Freitag, 24. Dezember 2010

Shoulder



You see here an anterior scan of the shoulder. What is marked with the asterisk and the arrow?

Donnerstag, 16. Dezember 2010

What is Your diagnosis



You see a longitudianl view of the achilles tendo at its insetion.

source: http://www.jrheum.org/content/supplements/83/35.abstract

Ultrasound and Arthritis

Read the just published review (german, abstract in english)

http://www.sonotool.ch/sonousz/uunda.pdf

Donnerstag, 2. Dezember 2010

Swelling of the medial malleolar region



You see an US-image of the medial malleolar region. What are your US-finding? The patient had a swollen ankle and an inflamed eye

Donnerstag, 18. November 2010

US Selfassessment

By visiting this website you can perform a us selfassessment [german]

http://sonar.irheuma.com/SONARassessment1.htm

MSUS in the web

irheuma® produces and maintains following websites:
- irheuma.ch [rheumatology from A to Z]
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound blog [international US-blog]
- Sonar [Swiss Sonography Group in Arthritis and Rheumatism]

habe a look on www.irheuma.com

Samstag, 9. Oktober 2010

Hip pathology



What is the US pathology?
source: Ann Rheum Dis 2006;65:1613-1619 doi:10.1136/ard.2005.050690

Donnerstag, 23. September 2010

Microscopy




do you know this crystals?

TFCC pathology




what is the pathology in the tfcc?

source: http://ard.bmj.com/content/64/4/638.abstract

Achilles tendon pathology



describe the findings in this longitudinal view.

Supraspinatus tendon pathology



You see here a supraspinatus tendon pathology. describe it.
source;:

http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_radiology/volume_7_number_1_13/article_printable/a_retrospective_analysis_of_referral_pattern_from_general_practitioners_for_musculoskeletal_ultrasound_to_a_tertiary_centre.html

Samstag, 11. September 2010

Samstag, 17. Juli 2010

Rib


You see here a longitudinal scan of a rib. The patient had acute pain in the anterior thorax wall. What are your findings?

Donnerstag, 15. Juli 2010

Pain in the distal ip joint



what are your findings in this palmar longitudinal view of the pip and dip? describe the structure indicated with the arrows and the asterisk

Sonographic appearance of crystals



Comparison of sonographic appearance of normal control, gout and chondrocalcinosis in knee joints. Suprapatellar, transverse view in flexion. Schematic illustrations on left. Top: anechoic (black) layer of hyaline cartilage (c) overlying bony contour of distal femur (b). Middle: double contour sign. Hyperechoic (bright), slightly irregular layer of crystal deposits (open arrowheads) overlying anechoic hyaline cartilage (c) and bony contour of distal femur (b). This patient had crystal-proven, untreated gouty arthritis. The hyaline cartilage is thin in this 88-yr-old individual. Bottom: hyperechoic, crystalline material (asterisks) is layered in the centre of the anechoic hyaline cartilage (c). This layer parallels the outline of the bony cortex (b). Calcium pyrophosphate crystals were found on aspiration.

source: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/561112_4