OBJECTIVE Medial coronoid disease (MCD) is a very common form of elbow joint disease and it's radiographic diagnosis can be challenging since it is frequently based on the detection of rather subtle primary or secondary changes than on a large primary lesion. We hypothesized that accuracy of radiographic diagnosis of MCD is highly dependent on training and experience level. METHODS Radiograph...

To examine the relationship between serum calcium (Ca) concentration and radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA).This study covered a total of 2855 subjects. The serum Ca concentration was detected by the Arsenazo III method. The radiographic OA of the knee was defined as changes equivalent to Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2 on 1 side at least. The serum Ca concentration was categorized into 4 quartile...

the arthroscopic study of knee joint is of outstanding interest in assessment of knee complaints. the present article describes the results of arthroscopic examination of 100 patients (mean age 29.4 years 82% male) evaluated from 1996 to 1997 in imam khomeini hospital of tehran. sport injury was the most prevalent cause of referral (40%). the 2 most frequent complaints were knee pain (94%) and ...