title: Imaging of hand and wrist cysts: a clinical approach.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Ganglion cysts are common hand masses. This article will answer three questions that the radiologist is often asked: A mass is palpable; is it a cyst? Pain or neurologic symptoms are present; are they related to a cyst? Surgery is being considered; where precisely are the cyst and its origin located?
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ultrasound is often sufficient for assessing typical cysts. MRI is performed when atypical features or neurologic symptoms are present and in specific preoperative settings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôpital Notre-Dame, 1560 rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, QC H2L 4M1, Canada. cyb_freire@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Freire
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guérini
authors.forename: Raphaël
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Campagna
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moutounet
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dumontier
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Feydy
authors.forename: Jean-Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Drapé
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D014953:Wrist