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What is your diagnosis?

Shoulder posterior transversal


source: http://www.targetedultrasound.net/

News from irheuma

On http://www.irheuma.com/ you find the newly designed webpage!
In Switzerland every rheumatologist must learn msus (SGR/FMH-guideline). The basic, intermediate and advanced courses are offered by the msus section of the SGUM (Locomo-website). After three years of formation and successful exam there are several possibilities for further formation in msus. Refresher and advanced practical courses are offered by the Cencampus (Cencampus with webbased learning tool), if you are interested in RA-scoring for the SCQM database you can visit the advanced courses of the sonar-group (Sonar-website with image gallery). Since 2004 we present once yearly the US-day with specific topics in msus (US-day section).
We recommend to check the msus websites collection and to use the msus book produced by irheuma.com.

MSUS technique

describe the used msus technique in the demonstration of a joint synovitis

New MSUS clips

You can watch now new msus clips regarding enthesitis in SpA: Details: http://sonar.irheuma.com or http://msus-rheumatology.blogspot.com/

What is Your diagnosis of the gluteal muscle?

source: ultrasoundcases

What is the diagnosis of this achilles tendon?

source: http://www.google.ch/imgres?q=achilles+tendon+rupture+ultrasound&um=1&hl=de&biw=1680&bih=897&tbm=isch&tbnid=NskNrqYltJso2M:&imgrefurl=http://www.ultrasound-images.com/musculoskeletal.htm&docid=Wrftz8d7TSo8KM&imgurl=http://www.ultrasound-images.com/images/tear-tendo-achilles-1b.jpg&w=600&h=450&ei=YWKlTt3QNdHasgad_qiJAw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=188&sig=117820398132313834841&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=238&start=0&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=84&ty=80

Paganini double contour sign

What is Your diagnosis?

You see a PIP joint, palmar longitudinal view

Bursa anserina

What is the exact anatomical location?

Bursitis trochanterica

Where exactly is the bursa located?

New case Elbow

Posterior view of the elbow, longitudinal.
What are Your findings?

source: http://images.rheumatology.org/viewphoto.php?albumId=75676&imageId=4311671

MRT-US Fusion

You see here an axial section of metacarpophalangeal joint affected by erosion and synovitis in patient with RA.

source: http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/ultrasound/article/113619/1387429

US Case Knee infrapatellar region

What is Your US finding and Your diagnosis?

source: http://www.gehealthcare.com/usen/ultrasound/education/products/cme_msk.html

US of the elbow

What is Your diagnosis of this finding at the dorsal elbow?

source:
http://www.ultrasound-images.com/musculoskeletal.htm

What is Your diagnosis?

Achilles tendon at the insertion.
source: Journal: Clinical Rheumatology Vol. 29 Issue 2
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-009-1292-y

Ultrasound and arthritis

http://www.springerlink.com/content/h3t7035883745l0x/

CME

New ultrasound CME (german and frech) on http://sonar.irheuma.com/