title: Case report: rapidly progressive neuropathic arthropathy in syringohydromyelia--radiographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
abstract: A rapidly progressive neuropathic shoulder joint in a patient with syringohydromyelia is presented. He developed marked destruction of the shoulder joint over 5 weeks. The MRI findings in the pre- and post-resorptive phases of the arthropathy are presented for the first time. Low signal intensity areas are observed in the medullary cavity of the bone on both T1- and T2-weighted spin-echo images even before the actual resorptive process starts. Additional major findings are the joint effusion and synovial thickening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rawat
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020968:Brachial Plexus Neuritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D011859:Radiography; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology