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The use of fractional anisotropy measured at the carpal tunnel inlet is optimal for diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome.

• Epidural injection of steroids is a conventional treatment for lumbar radiculopathy. • Facet joint steroid injections showed similar therapeutic effects in lumbar spinal stenosis. • No serious complications, including bleeding, occurred with facet joint injections. • Facet joint steroid injection offers an alternative therapy in patients with bleeding risk.

Fluoroscopic paramidline interlaminar cervical ESIs effectively managed cervical radiculopathy, irrespective of the cause or zone of nerve root compression, and patients with paresthesia only experienced fewer improvements.

Tenosynovial giant cell tumors (GCTs) typically form in the joints or extra-articular soft tissues such as the tendon sheath, and are benign tumors that commonly occur in the hands or wrists in the third to fifth decades of life. However, the diffuse type of extra-articular GCT arising within muscle is a rare soft tissue tumor, especially in a pediatric patient. In this report, we describe the magnetic resonance imaging and sonographic findings of a rare case of intramuscular diffuse-type GCT in the deltoid muscle of a 9-year-old boy.