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A 76 year old woman is hospitalized for bilateral breast masses and neurological impairment. Her medical history is marked by rheumatoid arthritis treated with gold salts and methylprednisolone. Blood tests reveal pancytopenia; the MRI scan of the brain is suggestive of a CNS lymphoma. The pathologic examination of a breast mass specimen confirms the lymphoid nature of the neoplasm. This case report highlights the multifocal or systemic nature of non hodgkin's lymphoma and the diagnostic pitfalls of breast lymphomas. Rheumatoid arthritis and its medical management are reviewed for their possible roles in oncogenesis.
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PMID:[Bilateral breast masses]. 1092 99

Adult hip pathologies are mainly represented by the degenerative disease, so called "osteoarthrosis, or more precisely coxarthrosis". The means of imaging are exposed, according to their specific value: X Rays (measurement of the characteristic angles of the adult hip), Arthrography, CT Scanner, Arthro-CT Scanner, MRI, Bone Scintigraphy, Ultrasonography. Clinical findings differentiate a mechanical syndrome and an inflammatory syndrome. The coxarthrosis is the most frequent, under two forms: primary (idiopathic) coxarthrosis and secondary coxarthrosis. Primary (idiopathic) coxarthrosis has a localised narrowing of the joint space, osteophyte formation, subchondral sclerosis, cyst formation. The destruction progresses slowly, in 10 to 15 years leading to a complete destruction. Bilaterality is frequent. it is treated with total hip prosthesis. There is a rapid form (1 to 2 years) (Postel's Disease). Secondary coxarthrosis occurs after architectural vice, chondral diseases, lack of balance between the size of the head and the acetabulum as in the case of previous fracture or dislocation, avascular bone necrosis of the head of the femur, Paget's disease. Calcium pyrophosphate Deposition disease (CPPD) involves mostly aged women, and also leads to cox-arthrosis. Avascular bone necrosis of the head of the femur involves young adults. Bilateral involvement are frequent. MRI is the most sensitive and the most specific means of early diagnosis, The area of bone necrosis appears as well defined modifications of the upper head of the femur, precisely surrounded by a low signal intensity line on both Ti and T2 weighted imaging. MRI shows articular effusion, bone marrow edema. Scintigraphy gives early findings which are a characteristic, but non specific, hot spot. CT scanner is used for hip destruction evaluation. o Algodystrophy: transient osteoporosis of the hip has a cyclic course, lasting 3 to 9 months. MRI shows an inflammatory pattern in the area of the process(dark in Ti and white in T2, with positive Gadolinium response). Scintigraphy is positive. Staphylococcus location in the hip can be acute or chronic. MRI shows joint effusion, cystic formation and subchondral non specific modifications. Tuberculosis of the hip joint is relatively rare. Greater trochanteric tuberculous involvement is possible under special contexts. Chronic Inflammatory diseases are represented by Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spondylarthritis and other chronic inflammatory diseases. Synovial tumors such as Pigmented Villo Nodular Synovitis, Primary Osteochondromatosis, synovial sarcoma have special presentations. The subchondral bone can be involved by amorphous depositions such as in tophaceous gout, different varieties of lipidosis, amyloidosis, reticulo histiocytosis. Pen arthropathies are enthesopathies in the anterior rectus tendon, calcifying tendonitis (not to be confused with calcifying soft tissue tumor/chondrosarcoma). The pelvis bone and the femur are involved by primary and secondary tumors or by insufficiency fractures which can mislead to hip pathologies.
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PMID:[Imaging of chronic hip pain in adults]. 1093 Aug 82

To evaluate MRI for assessment of inflammation, destruction and prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 26 RA patients, randomized to disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy alone or in combination with oral prednisolone, were followed for one year with contrast-enhanced MRI of the dominant wrist (months zero, three, six and 12), conventional radiography and clinical and biochemical examinations. Significant synovial membrane volume reductions were observed in both groups, earliest in the DMARD + prednisolone group. The rate of erosive progression on MRI was highly correlated with baseline and area-under-curve (AUC)-values of synovial membrane volume, but not with baseline or AUC-values of local or global clinical or biochemical parameters, nor with +/- prednisolone. MRI was more sensitive than radiography as regards detection of progressive bone destruction (22 versus 12 new bone erosions). MRI may prove valuable as marker of joint disease activity and destruction and, perhaps, prognosis in RA.
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PMID:[Magnetic resonance imaging as a marker of inflammation, destruction and prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis wrists]. 1096 15

