SPECT/CT and MRI both showed a large OCL of the medial talar…
Fig. 3.1 Image of a cyclotron, a particle accelerator in which charged particles accelerate from the centre outward, along a spiral path. These particles are held within an exact course…
Fig. 5.1 Minimal fracture line (white arrow) visible in the ventral cortex of the tibia on conventional radiography of a 26-year-old female The chronological findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),…
Clinical condition Incidence per year References Prevalence References Distal biceps tendon pathology 1.2 per 100,000 Safran and Graham (2002) – Triceps tendon ruptures <1 % Anzel et al. (1959) >70…
Fig. 24.1 A diagram of imaging approach to diagnose sport injuries of the wrist, hand and fingers 24.2 Tendons 24.2.1 Tendinopathies Tendons in the wrist pass through the retinacular tunnels…
Incidence Cause American study Italian study HCM 36.3 2.0 Coronary artery anomalies 17.2 12.2 Myocarditis 8.3 6.1 ARVD 5.9 22.4 Ion channel 4.3 MVP 3.6 10.2 Myocardial bridge 3.5…
Fig. 43.1 (a) ‘Demi pointe’, (b) ‘en pointe’, (c) ‘turnout’, (d) ‘fifth position’ Treatment consists of ice application, anti-inflammatory medication in the acute phase, physical therapy and limiting ‘turnout’ (Fig….
Fig. 30.1 A 55-year-old female patient presenting with symptomatic patellofemoral osteoarthritis due to patellar maltracking and increased lateral patellar tilt – SPECT/CT images show an increased 99mTc-HDP tracer uptake within…
Fig. 14.1 Lateral chest CT scan showing posterior dislocation of the sternum (Courtesy of Elsevier: Lyons et al. 2010) 14.4 Pneumothorax Pneumothorax is a possible life-threatening condition and should therefore…