Annular ligament of the elbow: MR arthrography appearance with anatomic and histologic correlation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sanal, Hatice Tuba ^a,b   Chen, Lina ^c   Haghighi, Parviz ^c   Trudell, Debra J ^c   Resnick, Donald L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Annular ligament; Elbow joint; MR arthrography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANNULAR LIGAMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; ELBOW; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOULNAR JOINT; TISSUE SECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROGRAPHY; CADAVER; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 68149178341     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1887     Document Type: Article

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