Prospective evaluation of MR arthrography performed with high-volume intraarticular saline enhancement in patients with recurrent anterior dislocations of the shoulder.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of high-volume saline-enhanced MR arthrography in assessing the labrum, the ligaments, and the bony components of the glenohumeral joint.

Subjects And Methods: Forty-four patients with recurrent anterior dislocations of the shoulder underwent MR arthrography after intraarticular injection of 15-40 ml of saline solution. Two-dimensional fast low-angle shot and T1-weighted spin-echo sequences were prospectively evaluated by two observers.

Brain hemangiomas of infancy. Sonographic detection and follow-up.

Vascular birthmarks of the skin can be associated with hemangiomas or arteriovenous malformations of different organs. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) combined with angiography are the diagnostic tools used in children, adolescents, and adults to depict vascular malformation or bleeding. In infants, ultrasound examination through the anterior fontanelle is possible.

[A proposal for the MR staging of early rheumatoid arthritis in the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints].

Purpose: MRI can demonstrate pathology of joint disease in the early course of rheumatoid arthritis prior to destructions seen on conventional radiographs. In a prospective study, we tried to develop a systematical classification of joint pathology demonstrated by MRI, which would be essential for scoring the course of the disease.

Patients And Method: Metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints of 48 patients suffering from early rheumatoid arthritis (mean disease duration: 6.

Glutaric aciduria type I: a serious pitfall if diagnosed too late.

We report the MR imaging findings in two children with glutaric aciduria type I (GA I). It is important to consider this disorder in the differential diagnosis in a child presenting with an unclear hydrocephalus or atrophy. The imaging findings consist of basal ganglia changes, frontotemporal atrophy, and retarded myelination.

MRI and radiographic findings in Currarino's triad.

Currarino's triad is a rare complex of a congenital sacral bony abnormality, anorectal malformation and a presacral mass. Intractable constipation since birth is the leading symptom of this triad, which follows an autosomal dominant mode of heredity. We report conventional radiographic and MR findings in one family consisting of a mother and her two daughters.