HEMOPHILIC ARTHROPATHY OF THE KNEE - GD-D TPA ENHANCED MRT - CLINICALAND RADIOLOGICAL CORRELATION

Authors
NAGELE M KUNZE V HAMANN M EICKHOFF H KOCH W OLDENBURG J REISER M STEUDEL A
Citation
M. Nagele et al., HEMOPHILIC ARTHROPATHY OF THE KNEE - GD-D TPA ENHANCED MRT - CLINICALAND RADIOLOGICAL CORRELATION, RoFo. Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der neuenbildgebenden Verfahren, 160(2), 1994, pp. 154-158
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
RoFo. Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der neuenbildgebenden Verfahren → ACNP
ISSN journal
09366652
Volume
160
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
154 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
0936-6652(1994)160:2<154:HAOTK->2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
17 patients with hemophilic arthropathy of the knee joint were studied with static and dynamic MRT before and after i.v. bolus injection of Gadolinium-DTPA (0,1 mmol/kg body weight). After contrast enhancement, synovial proliferations exhibited an increase of signal intensity (SI ) on FFE and SE images of 47.7 % and 37.4 % respectively, whereas musc le and fatty tissue, tendons, bone marrow and joint effusion revealed only minor increase in SI. The gradient of signal intensity (ratio SI/ time) of pannus was 39,6%/min. Gd-DTPA enhanced MRI studies delineate and quantify the synovial proliferations in hemophilic arthropathy. Dy namic studies in hemophilic arthropathy do not provide qualitative ass essment of the inflammatory process.