University of Patras
ΑΚΤΙΝΟΛΟΓΙΚΑ ΕΥΡΗΜΑΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΑΛΛΟΙΩΣΕΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΥΧΕΝΟ-ΙΝΙΑΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΣΕ ΑΣΘΕΝΕΙΣ ΜΕ ΡΕΥΜΑΤΟΕΙΔΗ ΑΡΘΡΙΤΙΔΑ. ΚΛΑΣΣΙΚΕΣ ΑΚΤΙΝΟΓΡΑΦΙΕΣ, ΑΞΟΝΙΚΗ ΤΟΜΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ, ΜΑΓΝΗΤΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΝΤΟΝΙΣΜΟΣ
Abstract
dc:descriptionTHE RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS ON C-T AND M.R.I. FILMS OF THE ATLANTO - OCCIPITAL AREA OF 55 PATIENTS WITH CONFIRMED CHRONIC POLYARTHRITIS ARE PRESENTED. AFTER A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE ANATOMY AND THE RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY OF THE AREA THE ADVANTAGES OF EACH METHOD ARE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY AND IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHERS. PLAIN X-RAY FILMS, CLASSIC TOMOGRAPHY INCLUDED, HAD THE BEST RESULTS REGARDING THE VISUALISATION PERIOSTEAL REACTIONS AND BONE ERROSION. ALSO, THEY DEFINEBETTER THE ATLANTO-AXIAL DISTANCE, ESPECIALLY IN FUNCTIONAL STUDIES. CT VISUALISES WELL THE BONES' REACTION AS WELL AS THE SOFT TISSUE CHANGES. IT IS SUPERIOR IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BETWEEN FLUID COLLECTION AND SOLID LESIONS. M.R.I. VISUALISES MORE OFTEN AND MORE CLEARLY THE SOFT TISSUE CHANGES ESPECIALLY THE COMPRESSION OF THE SUBARACHOIDAL SPACE AND THE SPINAL CORD. IT CAN ALSO DIFFERENTIATE INFLAMMATORY FROM NON-INFLAMMATORY CHANGES, IN MORE CASES THAN CT DOES. IT IS HOWEVER INTERIOR IN VISUALISING BONE REACTIONS.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- University of Patras
- Year dc:date
- 1988
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Authors dc:creator
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- Fezoulidis, Ioannis
- Φεζουλίδης, Ιωάννης
Subjects
dc:subject × 10Rights
- Language dc:language
- gre
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 10.12681/eadd/0687
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:10442/0687