title: Non-traumatic calcifications/ossifications of the bone surface and soft tissues of the wrist, hand and fingers: a diagnostic approach.
abstract: In the absence of obvious trauma, the calcifications/ossifications of the bone surface and soft tissues of the wrist, hand and fingers can be challenging and may not be noticed or lead to unnecessary examinations and monitoring. Although these are usually benign conditions and despite a favorable spontaneous outcome, surgical resection may be required and recurrence may occur. In practice, only paraneoplastic syndromes such as secondary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (Pierre Marie-Bamberger syndrome) may reveal a malignant tumor, most often pulmonary. We suggest a diagnostic approach based on the initial clinical presentation (acute pain, chronic pain, growth±pain) and the radiological features.
authors.affiliation: Radiologie ostéo-articulaire, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France. Electronic address: sebastien.touraine@lrb.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Touraine
authors.affiliation: Radiologie ostéo-articulaire, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France; Imagerie médicale Léonard-de-Vinci, 43, rue Cortambert, 75016 Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wybier
authors.affiliation: Radiologie ostéo-articulaire, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sibileau
authors.affiliation: Radiologie ostéo-articulaire, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Genah
authors.affiliation: Radiologie ostéo-articulaire, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France; Centre d'imagerie Bachaumont, 6, rue Bachaumont, 75002 Paris, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petrover
authors.affiliation: Radiologie ostéo-articulaire, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Parlier-Cuau
authors.affiliation: Radiologie ostéo-articulaire, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bousson
authors.affiliation: Radiologie ostéo-articulaire, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France.
authors.forename: J-D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Laredo
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology*; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014953:Wrist / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Calcification; Finger; Hand; Ossification; Wrist