title: Shoulder arthrography with sodium meglumine metrizoate and iopamidol.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyze arthrographic imaging of the structures of the shoulder joint when using either sodium meglumine metrizoate or iopamidol as a contrast medium. Two hundred and ten patients underwent single-contrast shoulder arthrography. In patients with a full-thickness tear of the rotator cuff, both contrast agents reliably revealed this lesion. However, in patients with a full-thickness rotator cuff tear, the biceps tendon could be demonstrated more readily with iopamidol, which is a non-ionic contrast medium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Surgical Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahovuo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paavolainen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Saarinen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007463:Iodobenzoates; D007479:Iopamidol; D008297:Male; D008794:Metrizoic Acid; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012782:Shoulder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D007463:Iodobenzoates; D008794:Metrizoic Acid; D007479:Iopamidol