Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

Describe the pathology of the meniscus

2012-01-26T05:10:00.000-08:00

source: Imaging (2002) 14, 188-201

© 2002 British Institute of Radiology

Ultrasound imaging of joint disease

P J O'Connor, FRCR and
A J Grainger, FRCR

Shoulder pain

2012-01-13T05:20:00.001-08:00

you see here a view of the subscapularis tendon in long axis

what is your diagnosis?

new case

2012-01-09T21:53:00.000-08:00

you see here a ultrasound image of the parotid gland in sjoegren syndrome.$
describe your findings. Is it pathological or normal?

Happy New Year

2011-12-23T09:20:00.001-08:00

irheuma.com wishes to everyone in the world a Happy New Year!

What is your diagnosis?

2011-12-09T04:07:00.000-08:00

Shoulder posterior transversal

source: http://www.targetedultrasound.net/

News from irheuma

2011-12-01T11:11:00.000-08:00

On http://www.irheuma.com/ you find the newly designed webpage!
In Switzerland every rheumatologist must learn msus (SGR/FMH-guideline). The basic, intermediate and advanced courses are offered by the msus section of the SGUM (Locomo-website). After three years of formation and successful exam there are several possibilities for further formation in msus. Refresher and advanced practical courses are offered by the Cencampus (Cencampus with webbased learning tool), if you are interested in RA-scoring for the SCQM database you can visit the advanced courses of the sonar-group (Sonar-website with image gallery). Since 2004 we present once yearly the US-day with specific topics in msus (US-day section).
We recommend to check the msus websites collection and to use the msus book produced by irheuma.com.

MSUS technique

2011-11-17T03:57:00.001-08:00

describe the used msus technique in the demonstration of a joint synovitis

New MSUS clips

2011-11-09T23:26:00.000-08:00

You can watch now new msus clips regarding enthesitis in SpA: Details: http://sonar.irheuma.com or http://msus-rheumatology.blogspot.com/

What is Your diagnosis of the gluteal muscle?

2011-10-26T03:52:00.000-07:00

source: ultrasoundcases

What is the diagnosis of this achilles tendon?

2011-10-24T06:30:00.000-07:00

source: http://www.google.ch/imgres?q=achilles+tendon+rupture+ultrasound&um=1&hl=de&biw=1680&bih=897&tbm=isch&tbnid=NskNrqYltJso2M:&imgrefurl=http://www.ultrasound-images.com/musculoskeletal.htm&docid=Wrftz8d7TSo8KM&imgurl=http://www.ultrasound-images.com/images/tear-tendo-achilles-1b.jpg&w=600&h=450&ei=YWKlTt3QNdHasgad_qiJAw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=188&sig=117820398132313834841&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=238&start=0&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=84&ty=80

Paganini double contour sign

2011-09-16T07:20:00.001-07:00

What is Your diagnosis?

2011-07-28T02:46:00.000-07:00

You see a PIP joint, palmar longitudinal view

Bursa anserina

2011-07-27T22:06:00.000-07:00

What is the exact anatomical location?

Bursitis trochanterica

2011-07-26T06:14:00.001-07:00

Where exactly is the bursa located?

New case Elbow

2011-07-14T00:41:00.000-07:00

Posterior view of the elbow, longitudinal.
What are Your findings?

source: http://images.rheumatology.org/viewphoto.php?albumId=75676&imageId=4311671

MRT-US Fusion

2011-05-22T01:58:00.000-07:00

You see here an axial section of metacarpophalangeal joint affected by erosion and synovitis in patient with RA.

source: http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/ultrasound/article/113619/1387429

US Case Knee infrapatellar region

2011-05-15T07:23:00.000-07:00

What is Your US finding and Your diagnosis?

source: http://www.gehealthcare.com/usen/ultrasound/education/products/cme_msk.html

US of the elbow

2011-04-03T00:00:00.001-07:00

What is Your diagnosis of this finding at the dorsal elbow?

source:
http://www.ultrasound-images.com/musculoskeletal.htm

What is Your diagnosis?

