Cases

Cervical spine MRI 65 y/o Asian descent male with cervicalgia and weakness

Has a combination of ankylosing hyperostosis (DISH) and Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). Notice the anterior solid ankylosis by mature bridging syndesmophytes and an ossified anterior longitudinal ligament.. In the Japanese population, OPLL can be solitary. An association with DISH across all populations has been reported in up to 45%. Here’s an interesting

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Fwd: Fracture or not

Thanks for all your responses. So far everyone who responded agrees that this is not a fracture. There is no further imaging available at this point in time, I’ll keep you updated if the referrer decided to do follow up or further imaging. Foroogh Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Bhumin Patel

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answer to case

Hi OCADERS, Just got the surgical feedback. This specific case was proven metallosis at surgery. Enclosed is original case, plus a proven case plus article. Thanks again to all. Happy Easter/Passover Regards Daniel From: Daniel Saddik Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 9:35 PM To: ‘OCAD GOOGLE GROUPS’ Subject: case feedback europepmc.org/article/pmc/3303397 (copy and paste link)

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TMJ MRI protocol

Hi OCADers! For those doing MRIs of the temporomandibular joints, I’m curious as to how you do them. In particular, do you simply image open and closed, or do you image a whole spectrum in between i.e. with the mouth opened a few millimeters at a time (or clicks of the opening device) and the

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Fw: Hip lesion stumper – need some input from the crowd

so only a few people weighed in.  Some focused on the presence of bilateral AVN (that wasn’t the point of the case; please look at all the images).Everyone else was concerned about the focal lytic area in the posterior femoral head (leading suspicions:  lymphoma, infection, osteoid osteoma). Update:  Patient will be seeing orthopod for followup

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