The 2016 ISMRM Annual Meeting is being held in Singapore, which is great news for us in this region. But is it worth going to? It depends…. I have been to a number of ISMRM meetings over the years and its a huge meeting, but the difficulty from a radiologist’s perspective, is that it …
In the last post we looked at the Buford Complex. In this post lets look at the remaining two normal labral variants, the Sublabral Recess and the Sublabral Foramen Definition: Regions where a normal labrum is present but it is not attached to the glenoid. Where are they found? Sublabral Recess: Anterior portion of the …
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In this third part of Glenoid Labrum MRI Simplified we look at the Buford Complex. If you have not seen Part 1 and Part 2 please look at those posts before reading this. Definition: Absent anterosuperior labrum, with a thick middle glenohumeral ligament. MRI APPEARANCE The image below shows a comparison of the normal appearance …
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The problem: Many normal labral variants get called tears. How do we differentiate a normal labral variant from a tear? The solution: Normal labral variants occur in specific areas of the glenoid labrum. Understand their typical location and you will not confuse them with tears. If you havent read the first post on the classification …
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The problem: A lot of the difficulty people have in reporting shoulder MRI and particularly the glenoid labrum is in having a clear understanding of the MRI anatomy. This leads to confusion in differentiating normal glenoid labrum variants from labral tears and SLAP tears. The solution: The humble pear. Only a few dollars a kilo …
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PARS DEFECTS ON MRI Pars defects can be difficult to see on MRI. Lets look at how best to find them 1. WHAT IS THE PARS INTERARTICULARIS Bone that connects the superior and inferior articular process at each level. 2. WHAT DOES A NORMAL PARS INTERTICULARIS LOOK LIKE ON MRI A continuous piece of bone …
INTRO: Pars defects can be difficult to see on MRI. Here is an easy way to know if the slip/ spondylolistheisis you are seeing is due to a pars defect or is from degenerative facet disease. THE TIP: In Degenerative spondylolisthesis, the canal is always small. In spondylolisthesis due to a Pars Defect, the …
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LUMBAR DISC MRI: MEET NORMAL YOUR BEST FRIEND LUMBAR DISC MRI NORMAL In our workshops, before we look at abnormal, we always look at the normal appearance of a structure and make sure we understand it well. Without knowing normal, you can’t hope to understand what is abnormal. WHAT IS A NORMAL LUMBAR DISC A …
In our hands on workstation imaging workshops, we are often asked which Dicom viewers we recommend. Here is the simple answer. For Mac there are two options: Osirix: Is the best known Dicom Viewer which I have used for many years. It stores, anonymises, organises …
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INTRO: Cerebral tumefactive amyloid is a rare mass like form of cerebral amyloid. PATHOLOGY: Caused by vasculitis +/- perivasculitis which is an autoimmune response to the amyloid deposition. KEY IMAGING POINTS: MRI findings similar to a glioma/ treated lymphoma with T2 hyper intensity and mass effect. Can demonstrate leptomeningeal enhancement over the region of abnormality, however …
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