
Will A Cortisone Injection Affect My MRI Results. I Had

Question: Will a cortisone injection affect my MRI results. I had a cortisone injection into my ecu sheath and now it's subluxing. MRI showed nothing
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Hi there,
Thanks for the query...
What did the MRI show?
Steroid injection is only to reduce inflammation of the tendon sheath. It won't stop the subluxation of ECU.
ECU subluxation may require surgery if a wrist splint didn't work.
Hope I have answered your query.
I will be available to answer your follow up queries.
Regards,
Aashish Raghu
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Detailed Answer:
Hi there,
Thanks for the query...
What did the MRI show?
Steroid injection is only to reduce inflammation of the tendon sheath. It won't stop the subluxation of ECU.
ECU subluxation may require surgery if a wrist splint didn't work.
Hope I have answered your query.
I will be available to answer your follow up queries.
Regards,
Aashish Raghu
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee


MRI showed tendonitis on the more ulna aspect of the wrist. The subluxation started after the injection, never had symptoms before the infection. Can it be due to tissue atrophy and maybe the tendon looks bigger?

Would the cortisone injection effect the reading of the MRI?
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The cortisone injection would less likely cause the subluxation. It's possible that the subluxation was there, to begin with, leading to inflammation of the ECU tendon sheath and now the inflammation has reduced after the injection leading to unmasking of the symptoms.
A wrist splint should reduce the subluxation.
Regards
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Detailed Answer:
The cortisone injection would less likely cause the subluxation. It's possible that the subluxation was there, to begin with, leading to inflammation of the ECU tendon sheath and now the inflammation has reduced after the injection leading to unmasking of the symptoms.
A wrist splint should reduce the subluxation.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee


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An injection needle is very less likely to tear up an entire ligament that holds the ECU tendon over the ulna bone.
This condition was probably pre-existing, and due to repeated trauma due to subluxation there developed inflammation of the tendon sheath which started swelling and did not sublux as much until the swelling reduced after the injection.
Hope this is clear now.
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Detailed Answer:
An injection needle is very less likely to tear up an entire ligament that holds the ECU tendon over the ulna bone.
This condition was probably pre-existing, and due to repeated trauma due to subluxation there developed inflammation of the tendon sheath which started swelling and did not sublux as much until the swelling reduced after the injection.
Hope this is clear now.
Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee

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