title: Entrapment and traumatic neuropathies of the elbow and hand: An imaging approach.
abstract: Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging currently offer a detailed analysis of the peripheral nerves. Compressive and traumatic nerve injuries are the two main indications for imaging investigation of nerves with several publications describing the indications, technique and diagnostic capabilities of imaging signs. Investigation of entrapment neuropathies has three main goals, which are to confirm neuronal distress, search for the cause of nerve compression and exclude a differential diagnosis on the entire nerve. For traumatic nerve injuries, imaging, predominantly ultrasound, occasionally provides essential information for management including the type of nerve lesion, its exact site and local extension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Rennes University Hospitals, Sud Hospital, 16, boulevard de Bulgarie, 35203 Rennes cedex 2, France. Electronic address: arnaud.deniel35@gmail.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deniel
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Rennes University Hospitals, Sud Hospital, 16, boulevard de Bulgarie, 35203 Rennes cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Causeret
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Montreal University Hospital Centre, 1560, rue Sherbrooke-Est, Montreal, Quebec H2 4M1, Canada.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Eugène Marquis Centre, avenue de la Bataille-Flandres-Dunkerque, 35000 Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rolland
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Rennes University Hospitals, 2, rue Henri-Le-Guilloux, 35000 Rennes, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dréano
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Rennes University Hospitals, Sud Hospital, 16, boulevard de Bulgarie, 35203 Rennes cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guillin
mesh_terms: D004550:Elbow / Q000294:innervation*; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: MRI; Peripheral nerves; Ultrasound; Upper limb