Keywords:
Bones, MR, Diagnostic procedure, Osteoporosis
Authors:
A. Tindall1, M. S. Gulati1, K. Chettiar2, B. Bhattacharjee2, M. Wlliamson2, G. Constantinescu2; 1London/UK, 2Dartford/UK
DOI:
10.1594/essr2016/P-0110
Results
620 (n1=620) adult patients presenting with non traumatic knee pain were referred for MR scanning as they failed to improve with conservative treatment and had non concludent first line investigations.
Of these patients 391(k1=391) were males and 229 (k2= 229) females.
The patients’ age range was between 22 to 71,
with the median age of 39.
We detected 7 cases of transient osteoporosis of the femoral condyles on MRI scanning with 5(x1=5) female patients and 2(x2=2) male patients.
A joint effusion was invariably present in all patients.
Most patients were aged between 35 and 45 years.
Other pathologies commonly found on the MRI cohort from our study included early Osteoarthritis,
unsuspected meniscal tears,
osteochondral fractures,
overuse injuries of the tendons and ligaments.
All patients had follow-up imaging at 3 months’,
6 months’ and 1year intervals.
The symptoms and the MRI changes resolved in 6 patients.
One adult male patient,
diagnosed late,
developed a large osteochondral defect of the medial femoral condyle,
on a follow-up MR.