MRI Signal Intensity–based Approach to Synovial Masses

HomeRadioGraphicsVol. 43, No. 5 PreviousNext Musculoskeletal ImagingRadioGraphics FundamentalsMRI Signal Intensity–based Approach to Synovial MassesAllison Khoo , Julie Steinberg, Jonathan Baker, Kelby NapierAllison Khoo , Julie Steinberg, Jonathan Baker, Kelby NapierAuthor AffiliationsFrom the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plaza, St Louis, MO 63110.Address correspondence to A.K. (email: [email protected]).Allison Khoo Julie SteinbergJonathan BakerKelby NapierPublished Online:Apr 13 2023https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.220081MoreSectionsFull textPDF ToolsImage ViewerAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked In AbstractBy using an MRI signal intensity–based algorithmic approach to synovial masses, radiologists can narrow the broad differential diagnosis, which includes synovial proliferative pathologic features, inflammatory and infectious arthritis and synovitis, deposition disease, trauma, vascular malformation, and rarely malignancy.Suggested Readings1. Crotty JM, Monu JU, Pope TL Jr. Synovial osteochondromatosis. Radiol Clin North Am 1996;34(2):327–342,xi. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar2. Dhanda S, Quek ST, Bathla G, Jagmohan P. Intra-articular and peri-articular tumours and tumour mimics: what a clinician and onco-imaging radiologist should know. Malays J Med Sci 2014;21(2):4–19. Medline, Google Scholar3. 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