Hemodialysis-related arthropathy

Osamu Karakida, Jun Aoki, Yutaka Kanno, Takashi Watanabe, Katsuhiko Tamura, G S Seo, S Sone

Acta Radiologica · 1997 · 21 citations · 14 references

Abstract

The low signal areas in the hemodialysis-related arthropathy on SE T2-weighted images are not caused by a paramagnetic susceptibility effect, but probably by the hypocellular and fibrous nature of amyloid-containing tissues. Therefore the GRE sequence can be helpful for differentiating hemodialysis-related amyloid arthropathy from chronic hemarthrosis or juxta-articular brown tumor.

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