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Comprehensive Musculoskeletal Sonographic Evaluation of the Hand and Wrist
Author(s) -
Olubaniyi Babajide O.,
Bhatnagar Guaraang,
Vardhanabhuti Varut,
Brown Sharon E.,
Gafoor Abdul,
Suresh Priya S.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/ultra.32.6.901
Subject(s) - medicine , wrist , radiology , wrist injury , wrist pain , upper limb , physical medicine and rehabilitation
Sonography is widely used for evaluation of hand and wrist lesions. The easy accessibility, cost‐effectiveness, and good diagnostic accuracy of sonography coupled with the numerous benefits of real‐time imaging make it desirable. The aim of this article is to describe the typical sonographic appearances of lesions in the hand and wrist that are encountered frequently in routine clinical practice, such as inflammatory arthropathies, tumors, traumatic injuries, foreign bodies, and nerve entrapment syndromes. Relevant anatomy, scanning methods, and recent developments in musculoskeletal sonography are also discussed.