title: Technical report: ultrasound guidance for injection of soft tissue lesions around the heel in chronic inflammatory arthritis.
abstract: We describe the use of ultrasound guidance for local steroid injection of the retrocalcaneal bursa and the tibialis posterior tendon sheath in patients with chronic inflammatory arthropathy. Ultrasound guidance may be the injection technique of choice but is particularly indicated for patients with lesions unresponsive to injections guided by palpation.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Radiology, University College Dublin, St Vincent's Hospital, Ireland.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Brophy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cunnane
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Gibney
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001168:Arthritis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000188:drug therapy; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003238:Connective Tissue; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
chemical_list: D014221:Triamcinolone