hand

Question 1

digits 2nd to 5th

Answer 1

• directed perpendicular to PIP
• joint cavity in wrist best visualized in AP

Question 2

hand pa

Answer 2

• cr perpendicular to 3rd mcp joint
• 1 inch of distal forearmi included
• flex elbow 90

Question 3

hand pa oblique

Answer 3

• cr perpendicular to 3rd mcp joint
• flex elbow 90
• pronate
• mcp form 45 angle

Question 4

fan lateral

Answer 4

• spread fingers and thumb
  into a fan position
• mcp ay straight
• thumb naka parallel sa film

Question 5

extension

Answer 5

• flex elbow 90
• foreign body localization

Question 6

palmar flexion

Answer 6

• bony outgrowth in 3rd mcp
• naka relax hand
• flex elbow 90

Question 7

norgaard method/ball catchers

Answer 7

• semi supinate hand 45
• cr perpendicular to level of mcp (between both hands)
• fracture of the base of 5th metacarpal
• early evidence of rheumatoid arthritis

Question 8

hand ap axial brewerton method

Answer 8

• supinate hand, mc 45 with ir
• cr 45 to 3rd cmc joint
• early findings rheumatoid arthritis
• distal bony erosion of mc heads and phalangeal bases