title: Magnetic resonance imaging of the painful wrist.
abstract: This pictorial review illustrates the use of magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of the painful wrist. Careful technique is essential to optimize the accuracy of MR of the wrist. MR is the investigation of choice in avascular necrosis and has an increasing role in internal derangement, trauma and soft tissue lesions.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D013581:Synovial Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis; D014953:Wrist / Q000473:pathology*; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000473:pathology*