Rheumatoid arthritis

Case contributed by Dalia Ibrahim
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Pain.

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Male
mri
This study is a stack
Coronal
T1
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Coronal
T2
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Coronal
STIR
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Coronal
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Axial
T1
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Axial
T2
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Sagittal
Gradient Echo
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Diffuse non uniform synovial thickening eliciting low signal at T1 WI and being of high signal at T2 & STIR WI .

Patchy marrow edema signal and bony erosive changes of the examined bones.

Case Discussion

Confirmed by laboratory work up.

Edema, erosions, and synovitis are findings of early rheumatoid arthritis.

 

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