Distinction of reactive joint fluid from pyogenic abscess by diffusion-weighted imaging.
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.
Park
Ji Kang
JK
Department of Radiology, Cheju National University College of Medicine, Jeju, Korea. jkcontrast@naver.com
Kim
Bong Soo
BS
Choi
Gukmyung
G
Kim
Seung Hyoung
SH
Lee
Kwang-Bok
KB
Khang
Hyunsoo
H
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*