MRI Evaluation of Soft Tissue Masses of Hand and Wrist
Introduction: Masses around the wrist and hand are commonly encountered in clinical practice. MRI plays an important role in detection, diagnosis and delineation of these soft tissue masses. Aim: To evaluate role of MRI in imaging soft tissue masses of hand and wrist and describe MR imaging fin...
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| description | Introduction: Masses around the wrist and hand are
commonly encountered in clinical practice. MRI plays an
important role in detection, diagnosis and delineation of
these soft tissue masses.
Aim: To evaluate role of MRI in imaging soft tissue masses
of hand and wrist and describe MR imaging findings of
such lesions.
Materials and Methods: A prospective study was carried
out in the Department of Radiodiagnosis, BMC&RI from
December 2014 to May 2016. After obtaining consent, 43
patients with hand and wrist masses were studied with
1.5 T Siemens MRI machine using appropriate sequences
and contrast. Radiological diagnosis was compared with
histopathology.
Results: The study included 44% males and 56%
females. Mean age was 30.4±10.2 years. Five lesions
were hyperintense on T1W images. Five lesions were
hypointense on T2W imaging. The most common soft
tissue mass encountered in the study was ganglion cyst. A
correct diagnosis was possible on MRI in 95% of cases.
Conclusion: Benign soft tissue lesions of hand and wrist
are more common than malignant lesions. MRI is an
excellent imaging modality for evaluation of such hand and
wrist masses because it can detect, define and provide
definite diagnosis in lesions like lipoma, ganglion cyst,
GCTTS and neurogenic tumour. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b96f5f2ebaeb40f9be61f538f2b8753e2022-12-21T23:32:44ZengJCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd.International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery2277-85432455-68742017-07-0163RO43RO4610.7860/IJARS/2017/27975:2289MRI Evaluation of Soft Tissue Masses of Hand and WristMeghanaa Jayakumar0B.R. Nagaraj1Post Graduate, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.Introduction: Masses around the wrist and hand are commonly encountered in clinical practice. MRI plays an important role in detection, diagnosis and delineation of these soft tissue masses. Aim: To evaluate role of MRI in imaging soft tissue masses of hand and wrist and describe MR imaging findings of such lesions. Materials and Methods: A prospective study was carried out in the Department of Radiodiagnosis, BMC&RI from December 2014 to May 2016. After obtaining consent, 43 patients with hand and wrist masses were studied with 1.5 T Siemens MRI machine using appropriate sequences and contrast. Radiological diagnosis was compared with histopathology. Results: The study included 44% males and 56% females. Mean age was 30.4±10.2 years. Five lesions were hyperintense on T1W images. Five lesions were hypointense on T2W imaging. The most common soft tissue mass encountered in the study was ganglion cyst. A correct diagnosis was possible on MRI in 95% of cases. Conclusion: Benign soft tissue lesions of hand and wrist are more common than malignant lesions. MRI is an excellent imaging modality for evaluation of such hand and wrist masses because it can detect, define and provide definite diagnosis in lesions like lipoma, ganglion cyst, GCTTS and neurogenic tumour.http://www.ijars.net/articles/PDF/2289/27975_CE[VSU]_F(GH)_PF1(VsuGH)_PFA(AK)_PF2(VSUAK).pdfbenignganglion cysthaemangiomalipomavascular malformation |
| spellingShingle | Meghanaa Jayakumar B.R. Nagaraj MRI Evaluation of Soft Tissue Masses of Hand and Wrist International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery benign ganglion cyst haemangioma lipoma vascular malformation |
| title | MRI Evaluation of Soft Tissue Masses of Hand and Wrist |
| title_full | MRI Evaluation of Soft Tissue Masses of Hand and Wrist |
| title_fullStr | MRI Evaluation of Soft Tissue Masses of Hand and Wrist |
| title_full_unstemmed | MRI Evaluation of Soft Tissue Masses of Hand and Wrist |
| title_short | MRI Evaluation of Soft Tissue Masses of Hand and Wrist |
| title_sort | mri evaluation of soft tissue masses of hand and wrist |
| topic | benign ganglion cyst haemangioma lipoma vascular malformation |
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