Main description:

This book provides a complete overview of all modalities used for hand and wrist imaging, along with a complete over- view of the various disease entities that can be diagnosed. As a state-of-the-art overview of hand and wrist imaging it is a reference work for radiologists, hand surgeons, ortho- pedists, traumatologists, rheumatologists and internists and their residents in training. The chapters are written by ex- perts in musculoskeletal radiology from various European countries and the USA.

Contents:

1 Radiography of the Wrist and Hand.- 2 Conventional Arthrography.- 3 Computed Tomography.- 4 Ultrasound of the Hand.- 5 Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- 6 Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Hand and Wrist.- 7 Bone Scintigraphy.- 8 Normal Skeletal Development of the Hand.- 9 Congenital Defects, Malformation Syndromes and Skeletal Dysplasias.- 10 The Hand in Endocrine Disorders.- 11 Bone Densitometry and Osteoporosis at the Hand and Wrist.- 12 Degenerative Disease of the Hand and Wrist.- 13 Rheumatic Diseases.- 14 Bone and Soft Tissue Infections.- 15 Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors of the Hand and Wrist.- 16 Primary Osseous Tumors of the Hand.- 17 Instability of the Wrist.- 18 Trauma of the Hand and Wrist.- 19 MR Imaging of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.- 20 Angiography and Vascular Disorders of the Hand.- 21 Osteonecrosis of the Carpal Bones.- 22 Ungual and Subungual Disease.- List of Contributors.