Case Challenge

Hand & Wrist

Stephen J Pomeranz

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Case Review

Musculoskeletal (MSK)

Case 1 - 63-year-old female presents with pain in left hand

Case 2 - 67-year-old male presents with painful mass on left hand

Case 3 - 59-year-old female presents with dog bite on right hand

Case 4 - 15-year-old male presents with pain and lump on right hand

Case 5 - 14-year-old male presents with right hand pain following injury

Case 6 - 57-year-old female presents with left hand hyperesthesia

Case 7 - 48-year-old female presents with dorsal mass on right hand

Case 8 - 50-year-old male presents with swelling of the right hand

Case 9 - 64-year-old male presents with palmar pain in left hand

Case 10 - 61-year-old female presents with a mass on the right hand

Case 11 - 15-year-old male presents with finger pain in right hand

Case 12 - 55-year-old female presents with pinching pain in left hand

Case 13 - 53-year-old male presents with lump at base of index finger

Case 14 - 47-year-old female presents with mild pain in right hand

Case 15 - 58-year-old male presents with mild swollen distal 3rd digit

Case 16 - 48-year-old male presents with dull pain in right hand

Case 17 - 56-year-old female presents with bump at the base of small finger

Case 18 - 41-year-old male presents with right hand pain

Case 19 - 55-year-old male presents with psoriatic arthritis

Case 20 - 30-year-old female presents with fibrolipoma in right hand

Case 21 - 55-year-old female presents with small mass on left hand ring finger

Case 22 - 50-year-old male cannot bend left hand ring finger fully

Case 23 - 57-year-old male presents with pain in right hand

Case 24 - 65-year-old female presents with pain and swelling of the right hand

Case 25 - 61-year-old male unable to straighten fingers on right hand

Course Evaluation

Post-Course Activities

This Power Pack is comprised of 25 unique Hand MRI cases that you can scroll through in our diagnostic web viewer to determine your findings. Quiz yourself and earn CME.

Hand MRI Cases

<div>HISTORY:&#160;This 65-year-old female presents with pain and swelling of the right hand 3rd metacarpal.OSTEOCHONDRAL DEFECT IS NOTED IN THE FOLLOWING METACARPAL HEAD:3rd.&#160;Using the&#160;diagnostic web viewer, we have provided images that assist in telling our clinical story. Areas of significance are indicated below.FINDINGS: A 0.7 AP x 0.8 W x 0.3 H cm osteochondral defect is noted in the 3rd metacarpal head likely related to previous trauma.&#160;Incidentally noted is an extensor digitorum manus brevis muscle on the dorsum of the hand.&#160;Remaining visualized bones are otherwise unremarkable without fracture, osseous edema or marrow infiltrative process.&#160;Visualized muscles are unremarkable without strain, atrophy or myoedema.&#160;Visualized tendons are unremarkable.&#160;Visualized carpal bones are unremarkable.&#160;CONCLUSION:&#160;A 0.7 AP x 0.8 W x 0.3 H cm osteochondral defect is noted in the 3rd metacarpal head likely related to previous trauma. Incidentally noted is an extensor digitorum manus brevis muscle on the dorsum of the hand.</div>

Case

The osteochondral defect is noted in which metacarpal head?