Baker's Cyst of the knee

A baker's cyst is a common problem that occurs in the knee. A fluid collection fills the posterior of the knee and can cause pain and a tightness in the knee joint. A baker's cyst happens from arthritis or a tear in the cartilage causing the knee to produce more fluid. Treatment for a bakers cyst include heat, medication, and use of a brace are common ways of treatment. A baker's cyst can be severe if the cyst becomes large enough to compress vessels causing a possible DVT or if the cyst burst which can cause infection.

Rotator Cuff Tear

The rotator cuff is comprised of four muscles or major tendons including the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis. Rotator cuff tears are the most common injuries to the shoulder. Doctors can perform test such as the movement of you're shoulder to determine which or all tendons that may be involved and the severity of the injury. Treatment can include steroid injection shots, physical therapy and sometime surgery to reattach the muscle back to the bone.

Pelvis abscess

Pelvis abscess affect the lower abdomen and is usually the result of an infection. An abscess can be caused by a surgery site that has become infected, ulcers, and other organ pathology. If left untreated the infection would spread and possibly cause sepsis and then death could be possible. Signs of infection for this area would include constant pelvic pain, fever and possible drainage through the skin. The course of initial treatment could involve antibiotics or further surgery to drain and cleanse the wound. Once early treatment has been initiated the infection should heal with proper instructions from the doctor.

Horseshoe kidney

Horseshoe kidney is one of the most common malformations of the urinary tract. The condition is congenital and happens during the early stages of pregnancy. In the fetus as the kidneys are developing they do not come apart correctly and form a U shaped single kidney. The condition can be left untreated and non symptomatic for life. For those that do have complications this can involve frequent kidney stones, urinary tract infections, or blockage. There is no cure for horseshoe kidney, but treating the symptoms is the course of treatment. Many test can be used to detect horseshoe including IVP, CT scan, and blood tests.

Marfan's syndrome

I decided to go with Marfan's syndrome. I have never heard of this syndrome before. After some research I found this to be a very interesting genetic disorder that affects the connecting fibers of the vessels, skin, eyes. It affects both male and female patients the same. People that live with this disorder are usually diagnosed at a young age because there are so many symptoms for this disorder. Some of the symptoms include longer hands, extreme growth , eye problems, heart problems specifically valves and major vessels. There is no cure for this syndrome, but people with the help of technology are living longer lives. One notable person I found to have this syndrome is Michael Phelps. He is very tall, long reach, and talked about his syndrome in his book and how it has helped in his success. I never knew that he had this syndrome until researching it.

Introduction

Hello,

My name is Rocky, I'm currently employed at St. Vincent hospital where I have been working in MRI for about five years. I recently started working at St. Francis PRN also doing MRI. This has been very interesting to see what other hospitals do differently. I attended Ivy tech college where I received my associates degree. Last year I have taken and passed my MRI boards. I would like to finish my bachelors and work towards radiologist assistant. I look forward to this semester and hope to learn even more about this field.