Shoulder

You see here an anterior scan of the shoulder. What is marked with the asterisk and the arrow?

What is Your diagnosis

You see a longitudianl view of the achilles tendo at its insetion.

source: http://www.jrheum.org/content/supplements/83/35.abstract

Ultrasound and Arthritis

Read the just published review (german, abstract in english)

http://www.sonotool.ch/sonousz/uunda.pdf

Swelling of the medial malleolar region

You see an US-image of the medial malleolar region. What are your US-finding? The patient had a swollen ankle and an inflamed eye

US Selfassessment

By visiting this website you can perform a us selfassessment [german]

http://sonar.irheuma.com/SONARassessment1.htm

MSUS in the web

irheuma® produces and maintains following websites:
- irheuma.ch [rheumatology from A to Z]
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound blog [international US-blog]
- Sonar [Swiss Sonography Group in Arthritis and Rheumatism]

habe a look on www.irheuma.com

Hip pathology

What is the US pathology?
source: Ann Rheum Dis 2006;65:1613-1619 doi:10.1136/ard.2005.050690

Microscopy

do you know this crystals?

TFCC pathology

what is the pathology in the tfcc?

source: http://ard.bmj.com/content/64/4/638.abstract

Achilles tendon pathology

describe the findings in this longitudinal view.

Supraspinatus tendon pathology

You see here a supraspinatus tendon pathology. describe it.
source;:

http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_radiology/volume_7_number_1_13/article_printable/a_retrospective_analysis_of_referral_pattern_from_general_practitioners_for_musculoskeletal_ultrasound_to_a_tertiary_centre.html

Thumbness in dig V

the patient has thumbness in the left digitus 5. what is your mskus finding?

Rib

You see here a longitudinal scan of a rib. The patient had acute pain in the anterior thorax wall. What are your findings?

Pain in the distal ip joint

what are your findings in this palmar longitudinal view of the pip and dip? describe the structure indicated with the arrows and the asterisk

Sonographic appearance of crystals

Comparison of sonographic appearance of normal control, gout and chondrocalcinosis in knee joints. Suprapatellar, transverse view in flexion. Schematic illustrations on left. Top: anechoic (black) layer of hyaline cartilage (c) overlying bony contour of distal femur (b). Middle: double contour sign. Hyperechoic (bright), slightly irregular layer of crystal deposits (open arrowheads) overlying anechoic hyaline cartilage (c) and bony contour of distal femur (b). This patient had crystal-proven, untreated gouty arthritis. The hyaline cartilage is thin in this 88-yr-old individual. Bottom: hyperechoic, crystalline material (asterisks) is layered in the centre of the anechoic hyaline cartilage (c). This layer parallels the outline of the bony cortex (b). Calcium pyrophosphate crystals were found on aspiration.

source: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/561112_4

metacarpophalangeal joint seen in longitudinal section

You see 3 images of three different MCP joints. What can You see?

What is Your diagnosis?

You see a combined high-resolution ultrasound and power doppler image of a metacarpophalangeal joint seen in longitudinal section.

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