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ArticleMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2017

Intra-articular benign bone lesions treated with Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS): imaging follow-up and clinical results.

Francesco Arrigoni, Antonio Barile, Luigi Zugaro, Alessandra Splendiani, Ernesto Di Cesare, Ferdinando Caranci, Anna Maria Ierardi, Chiara Floridi, Alessio Salvatore Angileri, Alfonso Reginelli and 2 more

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Article in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Francesco ArrigoniDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Applied Clinical Science and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. arrigoni.francesco@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7793-1872
Antonio BarileDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Applied Clinical Science and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Luigi ZugaroDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Applied Clinical Science and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Alessandra SplendianiDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Applied Clinical Science and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Ernesto Di CesareDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Applied Clinical Science and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Ferdinando CaranciDepartment of Medicine and Health Science "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
Anna Maria IerardiDepartment of Radiology, Insubria University, Varese, Italy.
Chiara FloridiDepartment of Radiology, Insubria University, Varese, Italy.
Alessio Salvatore AngileriDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology Unit, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Alfonso ReginelliDepartment of Internal and Experimental Medicine, Magrassi-Lanzara, Institute of Radiology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Luca BruneseDepartment of Medicine and Health Science "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
Carlo MasciocchiDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Applied Clinical Science and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose of this study was to evaluate the employment of MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) for treatment of intra-articular benign bone lesions as alternative to surgery, and to monitor the success of the treatment on CT and MRI images. From March 2011 to August 2013, 14 intra-articular benign bone lesions were treated with MRgFUS. All patients were studied by CT and MR imaging. Pain was measured using the visual analogue scale (VAS) before and after treatment (6 and 12 months). All patients in our series demonstrated regression in painful symptomatology during screening. A significant drop in the mean VAS pain score (from 7.8 to 0.6) was observed at 12-month follow-up, and pain medication was no longer needed after treatment. No complications were observed. Three diagnostic imaging signs were found suggesting absence of biological activity and confirming the clinical findings: calcification of the treated lesion, lack of contrast enhancement and disappearance of bone oedema around the lesions.

conclusionthe employment of MRgFUS is safe and effective in the treatment of intra-articular benign bone lesions. The clinical outcome is satisfactory, and the success of the treatment is confirmed by diagnostic imaging.

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AdolescentAdultBone NeoplasmsChondromaFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHigh-Intensity Focused Ultrasound AblationHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedOsteoma, OsteoidYoung AdultBenign bone lesionsInterventional radiologyIntrarticular bone lesionsMRgFUSOsteoid OsteomaThermoablation

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