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Triangular Fibrocartilage: Cartilage Anatomy

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Wrist TFC anatomy and its relationship

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to the surrounding hyaline cartilage.

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The TFC, as you know, is a fibrocartilaginous

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structure that is allegedly triangular,

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but in the coronal projection, not so much.

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Looks a little more like a trapezoid.

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It does look triangular when you view

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it from the axial projection on FOS.

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But that will be a story for another discussion.

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I'm interested right now in the cartilage

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that surrounds this structure, the

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hyaline cartilage, which is drawn in our

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illustration along the body of the ulna.

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There's also some hyaline cartilage in the

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fovea, which can be damaged, especially in

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impaction, pronation, supination injuries.

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This is a very annoying problem

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to have and difficult to treat.

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Along the ulnar margin of the radius

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is also a slit of hyaline cartilage.

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And this, unfortunately, is often confused for

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a radial attachment tear or a pseudodefect.

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First, tears or avulsions in

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this location are the rarest.

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They hardly ever occur.

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I have seen less than five in my entire career.

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So if you're diagnosing one, chances are you're wrong.

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You're simply looking at the hyaline cartilage.

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There's also hyaline cartilage

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along the base of the lunate.

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And it is this hyaline cartilage, along with

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the hyaline cartilage of the ulna, that wears in

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patients that have ulno-lunate impaction syndrome.

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Yes, there's also hyaline cartilage along the

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triquetrum and all the other carpal bones, but

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I'm less interested in that hyaline cartilage

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for this specific vignette discussion.

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So that's the surrounding hyaline cartilage

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milieu around our triangular fibrocartilage.

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Faculty

Stephen J Pomeranz, MD

Chief Medical Officer, ProScan Imaging. Founder, MRI Online

ProScan Imaging

Tags

Musculoskeletal (MSK)

MRI

Idiopathic

Hand & Wrist

Congenital

Acquired/Developmental

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