Hand and Fingers Ultrasound

It does not have a standardized protocol like other joints, but rather the evaluation is adapted according to the diagnosis or clinical suspicion, directing the examination to the anatomical structures of soft tissues present in the area to be evaluated (skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments, pulleys , bandelets, synovium, etc.).

Frequent indications of the examination for this anatomical area are: evaluation of volume increases of different nature and location, for example of cystic synovial origin or ganglions, tumors in tendine sheaths (eg: giant cells), in the nail bed (eg: glomus) ), fibromas in the palmar fascia, foreign bodies, etc. Tendon pathology (“trigger finger”, thickening of pulleys, tenosynovitis, ganglions), traumatic injury of interphalangeal collateral ligaments or in cases of clinical suspicion of Stener's injury. It is also useful in monitoring inflammatory arthropathies where it is possible to evaluate the presence of erosions (even some not visible on plain radiography) and synovitis.