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14F history of fall in the playground 8 years ago, ankle pain. XR, CT, MR. Please Help

I received a few comments….with a range of opinions….am still dragging my feet on the report….. Phil Tirman said:I think an extra-articular pillar coalition. Ask James Linklater. Looks like it on the second sag and drunken waiter sign on oblique radiograph. James Linklater said: The ossicles seem too proximal for a typical accessory navicular. Do […]

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MRI to evaluate posterolateral proximal calf lump 1-2mos, other finding, please help

45M with no history other than "non-resolving posterolateral proximal calf lump 1-2 months"There is inhomogeneous loss of fatsat in the area of concern without a mass or real enhancement that I can see in that area. I don’t understand what is going on in the popliteus muscle. Which looks normal on T1W and T2FatSat, but

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68F radial side wrist pain since January 2023, XR, please help

Per Don Resnick: Typical causes for this compartment involvement are osteoarthrosis, inflammatory osteoarthritis, gout, and scleroderma. My opinion in this case is posttraumatic osteoarthrosis as there is chronic periosteal reaction along the medial aspect of the thumb metacarpal. Superimposed crystal deposition if the patient has gout is a possibility. Not typical of scleroderma although this

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78F reports severe pain and limited range of motion 4 days after stretching during a medical exam, shoulder MRI

Beautiful case, Hilary! I have seen 2 cases that actually look very much like yours. We started at the wrong end with MR (and contrast) before we did the x-ray and CT, and were initially quite confused about this woman in her 70s who could not lift her arm at all. CT particularly nice showed

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65M 1st submetatarsal ulcer, concern for osteomyelitis, XR, Management question.

Dear Hilary, I have seen this outcome on several occasions when the patient is not operated whatever the reason. To some extent, when acute and intense bone resorption develops in association with an infection, some unmineralized segment of bone may persist and may remineralized later with successful treatment. However, it is not because the radiological

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