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Ganglion cysts of the hip joint are uncommon synovial-lined fluid-filled juxtaarticular groin lesions. Whereas in the past the correct diagnosis was often made only at surgery there are now valuable imaging methods used for the diagnostic work-up. In experienced hands ultrasonography (US) combined with colour duplex Doppler ultrasonography (CDDS) as a real-time imaging technique easily performed at the patient's bedside is a valid alternative to more expensive or invasive investigations. We report on a patient who presented with a ganglion cyst and in whom first supported by conventional US an aneurysm of the femoral artery was suspected. The diagnosis of a juxtaarticular ganglion was subsequently correctly made at our institution by CDDS and magnetic resonance imaging, respectively, and the cyst was exstirpated successfully. The differential diagnosis of a pulsating groin mass as well as the most useful and specific imaging methods in the diagnostic work-up in this clinical setting are discussed.

As a contribution to the debate about Fair Trade contributions to the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals, this article investigates Spanish shoppers' behaviour towards Fairtrade coffee. Although consumers generally state that they purchase fairly traded products, the market shares of most of them remain low, a phenomenon known as the ethical purchasing gap. Our review identifies a gap in extant literature to draw insights on the ethical purchasing gap, utilising two existing theories: attitudes and construal level as appropriate theoretical framework. The first theory highlights the duality of individuals' attitudes towards an object: explicit attitudes are accessible to the consumers, whereas implicit attitudes are the ones they cannot recall, but nonetheless affect behaviour. The second theory examines the influence of low-level construal (concrete, specific) or high-level construal (general) information on decision-making. A three-stage experiment took place in two sessions in a large university in Madrid in order to apply these two theories. It was based on an online survey on explicit attitudes and purchase intention, and an Implicit Association Test (IAT) to identify implicit attitudes. It was run two weeks apart to capture three points of time effects. The results reveal that, despite exposure to different stimuli, implicit attitudes remain stable along three points of time. The average difference in purchase intentions was positive for low-level construal and negative for high-level construal. Explicit attitudes were not influenced by the exposure to the stimuli. No correlation was found between purchase intentions and implicit or explicit attitudes. These findings have useful managerial implications for both Fair Trade practitioners and academics.

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An atypical course of shoulderpain in a young 21 year old patient could be demonstrated. He first felt pain while putting furniture together and months later still felt pain locally in the region of the coracoid. The cause was later identified in CT as being an osteoid osteoma, a benign bone tumour with high vascularity in the core (nidus) and a surrounding region of sclerosis. These tumours usually develop before the age of thirty and the pain responds exquisitely to non-steroidal antirheumatic medication. The tumour was finally removed (CT-guided drilling excision) whereupon the symptoms disappeared.