title: Pictorial review: magnetic resonance imaging of benign soft tissue masses of the hand and wrist.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the imaging method of choice for evaluating the presence and extent of soft tissue masses. It is particularly useful for assessing masses in the wrist and hand, where benign lesions predominate. A specific diagnosis may be made, or strongly suspected, from the characteristic MRI features found in certain conditions like ganglion, haemangioma, arteriovenous malformation, giant cell tumour of the tendon sheath and lipoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Peh
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Truong
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Totty
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gilula
mesh_terms: D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013585:Synovitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013710:Tendons; D014953:Wrist