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. 2012 Aug 16;10:23. doi: 10.1186/1546-0096-10-23

Table 4.

Conformity of MRI and US findings in areas examined 1 in 11 clinically affected joints

 
  
  
 Number of areas with conformity
 
 Joint
 Area
 Synovial hypertrophy
 Synovial contrast enhancement or hyperemia
 Effusion
 Erosion
      n        
 
 Ankle
 talo-crural
 2
 2
 2
 1
 1
 
 n = 2
 talo-navicular
 2
 0
 0
 1
 2
 
  
 post. subtalar
 2
 1
 1
 2
 2
 
  
 tendon sheaths
 2
 1
 1
 2
 n/a
 
 Knee
 anterior
 3
 2
 1
 2
 3
 
 n = 3
 lateral
 3
 2
 2
 2
 3
 
  
 medial
 3
 3
 2
 2
 3
 
  
 Baker’s cyst
 3
 1
 0
 1
 n/a
 
 Wrist
 radio-carpal
 6
 6
 6
 5
 4
 
 n = 6
 midcarpal
 6
 3
 3
 6
 4
 
  
 dist. radio-ulnar2
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 
  
 tendon sheaths
 6
 6
 5
 5
 n/a
Total 11   381 27 23 29 22

144 areas examined by MRI, 38 areas examined by US.

2Distal radio-ulnar joint examined by MRI only, not by US.

n/a = non applicable.