The Warwick Agreement on femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI syndrome): an international consensus statement.

The 2016 Warwick Agreement on femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome was convened to build an international, multidisciplinary consensus on the diagnosis and management of patients with FAI syndrome. 22 panel members and 1 patient from 9 countries and 5 different specialties participated in a 1-day consensus meeting on 29 June 2016. Prior to the meeting, 6 questions were agreed on, and recent relevant systematic reviews and seminal literature were circulated. Panel members gave presentations on the topics of the agreed questions at Sports Hip 2016, an open meeting held in the UK on 27-29 June. Presentations were followed by open discussion. At the 1-day consensus meeting, panel members developed statements in response to each question through open discussion; members then scored their level of agreement with each response on a scale of 0-10. Substantial agreement (range 9.5-10) was reached for each of the 6 consensus questions, and the associated terminology was agreed on. The term 'femoroacetabular impingement syndrome' was introduced to reflect the central role of patients' symptoms in the disorder. To reach a diagnosis, patients should have appropriate symptoms, positive clinical signs and imaging findings. Suitable treatments are conservative care, rehabilitation, and arthroscopic or open surgery. Current understanding of prognosis and topics for future research were discussed. The 2016 Warwick Agreement on FAI syndrome is an international multidisciplinary agreement on the diagnosis, treatment principles and key terminology relating to FAI syndrome.Author note The Warwick Agreement on femoroacetabular impingement syndrome has been endorsed by the following 25 clinical societies: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports and Exercise Medicine (ACPSEM), Australasian College of Sports and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP), Austian Sports Physiotherapists, British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine (BASEM), British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT), Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM), Danish Society of Sports Physical Therapy (DSSF), European College of Sports and Exercise Physicians (ECOSEP), European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), Finnish Sports Physiotherapist Association (SUFT), German-Austrian-Swiss Society for Orthopaedic Traumatologic Sports Medicine (GOTS), International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy (IFSPT), International Society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA), Groupo di Interesse Specialistico dell'A.I.F.I., Norwegian Association of Sports Medicine and Physical Activity (NIMF), Norwegian Sports Physiotherapy Association (FFI), Society of Sports Therapists (SST), South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA), Sports Medicine Australia (SMA), Sports Doctors Australia (SDrA), Sports Physiotherapy New Zealand (SPNZ), Swedish Society of Exercise and Sports Medicine (SFAIM), Swiss Society of Sports Medicine (SGMS/SGSM), Swiss Sports Physiotherapy Association (SSPA).

Current concepts in MRI of rectus femoris musculotendinous (myotendinous) and myofascial injuries in elite athletes.

Rectus femoris injuries are extremely common in athletes, particularly in soccer players, rugby player, and sprinters. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays a key role in diagnosis, prognosis, and rehabilitation of these injuries. The current article discusses current concepts in the diagnosis and treatment of rectus femoris injuries in elite athletes, including a discussion of the less well known myofascial injuries and key prognostic factors as seen at MR imaging.

[MR arthrography of the hip with emphasis on femoroacetabular impingement]. / Resonancia magnética artrografía de cadera con énfasis en el atrapamiento femoroacetabular.

Hip pain is a common complaint in patients of all ages. Recent advances in imaging and treatment are changing the approach to the evaluation and management of hip pain. Abnormal femoral and acetabular morphology and lesions of the acetabular labrum and cartilage are increasingly recognized as crucial in the development of degenerative changes. In addition, femoroacetabular impingement is increasingly recognized as an etiologic factor in hip pain. This article discusses techniques for MR arthrography of the hip, normal anatomy at hip MR arthrography, common intra-articular pathologies in patients with hip pain, and imaging findings of femoroacetabular impingement.

Re-examining the association of os acromiale with supraspinatus and infraspinatus tears.

PURPOSE: To re-evaluate the relationship between os acromiale and rotator cuff tears. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 84 magnetic resonance imaging studies of the shoulder. Forty-two subjects with os acromiale (n = 42; 32 men and ten women, age 25-81 years, mean 47.6 years) were compared with age- and gender-matched subjects with no evidence of os acromiale (controls). Arthroscopy data were available in 19 os acromiale and 12 control subjects. Statistical analyses were performed to determine differences between groups regarding rotator cuff tears affecting the supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendons detected by magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopy. Analysis of os acromiale type, ossicle synchondrosis edema, acromioclavicular joint degenerative changes and step-off deformity at the synchondrosis were tabulated. RESULTS: No statistically significant difference between the os acromiale and control groups was noted, either on magnetic resonance imaging or arthroscopy, with regard to tears of the supraspinatus (P = 1.000 and 0.981, respectively) and infraspinatus (P = 1.000 and 0.667, respectively) tendons. There was a statistically significant increased number of supraspinatus (P = 0.007) and infraspinatus (P = 0.03) tears in a comparison of subjects with os acromiale and step-off deformity (10/42) vs os acromiale without step-off deformity (32/42). CONCLUSION: The presence of os acromiale may not significantly predispose to supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendon tears. However, subjects with step-off deformity of an os acromiale are at greater risk of rotator cuff tears than are similar subjects without such deformity.

Symptomatic splenic hamartoma with renal, cutaneous, and hematological abnormalities.

BACKGROUND: There is a rare association between splenic hamartomas and hematological abnormalities with, to our knowledge, only 24 reported cases in the English literature. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We report a case of a splenic hamartoma in a 14-year-old boy associated with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, multiple lobular capillary hemangiomas of the skin, hypertension, and anemia. Following imaging with ultrasonography, MRI, and nuclear scans, a hamartoma was suspected, but malignancy could not be excluded. The lesion was removed by partial splenectomy, and pathological examination confirmed the presence of a red pulp splenic hamartoma. RESULTS: The renal, hematological, and dermatological abnormalities resolved following removal of the splenic hamartoma. This is the first reported case of a splenic hamartoma associated with renal, cutaneous, and hematological abnormalities and only the second reported case of a symptomatic splenic hamartoma treated by partial splenectomy.

Screening of synthetic peptide libraries with radiolabeled acceptor molecules.

A method has been developed for the identification of specific acceptor molecule-binding sequences from a chemically synthesized peptide library. The peptide resin beads, each bead carrying one peptide sequence, are incubated with radiolabeled acceptor molecule and subsequently immobilized in a thin layer of agarose. Resin beads that carry acceptor molecule-specific sequences are identified by autoradiography and subjected to automated gas-phase sequencing. The method was tested by screening a synthetic pentapeptide library with an anti-beta-endorphin monoclonal antibody.

Pediatric hepatic vascular anomalies.

The typical vascular anomalies (tumors and vascular malformations) that involve the liver in infants and children are summarized. Many of these lesions are complex and require multiple imaging modalities, often including angiography, for precise diagnosis.

Postmortem whole-body magnetic resonance imaging as an adjunct to autopsy: preliminary clinical experience.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of cadavers as an adjunct to autopsy. Eight consecutive patients underwent both whole-body MRI and autopsy [either conventional (six), limited (one), or percutaneous (one)] within 24 hours of death. Comparison was made of major and minor abnormalities and predicted cause of death recorded by independent readers at both MRI and autopsy. Major discrepancies between the recorded primary cause of death at imaging and autopsy occurred in five (5) patients. These included a myocardial infarction found at autopsy alone, bowel infarction and portal venous gas found at MRI alone, and aortic dissection and occipital infarct found at MRI alone in a patient on whom only limited autopsy was performed. Postmortem MRI may represent a useful adjunct to autopsy, particularly in patients in whom autopsy is limited due to patient/family consent, inoculation risks, and ethnic doctrines.

Resonancia magnética artrografía de cadera con énfasisen el atrapamiento femoroacetabular / MR arthrography of the hip with emphasis on femoroacetabular impingement

El dolor de cadera es un problema frecuente en todas las edades. Los avances recientes en el diagnóstico por imagen y en el tratamiento están cambiando la forma de evaluación y manejo del dolor de cadera. Las alteraciones morfológicas del fémur y del acetábulo, el atrapamiento femoroacetabular, las lesiones del labrum y condrales pueden ser causa de dolor de cadera y hoy en día está aceptado su papel en el desarrollo de cambios degenerativos. Este artículo revisa la técnica de la RM artrografía de cadera, la anatomía normal de la cadera en RM artrografía, las patologías intraarticulares frecuentes en pacientes con dolor de cadera y los hallazgos de imagen en el atrapamiento femoroacetabular (AU)

Hip pain is a common complaint in patients of all ages. Recent advances in imaging and treatment are changing the approach to the evaluation and management of hip pain. Abnormal femoral and acetabular morphology and lesions of the acetabular labrum and cartilage are increasingly recognized as crucial in the development of degenerative changes. In addition, femoroacetabular impingement is increasingly recognized as an etiologic factor in hip pain. This article discusses techniques for MR arthrography of the hip, normal anatomy at hip MR arthrography, common intra-articular pathologies in patients with hip pain, and imaging findings of femoroacetabular impingement (AU)