title: Ultrasound of wrist and hand masses.
abstract: Ultrasound is a useful tool to investigate soft tissue masses in the wrist and hand. In most situations ultrasound helps distinguish between a cyst and a tissue mass. This article provides a simple clinical approach to the use of ultrasound imaging for the diagnosis and preoperative assessment of wrist and hand masses.
authors.affiliation: Léonard de Vinci Medical Imaging, 43, rue Cortambert, 75016 Paris, France; Department of Radiology B, Cochin Hospital, 27, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France. Electronic address: henri.guerini@gmail.com.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guerini
authors.affiliation: Léonard de Vinci Medical Imaging, 43, rue Cortambert, 75016 Paris, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morvan
authors.affiliation: Léonard de Vinci Medical Imaging, 43, rue Cortambert, 75016 Paris, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vuillemin
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology B, Cochin Hospital, 27, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Campagna
authors.affiliation: Léonard de Vinci Medical Imaging, 43, rue Cortambert, 75016 Paris, France; Department of Radiology B, Cochin Hospital, 27, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thevenin
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Pathology, Cochin Hospital, 27, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Larousserie
authors.affiliation: Hand Institute, Jouvenet Clinic, 6, Square Jouvenet, 75016 Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leclercq
authors.affiliation: Hand Institute, Jouvenet Clinic, 6, Square Jouvenet, 75016 Paris, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Le Viet
authors.affiliation: Léonard de Vinci Medical Imaging, 43, rue Cortambert, 75016 Paris, France.
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Drapé
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014953:Wrist
keywords: Ganglion cyst; Hand; Soft tissue tumor; Ultrasound; Wrist