Abstract Normal variants in the skeleton are commonly encountered in the practice of radiology. Kohler was the first to seriously address this subject in his book, Borderlands of the Normal and Early Pathologic Findings in Skeletal Radiology, which was published…
Imaging the postoperative knee can be challenging. The postoperative knee can have all of the pathologic processes of the preoperative knee, in addition to specific issues related to the surgery performed, general problems with surgery, and specific postoperative complications. The…
Etiology Sickle cell anemia, first described in a 20-year-old dental student from Grenada by Herrick in 1910, is the most common single-gene disorder in African Americans. Dr. Linus Pauling and his team identified the cause of SCA as a single…
Reactive arthritis is a postinfectious seronegative spondyloarthropathy (SNSA) syndrome characterized by a spectrum of specific musculoskeletal and extra-articular manifestations. The syndrome occurs after infection with specific organisms in two major settings: diarrheal illness and urogenital infection. The majority of patients…
In this chapter, concepts are identified and described that are intrinsic to musculoskeletal trauma, such as the purpose of the imaging report, vector forces causing musculoskeletal injury, musculoskeletal injury terminology, and fractures and dislocations in which the associated soft tissue…