OBJECTIVE Similar to back pain, neck pain has recently shown to have increasing prevalence. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful in identifying the causes of neck pain. However, MRI shows not only pathological lesions but also physiological changes at the same time, and there are few Korean data. The authors have attempted to analyze the prevalence of disc degeneration in highly selective...

OBJECTIVE To retrospectively compare the accuracy of the initial MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) report of referring radiologists and the second opinion report. MATERIAL AND METHODS MRI of 155 patients presenting with a soft tissue tumor (STT) in a single large community center were referred for inclusion in the Belgian Soft Tissue Neoplasm Registry (BSTNR). The initial report and the second...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of aortic arch calcification, a surrogate marker of atherosclerosis, with rotator cuff tendinosis and tears given the hypothesis that decreased tendon vascularity is a contributing factor in the etiology of tendon degeneration. A retrospective review was performed to identify patients ages 50 to 90 years who had a shoulder MRI and a c...

Medical imaging of haemophilic joints is important for detecting abnormalities, grading their severity and selecting the appropriate therapy. The plain-film scoring systems for staging joint disease that were developed prior to the availability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are inadequate for planning modern prevention and treatment. MRI is capable of delineating all of the soft tissue fi...

BACKGROUND Reliable data about in vivo regulation of cytokines in osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the ankle are still missing. Disease-specific regulation patterns were hypothesized. METHODS 28 patients with a mean age of 30.7 ± 14.8 years undergoing an arthroscopy of the ankle because of OCD were prospectively included in a clinical trial. Lavage fluids were analyzed by ELISA for levels o...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate MRI findings in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and to determine the value of MRI in the diagnosis of PBC and assessment of liver fibrosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study reviewed the prevalence of MRI abnormalities seen in 45 PBC patients in the past four years, including 33 patients who underwent liver biopsy. Correlation between the MRI findings and t...