title: Distinction of reactive joint fluid from pyogenic abscess by diffusion-weighted imaging.
abstract: It is difficult to distinguish reactive joint fluid from infectious joint fluid by conventional MR images. In this presented case, we successfully distinguished these two conditions using diffusion-weighted imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cheju National University College of Medicine, Jeju, Korea. jkcontrast@naver.com
authors.forename: Ji Kang
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Bong Soo
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Gukmyung
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Seung Hyoung
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kwang-Bok
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyunsoo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khang
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*