title: Comprehensive musculoskeletal sonographic evaluation of the hand and wrist.
abstract: Sonography is widely used for evaluation of hand and wrist lesions. The easy accessibility, cost-effectiveness, and good diagnostic accuracy of sonography coupled with the numerous benefits of real-time imaging make it desirable. The aim of this article is to describe the typical sonographic appearances of lesions in the hand and wrist that are encountered frequently in routine clinical practice, such as inflammatory arthropathies, tumors, traumatic injuries, foreign bodies, and nerve entrapment syndromes. Relevant anatomy, scanning methods, and recent developments in musculoskeletal sonography are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Plymouth Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon, England. jide.olubaniyi@nhs.net
authors.forename: Babajide O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Olubaniyi
authors.forename: Guaraang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhatnagar
authors.forename: Varut
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vardhanabhuti
authors.forename: Sharon E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gafoor
authors.forename: Priya S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Suresh
mesh_terms: D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D050823:Hand Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: hand; musculoskeletal sonography; wrist