Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2020

HIGH RESOLUTION SONOGRAPHY IN THE EVALUATION OF PAINFUL WRIST

Dr. Amit Jain, Dr. Saurabh Bandil

Abstract :

Background: Wrist pain is a common clinical complain. Nontraumaticwrist pain common causes are focal cystic, Solid mass,Tenosynovitis,Carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis and vascular changes. Musculoskeletal ultrasound is a rapid and easy method of achieving diagnostic information with low patient discomfort. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted on 100 patients complaining of nontraumaticwrist pain.This study conducted in Department of Radio diagnosis G. R. Medical College and J.A.H Gwaliorin close association with Department of orthopedics. All patients were examined by x–ray radiography and High resolution ultrasonography. Result: In 100 patients ultrasoundrevealed an abnormality in 93/100 cases of painful wrist.In ultrasonography Ganglion cyst was the commonest nontraumatic lesion found in 33 patients (33%). other pathology include tenosynovitis,dequervain tenosynovitis,solid mass,Rheumatoid arthritis, Vascular malformation and Tendon tear. Conclusion:Ultrasound is an important imaging modality for evaluation of wrist pain and is able to identify abnormality inhigh percentage of cases.

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HIGH RESOLUTION SONOGRAPHY IN THE EVALUATION OF PAINFUL WRIST, Dr. Amit Jain, Dr. Saurabh Bandil PARIPEX-INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-6 | June-2020

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