Items tagged “wrist”

199 results found
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Ulnar impaction syndrome

  Diagnosis almost certain
Andrew Dixon
Published 29 May 2010
80% complete
MRI
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De Quervain tenosynovitis (MRI)

  Diagnosis certain
Andrew Dixon
Published 30 May 2010
89% complete
MRI
Article

De Quervain tenosynovitis

De Quervain tenosynovitis, also known as washerwoman's sprain/strain, is a painful stenosing tenosynovitis involving the first extensor (dorsal) tendon compartment of the wrist (typically at the radial styloid). This compartment contains the abductor pollicis longus (APL) and extensor pollicis b...
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Trans-scaphoid perilunate dislocation

  Diagnosis certain
Andrew Dixon
Published 30 May 2010
89% complete
Annotated image X-ray CT
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Scapholunate dissociation

  Diagnosis certain
Andrew Dixon
Published 30 May 2010
86% complete
CT X-ray
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Lunate dislocation

  Diagnosis certain
Andrew Dixon
Published 31 May 2010
94% complete
Annotated image X-ray
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Perilunate dislocation

Perilunate dislocations and perilunate fracture-dislocations are potentially devastating closed wrist injuries that are often missed on initial imaging.  These injuries involve dislocation of the carpus relative to the lunate which remains in normal alignment with the distal radius. They should...
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Lunate dislocation

Lunate dislocations are an uncommon traumatic wrist injury that require prompt management and surgical repair. The lunate is displaced and rotated volarly. The rest of the carpal bones are in a normal anatomic position in relation to the radius. These should not be confused with perilunate disl...
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Scapholunate dissociation

Scapholunate dissociation, also known as rotary subluxation of the scaphoid, refers to an abnormal orientation of the scaphoid relative to the lunate and implies severe injury to the scapholunate interosseous ligament and other stabilizing ligaments. Carpal dissociation implies carpal instabili...
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Terry-Thomas sign

The Terry-Thomas sign refers to an increase in the scapholunate space on an AP radiograph of the wrist (or coronal CT). The increased distance indicates scapholunate dissociation (often with rotary subluxation of the scaphoid) due to ligamentous injury. There is no consensus as to what measureme...
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Causes of abnormal lunate signal on MRI

There are several important causes of an abnormal lunate signal on MRI, the most frequent causes being Kienböck disease (25%), ulnar impaction syndrome (25%) and intraosseous ganglia (20%) 1. Appreciation of the pattern of bone signal change can often allow the correct diagnosis to be made. Kie...
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Triangular fibrocartilage complex chondrocalcinosis

  Diagnosis certain
Saqba Farooq
Published 16 Aug 2010
66% complete
X-ray
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Bilateral distal radial fractures

  Diagnosis certain
Jeremy Jones
Published 17 Aug 2010
79% complete
X-ray
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Chauffeur fracture

  Diagnosis certain
Jeremy Jones
Published 17 Aug 2010
69% complete
X-ray
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Osteomyelitis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Andrew Dixon
Published 23 Aug 2010
65% complete
X-ray Nuclear medicine MRI
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Perilunate dislocation

  Diagnosis certain
Alexandra Stanislavsky
Published 05 Sep 2010
63% complete
X-ray
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Smith fracture

  Diagnosis certain
Alexandra Stanislavsky
Published 05 Sep 2010
92% complete
X-ray CT
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Giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath

  Diagnosis probable
The Radswiki
Published 20 Oct 2010
46% complete
X-ray MRI
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Kienbock disease

  Diagnosis certain
The Radswiki
Published 20 Oct 2010
65% complete
MRI
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Lunate dislocation

  Diagnosis certain
The Radswiki
Published 20 Oct 2010
72% complete
X-ray

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