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Diagnostic Role of High resolution US and MRI in evaluation of Ulnar nerve Entrapment Neuropathy and soft tissue Injuries around the Elbow Joint

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Last updated: 01 Feb 2025

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Radiodiagnosis

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Background: Excessive use disorders and inflammatory conditions often affect the elbow. Different types of imaging can be utilized to evaluate the elbow, such as conventional tomography (CT), Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasonography (US), etc. Imaging had an important role as it helps in evaluating elbow tendons and ligaments and bony lesions. Methods: The current research was conducted as a cross-sectional analysis and involved thirty participants that were elbow pain. All patients underwent elbow US and MRI studied Results: On evaluating diagnostic accuracy of US in comparison to MRI as the gold standard test in patients with ulnar neuropathy; US showing 90% sensitivity and specificity of 84.2%. On evaluating diagnostic accuracy of US in comparison to MRI as the gold standard test in patients with epicondylitis tendinopathy; US showing 93.3% sensitivity and specificity of 86.7%. On evaluating diagnostic accuracy of US in comparison to MRI as the gold standard test in patients with distal biceps brachii injury; US showing 66.7% sensitivity and specificity of 76.2%. Conclusion: Ulnar nerve entrapment in the elbow region is a frequent entrapment mono-neuropathy, Our findings indicate that the use of ultrasound (US) is an accurate and precise tool for identifying ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. Additionally, the US is becoming more and more preferred for the diagnosis of medial and lateral epicondylitis with high sensitivity & specificity. However. In terms of diagnosing and classifying distal biceps brachii injuries, ultrasound demonstrated lower sensitivity than MRI, which was attributed to deep anatomic structures and problematic patient positioning.

DOI

10.21608/zumj.2024.319494.3573

Keywords

Ulnar neuropathy, US, MRI, Epicondylitis, distal biceps brachii

Authors

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Heba

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Abdelmonem Elsayed

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A E

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Assistant Professor of Radiology, Zagazig university , Zagazig, Egypt.

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monem_heba@yahoo.com

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Zagazig

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First Name

Osama

Last Name

Dawoud

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Abdullah

Affiliation

Radiodiagnosis, faculty of medicine, Zagazig University

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osamadawoud57@gmail.com

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Zagazig

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First Name

Amal

Last Name

Hasan

MiddleName

Mohamad

Affiliation

Professor of radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.

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hishamhafez62@yahoo.com

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Zagazig

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mostafa Shalaby

MiddleName

Safwat

Affiliation

Orthopedic department, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig university

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safwatshalaby@gmail.com

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Zagazig

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-

First Name

Amr

Last Name

Abdel Rahman

MiddleName

Ahmed Esmat

Affiliation

Radiodiagnosis department, faculty of medecine, zagazig univeristy Zagazig, Egypt

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amro.esmat9@gmail.com

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Zagazig

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Volume

31

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2

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53351

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2025-02-01

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2024-09-20

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2025-02-01

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749

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760

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1110-1431

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2357-0717

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273

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Zagazig University Medical Journal

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Diagnostic Role of High resolution US and MRI in evaluation of Ulnar nerve Entrapment Neuropathy and soft tissue Injuries around the Elbow Joint

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01 Feb 2025