Claude Pierre-Jerome MD, PhD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Hasan Banitalebi MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Mehdi Sadat Akhavi, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Arne Borthne MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

This exhibit will: 1) walk the readers a step-by-step description of the biomechanics of the foot, 2) clarify the pathophysiology of the soft tissue lesions resulting from vascular and neurologic damages associated with diabetes, 3) display and explain the MR images of the changes the most subtle sorts to the gross derangements in a didactic fashion, 4) the readers will acquire a better understanding of the Charcot foot from a clinical and radiological stand point.

Schematic illustration of the biomechanics of the foot, description of the three columns of the foot, role the navicular bone and the cuboid bone as keystones of the medial and lateral columns of the foot, the presentation of hypothesis beyond the different steps of the pathophysiology of vascular and neurologic disorders affecting the soft tissues of the foot, presentation of the following lesions of the: skin and subcutaneous fat (callus, sinus tract, necrosis), fascia( fasciitis), muscles (atrophy, infarction and denervation), tendons (tear, tendinosis, tendinitis, tenosynovitis and ossification), ligaments (ligament tear),paratenon (paratenonitis), synovium (synovitis), bursa (bursitis).

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Pierre-Jerome, C, Banitalebi, H, Sadat Akhavi, M, Borthne, A, MRI of the Diabetic Foot: A Comprehensive Review of the Biomechanics of the Foot, the Pathophysiology and Imaging of the Various Soft Tissue Changes Seen at Different Stages of the Disease.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14014084.html