title: MR imaging of common entrapment neuropathies at the wrist.
abstract: MR imaging is a useful technique in the work-up of compressive neuropathies at the wrist, providing fine anatomical detail and excellent diagnostic accuracy. MR imaging, however, should be reserved for those cases in which the clinical and electrodiagnostic findings are inconclusive, the symptoms are unusually severe, or when a tumor is suspected. This article reviews the normal anatomy and the MR imaging features of the most common compressive neuropathies at the wrist: carpal and ulnar tunnel syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Joint Diseases, 301 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bordalo-Rodrigues
authors.forename: Parinita
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: Zehava Sadka
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017769:Ulnar Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000294:innervation*