Musculoskeletal imaging
Authors: Shalendra K. Misser1; J.M. Zietkiewicz1
Affiliations: 1Lake Smit and Partners Inc, Durban, South Africa
Postal address: Private Bag X08, Overport 4067, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
How to cite this article: Misser SK, Zietkiewicz JM. Musculoskeletal imaging. S Afr J Rad. 2014;18(1); Art. #702, 2 pages.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v18i1.702
Copyright Notice: © 2014. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution,
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A 33-year-old female runner presented with chronic right hip pain. These are selected plain film, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) images.
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FIGURE 2: Axial T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) image of right hip.
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FIGURE 3: Sagittal proton-density magnetic resonance (MR) image of right hip.
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FIGURE 4: Coronal computed tomography (CT) reformat of chest and abdomen.
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FIGURE 5a: Coronal T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) image of pelvis.
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FIGURE 5b: Coronal proton density magnetic resonance (MR) image of pelvis.
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FIGURE 6a: Coronal computed tomography (CT) reformat image of right hip.
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FIGURE 6b: Volume rendered computed tomography angiography (CTA) reformat of right hip.
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FIGURE 7: Axial computed tomography (CT) image acquired in biopsy mode.
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Describe the relevant findings and provide the most appropriate clinical diagnosis. Please submit your response to Dr Misser at
misser@lakesmit.co.za not later than 01 December 2014. The winning respondent will receive a R1000 award from the RSSA. A detailed diagnosis and discussion will be presented later this year.
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