The aim of this study was to depict and characterize inflammatory soft tissue proliferations caused by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the craniocervical region by unenhanced and contrast-enhanced CT. Computed tomography of the craniocervical region was performed in 35 patients in the axial plane before and after the i.v. administration of contrast material. According to the densities and contrast enhancement of the inflammatory soft tissue proliferations, four groups were classified. Ancillary findings, such as a compression of the dural sac or spinal cord, erosions of the bony structures, and atlantoaxial subluxation, were also evaluated. Inflammatory soft tissue proliferations were depicted in 28 of 35 patients and could be differentiated by unenhanced and contrast-enhanced CT according to the above defined criteria: effusion in 6 patients (17%); hypervascular pannus in 8 (23%); hypovascular pannus in 5 (14%); and fibrous tissue in 9 patients (26%). A compression of the dural sac was seen in 11 (31%) patients; 3 of these had neurological symptoms. Erosions of the odontoid process were found in 20 (57%) patients; 16 (80%) of these also showed erosions of the atlas. Atlantoaxial subluxation was seen in 11 (31%) patients. Inflammatory soft tissue proliferations in the craniocervical region caused by RA can be reliably demonstrated and classified by unenhanced and contrast-enhanced CT, which can differentiate between joint effusion and various forms of pannus and depict ancillary findings. Computed tomography is an alternative method for patients unable to undergo an MRI examination.
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PMID:Rheumatoid arthritis of the craniocervical region: assessment and characterization of inflammatory soft tissue proliferations with unenhanced and contrast-enhanced CT. 1099 30

Distal extremity swelling with pitting oedema due to altered lymphatic drainage has been reported in some patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The resistant-to-therapy oedema usually affected the upper limbs in an asymmetrical pattern. Until now, extensor tenosynovial involvement has not been described in RA patients suffering from distal extremity swelling with pitting oedema. Three patients are described: two of them had predominant extensor tenosynovial involvement in their hands, with impaired lymphatic drainage demonstrated by (MRI) and lymphoscintigraphy, respectively. In both cases the oedema was chronic and not responsive to treatment. One patient had extensor tenosynovial involvement without impaired lymphatic drainage. In this case, the oedema remitted completely after a few days of corticosteroid therapy. None of them showed differences in serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), whether they were RA patients with no pitting oedema or healthy volunteers.
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PMID:Distal extremity swelling with pitting oedema in rheumatoid arthritis. 1125 49

This report describes three cases of symptomatic unilateral C1-C2 mass osteoarthritis. The patients were all female aged 67, 62 and 59 years. One patient had a history of rheumatoid arthritis. Unilateral occipital pain was the main symptom. Neuroradiological work-up included open mouth anteroposterior radiograph, flexion/extension lateral radiograph of the cervical spine, CT scan with coronal and sagittal reconstruction and MRI. Findings allowed differential diagnosis with tumoral or infectious disease of upper cervical spine and ruled out C1-C2 instability. CT scan and MRI permitted precise operative planning by determining the course of vertebral artery in the C1 and C2 vertebrae. Two patients were treated by CT scan guided steroid injection. The third patient was treated by C1-C2 arthodesis after failure of conservative treatment.
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PMID:[Atlanto-axial lateral mass osteoarthritis. Three case reports and review of the literature]. 1128 56

We report the clinical and neuroradiological features of cerebral rheumatoid pachymeningitis with 1 year follow-up in two patients. MRI of the head enabled noninvasive diagnosis of both the meningeal abnormality and its complications, consisting of hypertensive hydrocephalus and superior sagittal sinus thrombosis, respectively. Dural sinus thrombosis, very uncommon in rheumatoid arthritis, was confirmed by phase-contrast MRA. Worsening of the pachymeningitis at follow-up was observed in both patients despite regression or stability of the clinical picture and long-term therapy.
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PMID:MRI of cerebral rheumatoid pachymeningitis: report of two cases with follow-up. 1132 61

