Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common childhood disability and is characterized by motor impairments, such as muscle weakness, muscle stiffness and spasticity [ 1 ]. In children with CP, more than 90% develop a foot deformity [ 2 ]. Equinovarus …

We describe a case of chronic tophaceous gout affecting the spine, hands, elbows, feet, and knees in a 67-year-old man with serum urate levels at 549 µmol/L whose response to treatment was successfully mapped using dual-energy computed tomography …

Lower-limb muscle weakness is common in individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA) [ 1 ]. Muscle strengthening interventions are a cornerstone of clinical guideline recommendations to improve knee symptoms and functional disability [ 2 ]. However …

Approximately 185,000 amputations occur in the USA annually due to diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, trauma, and cancer [ 1 ]. Neuroma pain is a common complication following amputation, occurring in up to 46% of the lower limb and 26% of …

Injuries are common in competitive baseball players and can occur in all facets of the game. The majority of the existing literature on injuries in baseball players has focused on injuries secondary to the overhead throw with very little attention …

Synovitis is an important component of the osteoarthritis (OA) disease process, particularly regarding the “inflammatory phenotype” of OA. Imaging plays an important role in the assessment of synovitis in OA with MRI and ultrasound being the most …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. As our understanding of OA progressively has moved from a purely mechanical “wear and tear” concept toward a complex multi-tissue condition in which inflammation plays a …

Diagnosis of hip osteoarthritis (OA) is based on clinical arguments, and medical imaging is obtained to confirm the diagnosis and rule out other possible sources of pain. Conventional radiographs are recommended as the first line imaging modality …

Clinical signs and symptoms of venous thrombosis and musculoskeletal pathologies frequently overlap. Sometimes, patients with venous thrombosis undergo MR examinations under an equivocal suspicion of muscle, tendon or articular injury. A low …

Deep fibromatosis is a locally aggressive neoplasm commonly involving the extremities. Several authors have described imaging features and complications associated with deep fibromatosis. We present the case of a 33-year-old man who presented with …

Butterfly vertebras are an abnormal embryological formation of the spinal bodies that occur because of a lack of fusion of the chondrification centers of the vertebral bodies. Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an entity that frequently involves …

Ultrasound (Fig. 1a, b) demonstrated a lobulated hypoechoic mass within the subcutaneous fat and modest intralesional vascularity. MRI (Fig. 2a–c) demonstrated a well-defined lobulated mass returning isointense signal on T1W images, high signal on …

Osteoporosis is a highly prevalent disorder estimated to affect 200 million men and women worldwide [ 1 ]. At present, bone mineral density (BMD) measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the gold standard for the diagnosis of …

Osteoarthritis (OA) affects up to 10% of the adult US population, and there has been a 29% increase in the number of patients diagnosed with OA over a recent 10-year span [ 1 – 3 ]. Hip and knee OA are the two most common joints affected by …

Since its original description as a hemorrhoidal vein tumor, intravascular papillary hemangioendothelioma (IVPH) has been established as a benign lesion. It has been reported to be found in the nasal cavity, breast, neck, and hand [ 1 – 5 ]. A rare …

Neuralgic amyotrophy (NA), also known as Parsonage Turner syndrome [ 1 ], is a relatively rare syndrome characterized by severe pain in shoulder, back and/or upper limbs, followed by shoulder girdle and/or upper limb muscles weakness and atrophy …

Primary intraarticular sarcomas are rare. We describe a unique case of intraarticular Ewing sarcoma arising in Hoffa fat pad of knee in a woman. The patient was treated successfully with chemotherapy and left knee arthroplasty; however, the tumor …

Image-guided biopsy of the synovium is a relatively uncommon but safe procedure with a high-diagnostic yield in the correct clinical scenario. Whilst surgical and arthroscopic techniques are still commonly performed and remain the gold standard …

This article discusses two rare cases of intra-labral pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the hip. The hip joint represents the second most common location of pigmented villonodular synovitis, second to the knee [1]. The majority of hip …