Automated computerized radiogrammetry of the second metacarpal and its correlation with absorptiometry of the forearm and spine.

The value of a new computerized radiogrammetric method of assessment of the second metacarpal has been evaluated, and its results have been compared with those of single (SPA) and dual photon absorptiometry measurements (forearm and spine) in 74 and 79 postmenopausal women, respectively. Standard hand X-rays were digitized by a video-camera connected to a microcomputer. The combined cortical thickness (CCT) was automatically calculated in a zone of 10 mm around the midpart of the second metacarpal.

[Hip diseases in hemorrhagic rectocolitis. Apropos of 4 cases].

Erosive hip lesions are uncommon in patients with ulcerative colitis. We analyzed features of chronic hip lesions in four ulcerative colitis patients seen over the last 30 years. Two patients also had axial disease.