Sonography of the costal cartilage: normal anatomy and preliminary clinical application.
Costal cartilages of 10 controls and 12 patients with Tietze's syndrome (n = 6), deformed (exaggerated bowing) cartilage (n = 4), focal enlargement (n = 1), and cancer-invaded cartilage (n = 1) were examined with ultrasonography. In controls, ultrasonography detected 237 of 240 costal cartilages (98.8%) and 58 of 105 intercartilage connections (55%) with three variations. Correlation with CT was available in 7 patients (1 Tietze's syndrome, 4 deformities, 1 cartilage enlargement, and 1 cancer) among 8 patients whose CT results were known to the sonographer. Sonography showed normal (n = 4) or marginally blurred (n = 2) cartilages in 6 Tietze's syndromes. Ultrasonography is a promising technique in the examination of costal cartilages.
Choi
Y W
YW
Department of Radiology, Seoul City Boramae Hospital, Korea.
Im
J G
JG
Song
C S
CS
Lee
J S
JS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002356:Cartilage / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013991:Tietze's Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography