Best Practice Case Studies-Lyme Disease

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Barry Belosis, a musculoskeletal radiology fellow at Stanford, reviews MRI and ultrasound imaging of patients presenting with potential synovitis. He discusses a 26-year-old mountain biker with knee and hip pain, concerned about Lyme disease. The MRI reveals quadriceps fat pad edema and a lobulated cystic lesion, possibly a Baker's cyst. Synovitis diagnosis involves evaluating for synovial thickening, joint effusion, and edema, ideally using contrast-enhanced MRI for accuracy. Despite MRI's limitations in differentiating septic from non-septic arthritis, it, alongside ultrasound, helps identify synovitis through synovial thickening, hypervascularity, and effusion.

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Edition 2nd Edition

Related Case 2nd Edition, CASE 30

Topic Knee

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2nd Edition, CASE 30

2nd Edition

Knee

musculoskeletal radiology

synovitis diagnosis

MRI and ultrasound

quadriceps fat pad edema

Baker's cyst