Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is particularly useful for imaging the wrist due to its superior soft tissue contrast and ability to detect subtle bone marrow changes and occult fractures. A high field (1.5T or greater) strength, dedicated wrist coil, and high in-plane and through-plane resolution must be utilized to successfully visualize the relatively thin cartilage of the wrist. MRI can be...

MRI may be a noninvasive and alternative tool for skeletal age assessment in children, although few studies have reported on this topic. In this article, skeletal age was assessed over a wide range of ages using an open, compact MRI optimized for the imaging of a child's hand and wrist, and its validity was evaluated. MR images and their three-dimensional segmentation visualized detailed skelet...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the progression of joint damage in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the wrist and determine whether this technique can be used to predict prognosis. METHODS An inception cohort of 42 early patients has been followed up prospectively for one year. Gadolinium enhanced MRI scans of the dominant wrist were obtained at baseline and...

Background and purpose - The epidemiology and optimal diagnostics of wrist injuries in children are not knotwn. We describe fractures revealed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a prospective population of children and adolescents with posttraumatic radial-sided wrist tenderness, and compare the diagnostic value of radiographs and computed tomography (CT) with that of MRI. Patients and meth...

Hand and wrist masses represent a common diagnostic challenge. They are predominantly due to pseudomasses, which are mostly cysts and to benign masses that include tenosynovial tumors, fibrohamartolipomas, vascular malformations, glomus tumors and epidermal inclusion cysts. Malignant tumors of the wrist and the hand are extremely rare. Magnetic resonance imaging is the imaging technique of choi...

A 27-year-old secretary presented to an orthopaedic outpatients department with a 1-month history of left wrist drop following dry needling. On insertion of a needle, she reported spasms in her left hand followed by a wrist drop. An MRI scan was normal. Electromyogram and nerve conduction studies showed a neuropraxia of the left radial nerve. She was referred to a hand therapist for splinting a...

Methods patients with JIA and active wrist arthritis who started receiving a second line therapy (DMARDs or biological agent) at the study Unit between 2008 and 2010 were enrolled in the study. The clinically more affected wrist was studied with MRI (1.5 T), US and conventional radiography (CR), coupled with standard clinical assessment at the study enrollment and after 1 year. Patients were ch...

Lipofibromatous hamartoma (LFH) is a rare fibrofatty tumor of adipocytes within peripheral nerves, affecting mainly children. It typically presents as palpable mass surrounding the nerves upper limbs, causing pain and neurological deficits in affected nerve distribution. We report case child with 2-years presentation right wrist associated paresthesia, who underwent investigation magnetic reson...

abstract background: radiography is the most widely available imaging modality. precise evaluations of wrist x-ray can help diagnosis and evaluate the prognosis of many wrist disorders. methods: we measured length, angles and indices in 150 posteroanterior and lateral wrist x-rays to determine normal dimensions and variations according to age and sex. all x-rays were made with standard exposure...