Clinical and radiological septic joint analysis of spontaneous sternoclavicular joint infections: achieving the best outcomes-a systems engineering approach.

Objectives: Spontaneous sternoclavicular joint infection (SSCJI) is a rare and poorly understood disease process. This study aims to identify factors guiding effective management strategies for SSCJI by using data mining.

Methods: An Institutional Review Board-approved retrospective review of patients from 2 large hospitals (2010-2022) was conducted.

MR findings of complicated multifetal gestations.

This paper presents a review of various complications of multifetal gestations identified on MR imaging and highlights findings of those complications unique to monochorionic twinning. The goal is to illustrate the potential of MR as a useful application in these clinical circumstances. A total of 32 women with multifetal gestations and suspected complication detected initially by US underwent T2-weighted MR imaging.

MRI of fetal genitourinary anomalies.

Objective: The objective of our study was to show examples of fetal MRI evaluations of congenital genitourinary anomalies and to review the embryology in relation to the MRI findings.

Conclusion: MRI was performed on 35 pregnant women with sonographic findings that suggested that their fetuses had genitourinary anomalies. Oligohydramnios or anhydramnios was identified in 22 of 35 women and did not hinder visualization of anomalies.

Fetal central nervous system biometry on MR imaging.

Objective: We sought to compare the biometry of the fetal head on MR imaging with sonographic measurements in fetuses with and without suspected central nervous system abnormalities.

Materials And Methods: Blinded retrospective measurements of biparietal diameter, head circumference, and cerebellar width obtained on MR imaging were assigned a gestational age on the basis of median sonographic measurements and compared with sonographic and clinical assignment of gestational age in fetuses with no central nervous system abnormalities. In fetuses with central nervous system abnormalities, the same MR measurements were compared with sonographic measurements obtained within 1 week.

Second-opinion magnetic resonance imaging for suspected fetal central nervous system abnormalities.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship of magnetic resonance imaging and gestational age in the setting of fetuses with suspected abnormalities of the central nervous system that were detected by ultrasound scanning.

Study Design: Multiplanar magnetic resonance studies were performed in fetuses with suspected central nervous system abnormalities on ultrasound scanning. Magnetic resonance imaging was evaluated for its ability to provide additional information, change the diagnosis, or impact obstetric treatment.