title: A rare antenatally detected mass of the hand: tumour or congenital anomaly?
abstract: Tumour and tumour-like lesions of the hand can arise from various tissues and may present at birth. Rarely, anomalies of the hand may have an appearance mimicking a mass. We describe the imaging features of an antenatally detected floating thumb and describe its unusual mass-like appearance. While no hand tumour with similar imaging appearance has been reported, a few congenital lesions mimicking this appearance have been described. Awareness of these anomalies and identification of the typical imaging features of floating thumb allow diagnosis to be made with certainty.
authors.affiliation: Radiodiagnosis, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141008, India. ubgeorge@gmail.com
authors.forename: Uttam B
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Nunenga
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Varte
authors.forename: Shubhra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rathore
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007751:Labor, Induced; D011247:Pregnancy; D011859:Radiography; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal