Ganglion Cyst -MRI
46 year old
lady with pain 3rd digit with no history of trauma and intact skin. MR shows a
well-defined 7 mm sized thin walled smoothly marginated fluid signal intensity
lesion in the immediate vicinity of the A1 pulley segment of the flexor tendon
with no perilesional soft tissue / marrow abnormality consistent with possibly
ganglion.
Teaching
points by Dr MGK Murthy, Mr Abdul Hamid:
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Ganglions
are common in relation to the middle finger.
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More
common in women.
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Middle
age is commonest age group to be involved.
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Mildly
tender with no definite history of trauma and restricted flexor movements
constitutes the usual presentation.
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Differentials
could include traumatic hematomata / nonspecific etiology cysts.
Ganglion Cyst -MRI
Reviewed by Sumer Sethi
on
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Rating:
Reviewed by Sumer Sethi
on
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Rating:
Sumer Sethi
Unique blend of academic excellence and entrepreneurship, heading leading firms in India- Teleradiology Providers, pioneering company providing teleradiology services and DAMS (Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences) Premier test preparation institute in India for MD/MS/MCI preparation. He has also been an invited faculty member at various conferences, including Teleradiology in IRIA 2008 and 2011, Hospital Build Middle East, Congress of the Brain Tumor Radiology in Neuro-oncology Society. Dr. Sethi is Editor-in-Chief of Internet Journal of Radiology. He has a keen interest in Web 2.0 technologies and in maintaining his famous radiology blog, which has been featured in multiple international journals.
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