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2006

Ultrasonography

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A Pitfall Of Using Ultrasonography In Evaluating Ruptured Long Head Tendon Of The Biceps Brachii: A Casereport, Chien-Hung Shih, Chung-Che Lin, I-Ru Chen, Ya-Fang Lee Dec 2006

A Pitfall Of Using Ultrasonography In Evaluating Ruptured Long Head Tendon Of The Biceps Brachii: A Casereport, Chien-Hung Shih, Chung-Che Lin, I-Ru Chen, Ya-Fang Lee

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Musculoskeletal ultrasonography is a widely used diagnostic tool to visualize shoulder tendon pathology. The diagnostic accuracy for biceps tendon pathology is high. An empty groove may be seen when there is complete rupture, and the long head tendon markedly retracts into the arm. We report a case of ruptured tendon of the right biceps brachii in a 55-year-old male injured during pull-up exercise 2 years ago. Sonography demonstrated the presence of echoic material filling the bicipital groove. This material erroneously resembled the biceps tendon and resulted in a false first impression of intact tendon. However, a careful longitudinal scan failed …


Investigation Of The Probe Position For Ultrasonography Of The Long Head Of The Biceps Brachii Tendon, Yi-Pin Chiang, Min-Jung Hsu, Ying-Hung Liu, Chia Lee Dec 2006

Investigation Of The Probe Position For Ultrasonography Of The Long Head Of The Biceps Brachii Tendon, Yi-Pin Chiang, Min-Jung Hsu, Ying-Hung Liu, Chia Lee

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Musculoskeletal ultrasound has been utilized in rehabilitation medicine for many years. However, the accuracy and speed of the examination are very operator-dependent. It is often difficult for inexperienced operators to locate target structures quickly. We therefore designed this study to determine the best positioning for the transducer to detect the tendon of the long head of the biceps brachii on shoulder ultrasonography.One hundred people (200 shoulders) were recruited, including 33 men and 67 women, with a mean age of 50.8±12.5 years. Patients sat upright with the arm flexed and the forearm supinated. The ultrasound transducer was placed on the anterior …


Ultrasonographic Diagnosis Of An Intramuscular Hemangioma In The Thigh: A Casereport, Jau-Jia Lin, Hsien-Hua Liao, Su-Ju Tsai, Chien-Wen Chou, Liu-Ing Bih Dec 2006

Ultrasonographic Diagnosis Of An Intramuscular Hemangioma In The Thigh: A Casereport, Jau-Jia Lin, Hsien-Hua Liao, Su-Ju Tsai, Chien-Wen Chou, Liu-Ing Bih

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

We reported a case of a 21 years old male with left distal medial thigh pain and palpable mass after sports injury. The symptoms persisted for four years even with several kinds of treatment. He was referred to our hospital for ultrasonographic examination and we found a cystic lesion with blurred margin and hypoechoic texture, which was highly suspecious of intramuscular hemangioma within left rectus femoris muscle. After further confirmation by magnetic resonance images, he was referred to our plastic surgeon and then received surgical excision. A cavernous hemangioma was demonstrated by the pathologic stain. He got obvious relief of …