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© 1993 British Society for Rheumatology

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MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING MANIFESTATIONS OF IDIOPATHIC HAEMOCHROMATOSIS IN THE WRIST

E. A. MOORE*, W. VENNART*,, R. K. JACOBY{dagger}, C. W. HUTTON{ddagger}, S. PITTARD§ and R. E. ELLIS*

*Physics Department, University of Exeter Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QL
{dagger}Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital Wonford Road, Exeter EX2 4RD
{ddagger}Mount Gould Hospital Mount Gould Road, Plymouth
§Magnex Scientific Limited Abingdon

Correspondence to: Correspondence to W. Vennart

The magnetic resonance imaging features of the wrist of a patient suffering from the arthropathy of haemochrornatosis are presented. It is apparent that the deposition of iron within the bone marrow is focal in origin and may be associated with cyst formation. In addition, changes in serum ferritin levels with treatment suggest that the deposition is irreversible. Studies of two other patients with haemochromatosis without cyst formation in the wrists did not yield similar artefacts, in spite of having high ferritin levels and arthritis.

KEY WORDS: Magnetic resonance imaging, Haemochromatosis arthropathy, Ferritin, Bone cysts


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