Giant distal humeral geode.
We describe the imaging features of a giant geode of the distal humerus in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, which presented initially as a pathological fracture. The value of magnetic resonance imaging in establishing this diagnosis is emphasized.
Maher
M M
MM
Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Kennedy
J
J
Hynes
D
D
Murray
J G
JG
O'Connell
D
D
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography