Bone and Joint IMAGING T H I R D E D I T I O N Donald Resnick, MD Chief, Musculoskeletal Imaging Professor of Radiology University of California, San Diego San Diego, California Mark J. Kransdorf, MD Chief, Musculoskeletal Imaging Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida Professor of Radiology Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Rochester, Minnesota The Curtis Center 170 S Independence Mall W 300E Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 BONE AND JOINT IMAGING ISBN 0-7216-0270-3 Copyright © 2005, 1996, 1989 by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Health Sciences Rights Department in Philadelphia, PA, USA: phone: (+1) 215 238 7869, fax: (+1) 215 238 2239, e-mail: [email protected]. 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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Resnick, Donald. Bone and joint imaging/Donald Resnick, Mark J. Kransdorf. – 3rd ed. p.; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7216-0270-3 1. Bones—Imaging. 2. Joints—Imaging. 3. Bones—Diseases—Diagnosis. 4. Joints—Diseases—Diagnosis. I. Kransdorf, Mark J. II. Title. [DNLM: 1. Bone Diseases—diagnosis. 2. Diagnostic Imaging—methods. 3. Joint Diseases—diagnosis. WE 141 R434b 2005] RC930.5.R47 2005 616.7′10754–dc22 2003070436 Executive Editor:Allan Ross Senior Developmental Editor:Janice M. Gaillard Project Manager:Linda Lewis Grigg Design Manager:Gene Harris Printed in USA Last digit is the print number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To our residents and fellows — for their motivation, enthusiasm, and, most important, inspiration CONTRIBUTORS Ronald S. Adler, M.D., Ph.D. Jerry R. Dwek, M.D. Professor of Radiology, Cornell University Joan and Sanford Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, I. Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla; Sciences; Attending Radiologist, Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, New York Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California Diagnostic Ultrasonography Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip Wayne H. Akeson, M.D. Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedics, University of California, Michael D. Fallon, M.D.* San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla; Chief of Former Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Orthopaedics, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania San Diego, California *deceased Articular Cartilage: Morphology, Physiology, and Function Histogenesis, Anatomy, and Physiology of Bone Robert Downey Boutin, M.D. Frieda Feldman, M.D. Executive Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Med-Tel International, Professor of Radiology, Columbia College of Physicians and McLean, Virginia Surgeons; Attending Radiologist, New York Presbyterian Muscle Disorders Hospital, New York, New York Tuberous Sclerosis, Neurofibromatosis, and Fibrous Dysplasia William Bugbee, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Steven R. Garfin, M.D. University of California, San Diego, Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of School of Medicine, La Jolla, California California, San Diego, University of California, San Diego, Articular Cartilage: Morphology, Physiology, and Function Medical Center, San Diego, California Imaging after Spinal Surgery Constance R. Chu, M.D. Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Thomas G. Goergen, M.D. Medicine; Director, Cartilage Restoration, University of Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla; Palomar Medical Articular Cartilage: Morphology, Physiology, and Function Center, Escondido, California Physical Injury:Concepts and Terminology Christine B. Chung, M.D. Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of California, Amy Beth Goldman, M.D. San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla; Department of New York, New York Radiology, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Heritable Diseases of Connective Tissue, Epiphyseal San Diego, California Dysplasias, and Related Conditions Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip Guerdon D. Greenway, M.D. James M. Coumas, M.D. Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Radiology, Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Carolina Hospital Authority, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Charlotte, North Carolina La Jolla, California; Clinical Associate Professor, Department Interventional Spinal Procedures of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; Attending Physician, Department of Radiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas Murray K. Dalinka, M.D. Professor of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions of Bone: Imaging and Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pathology of Specific Lesions Radiation Changes v vi Contributors W. Bonner Guilford, M.D. William H. McAlister, M.D. Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Charlotte Radiology, Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics, Washington University Carolina Healthcare System, Charlotte, North Carolina School of Medicine and Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology; Radiologist-in-Chief, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, Interventional Spinal Procedures Missouri Parviz Haghighi, M.D., F.R.C.P.A. Osteochondrodysplasias, Dysostoses, Chromosomal Aberrations, Mucopolysaccharidoses, and Mucolipidoses Professor of Clinical Pathology, University of California, San Diego; Staff Pathologist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, California William A. Murphy, Jr., M.D. John S. Dunn, Sr., Distinguished Chair and Professor of Lymphoproliferative and Myeloproliferative Disorders Radiology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Tamara Miner Haygood, M.D., Ph.D. Temporomandibular Joint Radiology Associates, Corpus Christi, Texas Radiation Changes M. B. Ozonoff, M.D. Salt Lake City, Utah Thomas E. Herman, M.D. Spinal Anomalies and Curvatures Associate Professor, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology and Washington University School of Medicine; Radiologist, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri Mini N. Pathria, M.D. Professor of Clinical Radiology, University of California, Osteochondrodysplasias, Dysostoses, Chromosomal San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California Aberrations, Mucopolysaccharidoses, and Mucolipidoses Imaging after Spinal Surgery; Physical Injury: Spine Brian A. Howard, M.D., M.B.C.H.B. Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Charlotte Radiology, Michael J. Pitt, M.D. Carolina Healthcare System, Charlotte, North Carolina Professor of Radiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine; Staff, University Hospital, UAB Children’s Hospital Interventional Spinal Procedures of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama Phoebe A. Kaplan, M.D. Rickets and Osteomalacia Montreal, Quebec, Canada Jeffrey S. Ross, M.D. Temporomandibular Joint Head, Radiology Research, and Staff Neuroradiologist, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio Michael Kyriakos, M.D. Professor of Surgical Pathology, Washington University Spinal Imaging School of Medicine; Senior Pathologist, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri David A. Rubin, M.D. Associate Professor of Radiology, Washington University Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions of Bone: Imaging and Pathology of Specific Lesions School of Medicine; Director, Musculoskeletal Section, Mal&linckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Missouri Laurence A. Mack, M.D.* Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Practical Considerations Former Professor of Radiology, Adjunct Professor of Orthopedics, and Director of Ultrasound, University of David J. Sartoris, M.D.* Washington, Seattle, Washington Former Professor of Radiology, University of California, *deceased San Diego; Chief, Quantitative Bone Densitometry, UCSD Medical Center; Professor of Radiology, Veterans Diagnostic Ultrasonography Affairs Medical Center and Scripps Clinic, Green Hospital, La Jolla, California John E. Madewell, M.D. *deceased Professor of Radiology and Director of Clinical Radiology Operations, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip Center, Houston, Texas F. William Scheible, M.D. Osteonecrosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnostic Techniques, Specific Situations, and Complications Radiology Consultants of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Diagnostic Ultrasonography Stavros C. Manolagas, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Robert Schneider, M.D. Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Arkansas for Associate Professor of Radiology, Cornell University Joan Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas and Sanford I. Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Histogenesis, Anatomy, and Physiology of Bone Medical Sciences; Attending Radiologist, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York Radionuclide Techniques Contributors vii Carolyn M. Sofka, M.D. Barbara N. Weissman, M.D. Associate Professor of Radiology, Cornell University Joan Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School; Vice Chair and Sanford I. Weill Medical College and Graduate School for Ambulatory Services, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, of Medical Sciences; Assistant Attending Radiologist, Boston, Massachusetts Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York Imaging after Surgery in Extraspinal Sites; Imaging of Joint Diagnostic Ultrasonography Replacement Donald E. Sweet, M.D.* Former Clinical Professor of Pathology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.; Clinical Professor of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Chairman, Department of Orthopedic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. *deceased Osteonecrosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnostic Techniques, Specific Situations, and Complications PREFACE Nine years after the publication of the second edition of niques, and postoperative imaging serve as introductory Bone and Joint Imaging and a few years after the material; this material is then followed by sections deal- publication of the fourth edition of the larger Diagnosis ing with imaging of most of the important diseases that of Bone and Joint Disorders, the third edition of Bone affect the musculoskeletal system. Key images have been and Joint Imaging is now ready for dissemination. In selected to illustrate the most important of the imaging common with the first and second editions of this text, findings, and a short but appropriate bibliography is the purpose of this book is to present in a logical manner included in each chapter. As before, we have included and easy-to-read format the information that we, the shortened versions of many chapters written by experts in authors, believe is essential for those learning muscu- the field that were part of the larger multivolume text- loskeletal imaging for the first time or for those review- book. When compared with the second edition, however, ing the subject one more time. The subject of muscu- there are significant changes in this third edition. Many loskeletal imaging is ever changing and constantly subjects appear for the first time, countless new and growing in scope. Much of this growth relates not to the improved illustrations are included, and references are discovery of new processes or disorders but rather to the updated. And to do this properly and on time, two editors development and refinement of advanced imaging methods rather than one have accomplished this task. and techniques. Diagnostic methods now applied routinely Both of us are confident that we have succeeded in to the analysis of musculoskeletal disorders include far condensing the essential material related to musculoskeletal more than conventional radiography: CT scanning, MR imaging in a manageable textbook. But it is the readers imaging, ultrasonography, radionuclide studies, and who are the ultimate judge. We are hopeful that whether arthrography are among the additional methods that it is used for consultation on an intermittent basis or read must be mastered by those interpreting images related to in its entirety, the readers will enjoy the experience and bone, joint, and soft tissue disorders. To summarize ade- be wiser for it. quately the many imaging techniques and findings in a text any shorter than this, in our view, would not be DONALDRESNICK appropriate or even possible. MARKJ. KRANSDORF The organization of the text follows that of the previous edition. Basic anatomy and physiology, diagnostic tech- ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We are greatly indebted to a number of individuals with- We would also like to acknowledge those individuals out whom this project would not be possible. This includes whose dedication, commitment, and energy often go our many contributing authors, all of whom are highly unnoticed but who keep the system running smoothly regarded educators and experts in their respective fields. and on time: our administrative assistants Michael Their efforts are very much appreciated. Holbrook, Debra Trudell, and Pamela J. Chirico. A very special thanks must go to Allan Ross, Executive Editor, and his associates at Elsevier: Janice M. Gaillard, Senior DevelopmentalEditor; Linda Lewis Grigg, Project Manager, Book Production; and Walter Verbitski, Illustration Specialist. x SECTION I Basic Science C H A P T E R 1 Histogenesis, Anatomy, and sheetlike arrangement of osseous tissue, termed parallel- fibered, or lamellar, bone. As a connective tissue, bone is Physiology of Bone highly specialized and differs from other connective tissue by its rigidity and hardness, which relate primarily to the inorganic salts that are deposited in its matrix. These Donald Resnick, Stavros C. Manolagas, properties are fundamental to a tissue that must maintain and Michael D. Fallon the shape of the human body, protect its vital soft tissues, and allow locomotion by transmitting from one region of the body to another the forces generated by the contrac- tions of various muscles. Bone also serves as a reservoir SUMMARY OF KEY FEATURES for ions, principally calcium, that are essential to normal Bone is a unique tissue that is constantly undergoing fluid regulation; these ions are made available as a response change. It develops through the processes of to stimuli produced by a number of hormones, particu- endochondral and intramembranous ossification and is larly parathyroid hormone, vitamin D, and calcitonin. subsequently modified and refined by the processes of modeling and remodeling to create a structurally and HISTOGENESIS metabolically competent, highly organized architectural marvel. Its cells, including osteoblasts, osteocytes, and Developing Bone osteoclasts, reside in organic matrix, primarily collagen, Bone develops by the process of intramembranous bone and inorganic material is deposited in a form that formation (transformation of condensed mesenchymal resembles hydroxyapatite. The process of mineralization tissue), endochondral bone formation (indirect conver- is complex and incompletely understood. sion of an intermediate cartilage model), or both. At some Bone is essential in maintaining calcium homeostasis, locations, such as the bones of the cranial vault (frontal or stabilization of the plasma level of calcium. Its cells and parietal bones, as well as parts of the occipital and are highly responsive to stimuli provided by a number temporal bones), the mandible and maxilla, and the mid- of humoral agents, the most important of which are portion of the clavicle, intramembranous (mesenchymal) parathyroid hormone, thyrocalcitonin, and 1,25- ossification is detected; in other locations, such as the dihydroxyvitamin D. Synthesis and resorption of bone, bones of the extremities, the vertebral column, the pelvis, which normally continue in a delicate balance and the base of the skull, both endochondral and intra- throughout life, are mediated by the action of such membranous ossification can be identified. The actual humoral agents through processes that include processes of bone tissue formation are essentially the stimulation of osteoblasts to form bone and stimulation same in both intramembranous and endochondral ossifi- of osteoclasts to remove bone. cation and include the following sequence: (1) osteoblasts differentiate from mesenchymal cells; (2) osteoblasts deposit matrix, which is subsequently mineralized; (3) bone is initially deposited as a network of immature INTRODUCTION (woven) trabeculae, the primary spongiosa; and (4) the Bone is a remarkable tissue. Although its appearance primary spongiosa is replaced by secondary bone, on radiographs might be misinterpreted as indicating removed to form bone marrow, or converted to primary inactivity, bone is constantly undergoing change. This cortical bone by the filling of spaces between trabeculae. occurs not only in the immature skeleton, in which growth and development are readily apparent, but also in Intramembranous Ossification the mature skeleton, through the constant and balanced processes of bone formation and resorption. It is when Intramembranous ossification is initiated by the prolif- these processes are modified such that one dominates, eration of mesenchymal cells about a network of capil- that a pathologic state may be created. In some instances, laries. At this site, transformation of the mesenchymal the resulting imbalance between bone formation and cells is accompanied by the appearance of a meshwork of resorption is easily detectable on the radiograph. In others, collagen fibers and amorphous ground substance. The a more subtle imbalance exists that may be identified primitive cells proliferate, enlarge, and become arranged only at the histologic level. in groups, transforming into osteoblasts, which are inti- The initial architecture of bone is characterized by mately involved in the formation of an eosinophilic matrix an irregular network of collagen, termed woven-fibered within the collagenous tissue. As the osteoid matrix under- bone, which is a temporary material that is either removed goes calcification with the deposition of calcium phosphate, to form a marrow cavity or subsequently replaced by a some of the osteoblasts on the surface of the osteoid and 1