Ulnar-sided wrist pain. II. Clinical imaging and treatment.
Pain at the ulnar aspect of the wrist is a diagnostic challenge for hand surgeons and radiologists due to the small and complex anatomical structures involved. In this article, imaging modalities including radiography, arthrography, ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), CT arthrography, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and MR arthrography are compared with regard to differential diagnosis. Clinical imaging findings are reviewed for a more comprehensive understanding of this disorder. Treatments for the common diseases that cause the ulnar-sided wrist pain including extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) tendonitis, flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU) tendonitis, pisotriquetral arthritis, triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) lesions, ulnar impaction, lunotriquetral (LT) instability, and distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) instability are reviewed.
Watanabe
Atsuya
A
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Souza
Felipe
F
Vezeridis
Peter S
PS
Blazar
Philip
P
Yoshioka
Hiroshi
H
D018771:Arthralgia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D001175:Arthrography; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014457:Ulna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology