Journal article
Intra-articular and Peri-articular Tumours and Tumour Mimics- What a Clinician and Onco-imaging Radiologist Should Know
The Malaysian journal of medical sciences, Vol.21(2), pp.4-19
03/2014
PMCID: PMC4028566
PMID: 24876802
Abstract
Definitive determination of the cause of articular swelling may be difficult based on just the clinical symptoms, physical examinations and laboratory tests. Joint disorders fall under the realms of rheumatology and general orthopaedics; however, patients with joint conditions manifesting primarily as intra-articular and peri-articular soft tissue swelling may at times be referred to an orthopaedic oncology department with suspicion of a tumour. In such a situation, an onco-radiologist needs to think beyond the usual neoplastic lesions and consider the diagnoses of various non-neoplastic arthritic conditions that may be clinically masquerading as masses. Differential diagnoses of articular lesions include infectious and non-infectious synovial proliferative processes, degenerative lesions, deposition diseases, vascular malformations, benign and malignant neoplasms and additional miscellaneous conditions. Many of these diseases have specific imaging findings. Knowledge of these radiological characteristics in an appropriate clinical context will allow for a more confident diagnosis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Intra-articular and Peri-articular Tumours and Tumour Mimics- What a Clinician and Onco-imaging Radiologist Should Know
- Creators
- Sunita Dhanda - Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Wing, Singapore 119074Swee Tian Quek - Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Wing, Singapore 119074Girish Bathla - Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Wing, Singapore 119074Pooja Jagmohan - Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Wing, Singapore 119074
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Malaysian journal of medical sciences, Vol.21(2), pp.4-19
- Publisher
- Malaysia
- PMID
- 24876802
- PMCID
- PMC4028566
- ISSN
- 1394-195X
- eISSN
- 2180-4303
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2014
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984051710702771
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