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Sonography of the costal cartilage: Normal anatomy and preliminary clinical application
Author(s) -
Choi Yo Won,
Im JungGi,
Song Chi Sung,
Lee Jeong Sang
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870230407
Subject(s) - medicine , costal cartilage , ultrasonography , anatomy , cartilage , sonographer , radiology
Costal cartilages of 10 controls and 12 patients with Tietze's syndrome ( n = 6), deformed (exaggerated bowing) cartilage ( n = 4), focal enlargement ( n = 1), and cancer‐invaded cartilage ( n = 1) were examined with ultrasonography. In controls, ultrasonography detected 237 of 240 costal cartilages (98.8%) and 58 of 105 intercartilage connections (55%) with three variations. Correlation with CT was available in 7 patients (1 Tietze's syndrome, 4 deformities, 1 cartilage enlargement, and 1 cancer) among 8 patients whose CT results were known to the sonographer. Sonography showed normal ( n = 4) or marginally blurred ( n = 2) cartilages in 6 Tietze's syndromes. Ultrasonography is a promising technique in the examination of costal cartilages. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.