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Extraarticular mass at the hand (+ specific arthropathy)

Dear colleagues, 46 y/o male pat. with slowly growing calcification at base of L middle finger volarly. painful and affects hand function In addition to the mass, there are signs of arthropathy MCP II-IV (+/- intercarpal) which seems to represent an unusual specific type. Could this be hemochromatosis? Are the 2 findings related? What is

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Help on JIA

Hello OCAD- I have a 15 yo female with an established diagnosis of RF negative polyarticular JIA. I don’t see many JIA patients in practice and wondering about her ankle MRI. A prior radiologist reported as PVNS (or now preferred term diffuse TSGCT). While the MRI is certainly reminiscent of diffuse TSGCT/PVNS with dark synovial

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46M shoulder pain 17 days after MVA How would you report this?

Acromioclavicular joint space and alignment appears normal, but there is capsular delamination and periosteal stripping of the distal clavicle with fluid / hemorrhage deep to the stripped capsule on the clavicular side only There is contiguous delamination of the clavicular insertion of the trapezius with muscle edema, though the clavicle does not protrude into the

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3 months neck pain 50F with radiculopathy, not specified MRI, please help

I have seen it in both C and L spine and, if very prominent and/or with associated bony or ST edema, definitely worth reporting IMO. The consumer(s) of the report can decide if it has any significance clinically. John On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM hilary wrote: Sag T2 weighted images from Left to

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