title: Ultrasonography role in the evaluation of a giant cell tumor of the flexor pollicis longus tendon.
abstract: Hand tendons lesions represent a challenge for an accurate diagnosis, an optimal treatment strategy, the description of the lesion and its location being an important step. The non-invasive ultrasound evaluation was demonstrated to be an important diagnostic method in these types of lesions, especially in those situations where clinical evaluation failed to reveal the pathological changes and therefore has an important role in the adequate management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania; florin_vreju@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Marius Eugen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ciurea
authors.forename: Ananu Florentin
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Vreju
authors.forename: Dragoş George
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Popa
authors.forename: Raluca Niculina
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Ciurea
authors.forename: Cristina Dorina
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Pârvănescu
authors.forename: Andreea Beatrice
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Chisălău
authors.forename: Anca
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roşu
authors.forename: Paulina Lucia
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Ciurea
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D013710:Tendons / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013933:Thumb / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD