Background: In recent years, ultrasonography (US) has emerged as an accurate and reliable tool for the diagnosis of calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) deposition disease (CPPD) in daily practice. Previous studies analyzed diagnostic value US findings different tissues joints. However, no have investigated optimal scanning protocol CPPD at patient level. Objectives: To assess combinations OMERACT-defin...

conclusions the study findings indicate that short-term exercises had no significant effect on the ratio of vmo to vl muscle fiber angles in patients with pfps. results there were no significant differences in the muscle strength and fiber angle of the vmo, vl oblique and longus muscles after training between the control and experimental groups (p > 0.05). patients and methods thirty-five subje...

Methods A 67-year-old woman presented to our clinic with pain at the back of bilateral knee joints. Physical examination showed manually palpable distal arterial pulses and a pulsatile mass at bilateral popliteal fossae. Arterial Doppler ultrasonography revealed bilateral popliteal arterial aneurysms. Multislice computerized tomography showed an aneurysm starting from distal femoral artery and ...

Resumo Iliotibial band lesions constitute a potential source of discomfort and are frequently confounded with other conditions which cause pain on the lateral aspect of the hip, thigh and knee. Ultrasonography is usually regarded as a first-line imaging modality in the assessment of such conditions because of its excellent diagnostic accuracy, low cost and wide availability. The correct identif...

Developmental dysplasia of hip (DDH) is rare condition occurs in growing hip with structural abnormalities. Early finding and management provides the best possible result. Hip dysplasia into teens and later life may result in irregular gait, reduced the strength and generate many hip and knee disease. Developmental dysplasia should be treated soon after death. Different diagnostics test for Dev...

An 85-year-old woman with a past medical history of severe peripheral vascular disease and right below knee amputation presented to the emergency department with a 1-day history of non-positional dizziness and weakness. The patient required intravenous access to work up her dizziness and weakness. The patient had multiple failed blind ED peripheral IV attempts performed in the past. Emergency d...