Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between routine radiography
and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the analysis of the acromioclavicular (AC)
joint osteoarthritis (OA). MR imaging studies of the shoulder in 50 patients performed
over a 1-year period at a single institution with corresponding conventional radiographic
examinations performed within 1 month of the MR imaging study were restrospectively
evaluated by the consensus of two musculoskeletal radiologists with special attention
to the AC joint. As conclusion, information provided by conventional radiography in
the analysis of AC joint OA does not correlate with that provided by MR imaging. AC
joint OA is more frequently detected with MR imaging than with radiography. MR imaging
provides better assessment of the full extent of AC joint OA and its effect on the
underlying RC.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: February 03, 2005
Accepted:
November 15,
2004
Received in revised form:
October 5,
2004
Received:
September 30,
2004
Footnotes
☆Work was performed at UCSD (San Diego VA Health Care), CA, USA, and Hospital Mae de Deus, Porto Alegre Brazil.
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© 2005 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