2011-02-09T23:27:00.000-08:00

Achilles tendon at the insertion.
source: Journal: Clinical Rheumatology Vol. 29 Issue 2
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-009-1292-y

Ultrasound and arthritis

2011-01-24T12:59:00.000-08:00

http://www.springerlink.com/content/h3t7035883745l0x/

CME

2011-01-24T12:57:00.000-08:00

New ultrasound CME (german and frech) on http://sonar.irheuma.com/

Shoulder

2010-12-24T01:22:00.000-08:00

You see here an anterior scan of the shoulder. What is marked with the asterisk and the arrow?

What is Your diagnosis

2010-12-16T05:22:00.001-08:00

You see a longitudianl view of the achilles tendo at its insetion.

source: http://www.jrheum.org/content/supplements/83/35.abstract

Ultrasound and Arthritis

2010-12-16T04:48:00.000-08:00

Read the just published review (german, abstract in english)

http://www.sonotool.ch/sonousz/uunda.pdf

Swelling of the medial malleolar region

2010-12-02T04:20:00.001-08:00

You see an US-image of the medial malleolar region. What are your US-finding? The patient had a swollen ankle and an inflamed eye

US Selfassessment

2010-11-18T03:52:00.000-08:00

By visiting this website you can perform a us selfassessment [german]

http://sonar.irheuma.com/SONARassessment1.htm

MSUS in the web

2010-11-18T03:51:00.000-08:00

irheuma® produces and maintains following websites:
- irheuma.ch [rheumatology from A to Z]
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound blog [international US-blog]
- Sonar [Swiss Sonography Group in Arthritis and Rheumatism]

habe a look on www.irheuma.com

Hip pathology

2010-10-09T23:35:00.000-07:00

What is the US pathology?
source: Ann Rheum Dis 2006;65:1613-1619 doi:10.1136/ard.2005.050690

Microscopy

2010-09-23T04:50:00.000-07:00

do you know this crystals?

TFCC pathology

2010-09-23T04:48:00.000-07:00

what is the pathology in the tfcc?

source: http://ard.bmj.com/content/64/4/638.abstract

Achilles tendon pathology

2010-09-23T03:56:00.000-07:00

describe the findings in this longitudinal view.

Supraspinatus tendon pathology

2010-09-23T03:53:00.000-07:00

You see here a supraspinatus tendon pathology. describe it.
source;:

http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_radiology/volume_7_number_1_13/article_printable/a_retrospective_analysis_of_referral_pattern_from_general_practitioners_for_musculoskeletal_ultrasound_to_a_tertiary_centre.html

Thumbness in dig V

2010-09-11T01:04:00.000-07:00

the patient has thumbness in the left digitus 5. what is your mskus finding?

Rib

2010-07-17T10:27:00.000-07:00

You see here a longitudinal scan of a rib. The patient had acute pain in the anterior thorax wall. What are your findings?

Pain in the distal ip joint

2010-07-15T13:00:00.000-07:00

what are your findings in this palmar longitudinal view of the pip and dip? describe the structure indicated with the arrows and the asterisk

Sonographic appearance of crystals

2010-07-15T04:54:00.000-07:00

Comparison of sonographic appearance of normal control, gout and chondrocalcinosis in knee joints. Suprapatellar, transverse view in flexion. Schematic illustrations on left. Top: anechoic (black) layer of hyaline cartilage (c) overlying bony contour of distal femur (b). Middle: double contour sign. Hyperechoic (bright), slightly irregular layer of crystal deposits (open arrowheads) overlying anechoic hyaline cartilage (c) and bony contour of distal femur (b). This patient had crystal-proven, untreated gouty arthritis. The hyaline cartilage is thin in this 88-yr-old individual. Bottom: hyperechoic, crystalline material (asterisks) is layered in the centre of the anechoic hyaline cartilage (c). This layer parallels the outline of the bony cortex (b). Calcium pyrophosphate crystals were found on aspiration.

source: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/561112_4

metacarpophalangeal joint seen in longitudinal section

2010-07-14T06:59:00.000-07:00

You see 3 images of three different MCP joints. What can You see?

What is Your diagnosis?

2010-07-08T07:55:00.000-07:00

You see a combined high-resolution ultrasound and power doppler image of a metacarpophalangeal joint seen in longitudinal section.

Welcome

2010-07-08T06:20:00.001-07:00