The validity of orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning depends on the accuracy photos, models radiograps to be obtained from patient. One most important parts is use appropriate imaging method. Although lateral cephalometric radiographs are still preferred method, other methods such as hand-wrist radiographs, panoramic cone beam computerized tomography (CBCT), magnetic resonance (MRI), ul...

Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the scaphoid in children is very rare and there is currently no consensus when conservative or operative treatment is indicated. A 10-year-old boy, practicing karate, presented with acute pain in his left wrist after falling on the outstretched hand. Imaging showed a scaphoid waist fracture with signs of an ongoing AVN. The diagnosis of AVN was confirmed with signal ...

Thirty-five of the 49 patients also underwent fluoroscopy-guided 3T MR arthrography of the wrist joint using a gadolinium/saline contrast mix. Arthroscopy found TFCC tears in 22 patients, scapholunate tears in 18, and lunatotriquetral tears in 11. Nineteen TFCC tears, 16 scapholunate tears, and nine lunatotriquetral tears were seen on 3T MRI. There were no false-positive readings on MRI compare...

Traumatic lipohemarthrosis of the wrist joint in association with a scaphoid fracture is an unreported entity. We present the first case report of MRI appearance of a double fluid-fluid level of lipohemarthrosis caused by a scaphoid fracture. The presence of a double fluid-fluid level within the injured joint definitely establishes a lipohemarthrosis. A traumatic lipohemarthrosis is considered ...

INTRODUCTION Residual subclinical synovitis can still be present in joints of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients despite clinical remission and has been linked to ongoing radiological damage. The aim of the present study was to assess subclinical synovitis by positron emission tomography (PET; macrophage tracer (11)C-(R)-PK11195) in early RA patients with minimal disease activity without clinic...

T he past several years have witnessed unprecedented advances in rheumatology, with the introduction of several new compounds capable of halting the relentless progression of joint destruction and functional disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). With these successes, however, have come new pressures for medical imaging to resolve even the slightest traces of erosive joint damag...

The objective of this systematic review was to examine the technical and diagnostic capability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Two independent authors retrieved and screened the existing data and extracted the clinical and validity data adhering to predefined inclusion criteria. The MRI methods and findings were analyzed by two experienced radiologi...

Fig. 2. A preoperative T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging image revealed a high signal intensity in the lunate. Fig. 1. A 40-year-old woman presented with pain in the dorsal aspect of the right wrist. Im ag es droma shows a round, transparent osteolytic bony change [2]. It is generally asymptomatic, but may expand [3]. Although enlargement of enchondroma with cortical thinning and protrusio...