The diagnosis of acute calcific periarthritis is traditionally confirmed from a radiograph demonstrating periarticular calcifications in the affected area. Care must be taken when using ultrasound as the presentation of periarticular calcification is easily mistaken for a cortical avulsion fracture, requiring a radiograph to distinguish between the 2 differential diagnoses. We present the corre...

Musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) is gaining an increasing role in the assessment of a variegate set of joint and periarticular soft tissues abnormalities in rheumatology. In addition, US represents a useful technique in guiding local procedures such as aspiration of fluid collections and injections within the joints and periarticular musculoskeletal structures. We recently performed US in a pati...

MRL/l mice spontaneously develop an arthritis very similar in many respects to human rheumatoid arthritis. A detailed morphologic and serologic analysis of this disease revealed the following: (a) a 75% incidence of synovial and periarticular inflammation, very similar to human rheumatoid arthritis, in 5-6 mo-old females, (b) close associations between presence of joint inflammation and subsyno...

Although New World cutaneous leishmaniasis is not itself a life-threatening disease, its treatment with systemic antimonials can cause toxicity that can be dangerous to some patients. Intralesional meglumine antimoniate provides a viable, less toxic alternative. Herein, we describe an alternative treatment with subcutaneous intralesional injections of meglumine antimoniate into large periarticu...

We used a saline load test in 50 consecutive patients with periarticular lacerations suggestive of joint penetration. The surgeon had predicted on clinical grounds whether or not the laceration penetrated the joint. Joint penetration was demonstrated in 14 and was absent in 36. A comparison of the prediction and the test results showed that there were false-positive clinical results in 39% and ...

Periarticular cysts of the facet joints are relatively rare and occur predominantly (95%) in lumbar spine, effectiveness their surgical treatment requires further study. Objective: to give a detailed description case series patients with periarticular cervical spine. Material methods . During 10 years (from 2012 2022) 8 spine were treated neurosurgical department Clinic Nervous System Diseases ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility that periarticular osteophytes plays a role as a appendicular joint stress marker (JSM) which reflects the biomechanical stresses on individuals and populations. METHODS A total of 366 contemporary Japanese skeletons (231 males, 135 females) were examined closely to evaluate the periarticular osteophytes of six major joints, t...