The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic capabilities of extremity MRI (E-MRI) with high-field MRI in arthritic small joints, and to evaluate the patients' acceptance and perceptions of the two MR systems. One hundred three patients (group 1 = 28 patients with RA < 3 years, group 2 = 25 patients with reactive and psoriatic arthritis and mixed connective tissue disease, group 3 = 25 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) more than 3 years and group 4 = 25 patients with arthralgia) underwent dedicated E-MRI and high-field MRI of the wrist and finger joints. Coronal short tau inversion recovery and transversal 3D T1-weighted images before and after gadodiamide (Gd) were performed in both cases to outline the volume of the synovial membrane (Vsm) and to evaluate joints with enhancement, effusion, bone edema, and erosions. Investigators blinded to the clinical findings evaluated the images. Patients' compliance and acceptance of E-MRI and high-field MRI were evaluated. The median Vsm obtained on E-MRI did not differ significantly from that obtained on high-field MRI. Vsm = 1 ml (E-MRI) and 1.1 ml (high-field MRI) before Gd and Vsm = 0.1 ml (E-MRI) and 0 ml (high-field MRI) after Gd (Wilcoxon test, p > 0.05). The difference in agreement was 8% for joint enhancement, 2% for joint effusion, 3% for bone edema, and 4% for bone erosions. Of the patients, 64% preferred E-MRI due to more comfortable positioning and less claustrophobia and noise. Extremity MRI of the small arthritic joints is comparable to high-field MRI and more readily accepted than high-field MRI by this patient group.
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PMID:MRI of the arthritic small joints: comparison of extremity MRI (0.2 T) vs high-field MRI (1.5 T). 1141 49

This pictorial essay describes the changes seen in the wrist in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on MRI. Magnetic resonance imaging can demonstrate bone erosions, bone marrow signal changes, synovitis and tenosynovitis in early rheumatoid arthritis. Magnetic resonance imaging of the wrist can identify erosions in RA earlier than plain radiographs and can detect more erosions. Common sites include the capitate, lunate and scaphoid. Bone marrow signal changes occur frequently and are most common in the capitate, lunate and triquetrum. Synovial thickening and enhancement are clearly demonstrated with MRI and are most commonly seen in the radiocarpal joint (RCJ). Tenosynovitis can be seen in the wrist in more than half of patients presenting with RA. This most commonly involves the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon and is seen as sheath fluid, thickening and enhancement.
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PMID:Magnetic resonance imaging of the wrist in early rheumatoid arthritis: a pictorial essay. 1153 47

The aim of this study was to assess the ability of MRI determined synovial volumes and bone marrow oedema to predict progressions in bone erosions after 1 year in patients with different types of inflammatory joint diseases. Eighty-four patients underwent MRI, laboratory and clinical examination at baseline and 1 year later. Magnetic resonance imaging of the wrist and finger joints was performed in 22 patients with rheumatoid arthritis less than 3 years (group 1) who fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for rheumatoid arthritis, 18 patients with reactive arthritis or psoriatic arthritis (group 2), 22 patients with more than 3 years duration of rheumatoid arthritis, who fulfilled the ACR criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (group 3), and 20 patients with arthralgia (group 4). The volume of the synovial membrane was outlined manually before and after gadodiamide injection on the T1-weighted sequences in the finger joints. Bones with marrow oedema were summed up in the wrist and fingers on short-tau inversion recovery sequences. These MRI features was compared with the number of bone erosions 1 year later. The MR images were scored independently under masked conditions. The synovial volumes in the finger joints assessed on pre-contrast images was highly predictive of bone erosions 1 year later in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (groups 1 and 3). The strongest individual predictor of bone erosions at 1-year follow-up was bone marrow oedema, if present at the wrist at baseline. Bone erosions on baseline MRI were in few cases reversible at follow-up MRI. The total synovial volume in the finger joints, and the presence of bone oedema in the wrist bones, seems to be predictive for the number of bone erosions 1 year later and may be used in screening. The importance of very early bone changes on MRI and the importance of the reversibility of these findings remain to be clarified.
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PMID:MRI of the wrist and finger joints in inflammatory joint diseases at 1-year interval: MRI features to predict bone erosions. 1197 68


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