Post-operative rotator cuff integrity, based on Sugaya's classification, can reflect abduction muscle strength of the shoulder.

Purpose: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is common in structural and qualitative assessment of the rotator cuff post-operatively. Rotator cuff integrity has been thought to be associated with clinical outcome. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the inter-observer reliability of cuff integrity (Sugaya's classification) and assess the correlation between Sugaya's classification and the clinical outcome.

Ability of oblique foot radiographs to detect erosions in early arthritis: results in the ESPOIR cohort.

Objective: To assess the usefulness of using oblique foot radiographs in addition to posteroanterior radiographs of the hands and feet for detecting erosions in patients with recent-onset arthritis.

Methods: We included 813 patients from the prospective French ESPOIR cohort with arthritis of <6 months' duration and >or=2 swollen joints. Baseline standardized posteroanterior radiographs of the hands and feet and oblique radiographs of the feet were assessed by 2 blinded readers for erosions typical for rheumatoid arthritis (ETRA) and the Sharp score as modified by van der Heijde.

[Acute anterograde amnesia by infarction of the mamillothalamic tracts].

We report a case of persistent anterograde amnesia secondary to an anterior thalamic infarct. A 49-year-old right-handed man is referred for acute anterograde amnesia. Diffusion-weighted imaging performed at 24 hours shows an acute punctiform infarct of the left anterior thalamus, while T2-weighted imaging reveals a contralateral and symmetrical ischemic sequelae in the right anterior thalamus.

Performance of hand radiographs in predicting the diagnosis in patients with early arthritis.

Objective: To evaluate the ability of baseline hand radiographs to predict the diagnosis 2 years later in a cohort of patients with early arthritis.

Methods: A total of 258 patients with arthritis onset within the previous year were evaluated. At baseline, all patients underwent a standardized evaluation including laboratory tests and radiographs.

[Right-sided duplication of the inferior vena cava].

An infrarenal duplication of the inferior vena cava with both channels lying on the right side of the aorta was fortuitously found during an abdominal Computed Tomography performed on a 52 year-old woman. Only two same cases seem to be reported in the literature. This very uncommon abnormality probably results from persistence of the infra-renal part of the right subcardinal vein.