Review article

Ultrasonographic semiology - correlation between anatomy and sonography of musculoskeletal tissue

Nadica Laktašić-Žerjavić ; Clinic for Rheumatic Diseases and Rehabilitation, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Porin Perić ; Clinic for Rheumatic Diseases and Rehabilitation, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Diagnostic ultrasound (US) as noninvasive, nonionisating and cost-effective imaging diagnostic technique has emerged as a useful imaging modality in rheumatology for the assessment of joint and soft tissue pathology. It can detect both early inflammatory soft tissue lesions (synovitis, tenosynovitis) and early erosive bone lesions in arthritis. Thus Power Doppler ultrasonography can differentiate active from inactive joint processes allowing monitoring of the new anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat inflammatory rheumatological diseases. In the process of learning the diagnostic technique memorizing and recognition of specific sonografic presentation of the different tissue structures, pathological processes, artifacts and pitfalls known as basic sonografic semiology is essential for appropriate interpretation of ultrasound image.
In this paper ultrasound appearance of normal and basic pathological findings of different structures and tissues of musculoskeletal system is described and illustrated.

Keywords

ultrasonography; musculoskeletal diseases; synovitis; tenosynovitis; tendinopathy

Hrčak ID:

124411

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/124411

Publication date:

20.10.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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